Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     19 SEP 2012  (263)

     ot  = 00:15:10.97   +/-   2.30              LOYALTY ISLANDS                 
     lat =     -20.180   +/-    4.5
     lon =     168.912   +/-   17.6              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =        48.5   +/-    8.7   

     79 km (49 miles) SSW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (pop 700)
     186 km (115 miles) NE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
     278 km (173 miles) SSE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
     1808 km (1123 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   17 of  17    se = 1.13    FE=188                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 87.0,  9.0, 27.5;314.0, 76.0, 12.8;178.0,  9.0,  6.5)

 mb = 4.5 (  8)  ML = 3.9 (  2)  mblg = 3.8 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 DZM  ePn     00:15:54.16  -1.6    3.0 230 L:9.9-1 .55 4.0  g:3.0-1 1.1 3.8  DZM 
      eSn     00:16:28.42  S res =  -1.9 
 OUZ  ePn     00:18:47.37   0.5   15.5 166 b:2.2+1 .88 4.3                   OUZ 
 URZ  eP      00:19:34.27   1.7   19.4 160 b:3.3+1 1.0 4.5                   URZ 
 BKZ  eP      00:19:40.68   0.9   20.0 163 b:3.1+1 .94 4.6                   BKZ 
 CTAO eP      00:19:55.57   2.1   21.3 266 b:1.6+1 1.0 4.3                   CTAO
 WB2  eP      00:21:36.25  -0.5   32.4 264                                   WB2 
 AS01 eP      00:21:38.04   0.1   32.6 257                                   AS01
 FITZ eP      00:22:48.38   0.0   40.8 265 b:9.0+0 1.0 4.4                   FITZ
 VNDA eP      00:24:54.82   0.2   57.5 182 b:3.7+0 1.1 4.3                   VNDA
 SBA  eP      00:24:56.76   0.4   57.7 181 b:9.9+0 1.0 4.9                   SBA 
 QSPA eP      00:26:16.31  -0.3   69.9 180 b:8.3+0 .95 4.7                   QSPA
 SONA1eP      00:27:54.77  -0.2   87.8 323                                   SONA
 GEC2 ePKPbc  00:34:41.59  -1.3  145.2 331                                   GEC2
 GEA0 ePKPbc  00:34:42.10  -0.8  145.2 331                                   GEA0
 BLY  ePKPdf  00:34:46.31   1.5  146.1 323                                   BLY 
 TUE  ePKPbc  00:34:52.72  -0.9  148.9 332                                   TUE 



 Generated 2012 SEP 19 at 01:39 UTC

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