Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     15 NOV 2012  (320)

     ot  = 16:33:03.99   +/-   3.28              BISMARCK SEA                    
     lat =      -3.509   +/-   14.0
     lon =     149.723   +/-    6.2              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =         1.0   +/-    6.1   

     159 km (98 miles) SW of Kavieng, New Ireland, PNG (pop 11,000)
     230 km (143 miles) NNW of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
     715 km (444 miles) NNE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2675 km (1661 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   18 of  18    se = 1.62    FE=203                            A   

     error ellipse = (203.0,  7.0, 23.7; 44.0, 81.0,  8.8;293.0,  3.0,  2.9)

 mb = 4.8 (  9)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 0.0 (  0)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 RABL ePn     16:33:43.96  -2.3    2.5 106                                   RABL
 MANU ePn     16:33:47.10  -2.4    2.8 302                                   MANU
 EIDS eP      16:37:57.01  -0.3   21.8 177 b:2.5+1 1.2 4.5                   EIDS
 WRAB eP      16:37:58.32  -3.3   22.2 221 b:7.2+1 1.6 4.9                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      16:37:59.14  -2.6   22.2 221                                   WB2 
      eP      16:37:59.41  -2.3 
 AS01 eP      16:38:31.21   0.0   25.2 216                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      16:38:31.50   0.0   25.2 216 b:2.5+0 1.0 3.9                   AS31
 ARMA eP      16:38:47.24   1.1   26.8 176 b:5.1+1 1.5 5.0                   ARMA
 FITZ eP      16:38:55.05   1.1   27.7 237 b:6.4+1 1.7 5.1                   FITZ
 MJB9 eP      16:40:53.19   2.2   41.3 346 b:5.2+1 1.6 5.0                   MJB9
 CM01 eP      16:42:35.06   1.0   54.5 295                                   CM01
 PETK eP      16:42:49.45  -0.4   56.8   6                                   PETK
 SONA1eP      16:43:38.53   1.6   63.6 329                                   SONA
 LSA  eP      16:43:47.41   0.7   65.0 305 b:5.6+0 1.0 4.7                   LSA 
 IM3  eP      16:45:16.25   0.3   80.2  20                                   IM3 
 IL1  eP      16:45:25.03  -1.2   82.1  23                                   IL1 
 ILB  eP      16:45:25.85  -0.4   82.1  23                                   ILB 



 Generated 2012 NOV 15 at 17:42 UTC

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