Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 JAN 2012  ( 21)

     ot  = 13:24:21.34   +/-   0.99              VANUATU                         
     lat =     -16.966   +/-   12.1
     lon =     168.010   +/-   12.9              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =        31.4   +/-   10.9   

     91 km (56 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu (pop 30,000)
     182 km (113 miles) SSE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
     315 km (196 miles) NNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
     1932 km (1200 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   13 of  16    se = 0.49    FE=186                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 50.0, 17.0, 25.7;175.0, 61.0, 16.1;313.0, 22.0, 10.3)

 mb = 4.5 (  1)  ML = 4.5 (  2)  mblg = 3.3 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 DZM  ePn     13:25:35.02  -3.3    5.3 196 L:5.3-1 .50 4.5  g:5.0-2 .75 3.3  DZM 
      eSn     13:26:26.76  S res = -11.5X
 EIDS ePn     13:28:28.35   0.9   17.8 239 b:3.9+1 1.4 4.3                   EIDS
 OUZ  eP      13:28:39.15   0.3   18.8 166 b:1.2+1 .96 4.1                   OUZ 
 CTAO eP      13:28:59.50  -1.4X  20.9 258 b:2.6+1 1.0 4.6                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      13:29:09.19   0.0   21.6 288 b:3.1+1 1.4 4.5                   PMG 
 BKZ  eP      13:29:26.57  -0.5   23.3 163 b:3.4+1 1.3 4.7                   BKZ 
 COEN eP      13:29:35.19   0.6   24.1 274 b:3.1+1 1.5 4.6                   COEN
 THZ  eP      13:29:43.92   0.9   25.1 171 b:5.3+1 1.2 5.0                   THZ 
 KWAJ eP      13:29:48.01   0.0   25.6 359 b:5.1+2 1.2 6.0                   KWAJ
 STKA eP      13:30:10.99   0.0   28.2 233 b:2.3+0 .95 3.9                   STKA
 WB2  eP      13:30:44.81  -0.6   32.0 259 b:1.2+1 1.1 4.7                   WB2 
 AS01 eP      13:30:50.30   0.2   32.6 253                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      13:30:50.80   0.3   32.6 253 b:3.8+0 .65 4.4                   AS31
 KSM  eP      13:34:24.61   0.8X  59.8 282 b:6.5+0 .80 4.8                   KSM 
 MDPB eP      13:37:05.55  -0.1   87.3  50                                   MDPB



 Generated 2012 JAN 21 at 13:39 UTC

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