Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     14 JAN 2012  ( 14)

     ot  = 09:45:42.94   +/-   1.12              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.515   +/-   11.6
     lon =     152.543   +/-    7.3              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =        37.0   +/-   10.1   

     128 km (79 miles) SSW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     151 km (94 miles) SSE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 3,000)
     734 km (456 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2431 km (1510 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   33 of  37    se = 0.55    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = (153.0, 30.0, 20.8;352.0, 57.0, 12.9;248.0,  8.0,  8.3)

 mb = 4.7 (  1)  ML = 5.1 (  6)  mblg = 3.9 (  2)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 RABL ePn     09:46:05.84   0.3    1.4 344 L:8.0+1 .65 5.2                   RABL
 MANU ePn     09:47:16.67   4.5X   6.2 304 L:5.5-1 .13 4.8                   MANU
 PMG  ePn     09:47:17.84   0.5    6.6 234 L:1.2+0 .80 5.2  g:1.1-1 .90 3.8  PMG 
      eSn     09:48:31.11  S res =  -0.2 
 COEN ePn     09:48:36.52  -1.5X  12.5 227                                   COEN
 PATS ePn     09:48:53.07   0.3   13.6  25                                   PATS
 EIDS eP      09:50:09.35  -0.8   19.8 184 b:1.2+1 .70 4.3                   EIDS
 FAKI eP      09:50:16.62  -0.4   20.4 276 b:3.8+1 1.1 4.7                   FAKI
 DZM  eP      09:50:25.30  -0.9   21.3 142 b:1.1+2 1.7 5.0                   DZM 
 TARA eP      09:50:28.71   0.2   21.5  72 b:1.1+2 1.2 5.1                   TARA
 MTN  eP      09:50:39.15   1.3   22.3 250 b:7.3+1 .95 5.1                   MTN 
      eS      09:54:38.62  S res =  -3.1 
 WB2  eP      09:50:41.18  -1.2   22.8 229                                   WB2 
      eP      09:50:41.97  -0.4 
 WRAB eP      09:50:43.34   1.1   22.8 229 b:1.1+2 1.6 5.1                   WRAB
 AS01 eP      09:51:07.74   0.4   25.4 223                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      09:51:08.17   0.5   25.4 223 b:6.6+0 .85 4.2                   AS31
 STKA eP      09:51:30.65  -1.2X  28.2 200 b:2.7+0 1.2 3.8                   STKA
 SOEI eP      09:51:33.79   0.0X  28.3 260 b:4.7+1 1.0 5.1                   SOEI
 MBWA eP      09:52:35.22  -0.3   35.4 241 b:1.1+1 .80 4.8                   MBWA
 JOW  eP      09:53:12.63  -0.3   39.8 325 b:3.8+1 1.0 5.1                   JOW 
 JNU  eP      09:53:41.56  -2.0   43.6 333 b:1.4+1 .70 4.8                   JNU 
 KS01 eP      09:54:21.48  -1.1   48.5 334                                   KS01
 CM01 eP      09:55:32.44   0.5   57.9 296                                   CM01
 CHTO eP      09:55:32.72  -0.2   58.1 296 b:8.2+0 1.2 4.7                   CHTO
 ULN  eP      09:56:28.78  -0.1   66.5 328 b:4.9+0 .70 4.7                   ULN 
 SONA1eP      09:56:30.93   0.0   66.8 328                                   SONA
 GAMB eP      09:57:15.43   0.3   74.1  16                                   GAMB
 SVW2 eP      09:57:35.64   0.7   77.6  23                                   SVW2
 RC01 eP      09:57:48.10   0.3   79.9  25                                   RC01
 MK01 eP      09:57:52.15  -0.1   80.7 319                                   MK01
 MK31 eP      09:57:52.55   0.2   80.7 319                                   MK31
 MAKZ eP      09:57:53.72   0.3   80.9 319                                   MAKZ
 COLA eP      09:58:01.53  -0.4   82.6  22                                   COLA
 KURK eP      09:58:10.29   0.0   84.2 322                                   KURK
 EGAK eP      09:58:15.39   0.6   85.1  23                                   EGAK
 AAK  eP      09:58:15.47   0.7   85.0 314                                   AAK 



 Generated 2012 JAN 14 at 10:01 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver