Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     17 NOV 2012  (322)

     ot  = 21:12:00.84   +/-   2.78              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.940   +/-    8.5
     lon =     151.970   +/-    8.6              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        29.9   +/-    4.9   

     194 km (120 miles) S of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
     201 km (125 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
     655 km (407 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2387 km (1482 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   43 of  43    se = 1.37    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 78.0, 12.0, 13.5;171.0, 13.0, 13.1;307.0, 71.0,  6.6)

 mb = 4.8 ( 25)  ML = 4.7 (  6)  mblg = 3.9 (  4)  md = 4.5 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 RABL ePn     21:12:28.12  -1.1    1.8   6 d:2.3+2     4.5  L:1.9+2 .75 5.8  RABL
      eSn     21:12:51.28  S res =   0.8   g:7.3+0 .73 4.9 
 PMG  ePn     21:13:27.47   1.5    5.9 234 L:3.7-1 1.5 4.5  g:1.4-1 1.0 3.8  PMG 
 MANU ePn     21:13:29.79   2.0    6.0 310 L:3.0-1 3.0 4.5  g:4.0-2 1.1 3.2  MANU
 COEN ePn     21:14:46.23  -0.5   11.8 227                                   COEN
 CTAO ePn     21:15:33.25   0.8   15.1 201 b:1.5+1 1.2 4.2                   CTAO
 FAKI eP      21:16:28.96  -1.1   19.9 278 b:3.0+1 1.3 4.4                   FAKI
 GUMO eP      21:16:38.22   0.0   20.6 340 b:5.0+2 1.4 5.7                   GUMO
 DZM  eP      21:16:45.82   0.6   21.3 140 b:2.6+1 1.2 4.5                   DZM 
 MTN  eP      21:16:50.76   1.6   21.7 250 b:3.1+2 1.9 5.4                   MTN 
 WB2  eP      21:16:51.22  -2.3   22.1 229                                   WB2 
      eP      21:16:52.35  -1.2 
 WRAB eP      21:16:52.22  -1.2   22.1 229 b:3.8+1 .95 4.8                   WRAB
 AS01 eP      21:17:18.75  -1.0   24.7 223                                   AS01
 AS31 eP      21:17:19.52  -0.5   24.8 223 b:9.5+0 1.0 4.3                   AS31
 STKA eP      21:17:45.72   0.4   27.6 199 b:3.3+0 1.2 3.9                   STKA
 SOEI eP      21:17:47.77   0.9   27.7 260 b:4.2+1 1.0 5.1                   SOEI
 FITZ eP      21:17:50.73  -2.2   28.4 243 b:2.2+1 .70 5.0                   FITZ
 FORT eP      21:18:36.29  -0.5   33.4 219 b:2.3+1 .85 5.1                   FORT
 CBIJ eP      21:18:44.20   0.5   34.2 344 b:9.5+2 1.8 6.4                   CBIJ
 MBWA eP      21:18:49.92   1.7   34.7 241 b:2.6+1 1.1 5.1                   MBWA
 YOJ  eP      21:19:43.86  -0.4   41.3 318 b:6.4+2 1.8 6.1                   YOJ 
 WKZ  eP      21:19:45.42   0.1   41.5 162 b:1.6+2 1.7 5.5                   WKZ 
 NACB eP      21:19:50.74   0.2   42.1 317 b:3.6+1 1.1 5.0                   NACB
 KS01 eP      21:20:43.19   0.8   48.7 334                                   KS01
 CM01 eP      21:21:46.96  -1.5   57.6 296                                   CM01
 BYL  eP      21:21:49.19  -0.3   57.7  63 b:3.5+2 1.0 6.3                   BYL 
 SMY  eP      21:22:13.84  -0.1   61.4  15 b:3.8+2 1.5 6.3                   SMY 
 SONA1eP      21:22:48.49  -1.7   66.9 328                                   SONA
 VNDA eP      21:23:20.60   0.9   71.7 178 b:6.9+0 1.1 4.6                   VNDA
 ZALV eP      21:24:16.30   0.3   81.6 327                                   ZALV
 BWN  eP      21:24:21.34   2.0   82.3  22 b:1.5+2 1.0 6.0                   BWN 
 IL1  eP      21:24:23.44  -2.2   83.5  22                                   IL1 
 ILB  eP      21:24:24.17  -1.4   83.5  22                                   ILB 
 RIDG eP      21:24:27.62   0.3   83.8  24 b:1.9+1 1.1 5.2                   RIDG
 QSPA eP      21:24:28.53   0.1   84.0 180 b:1.2+1 1.1 5.0                   QSPA
 AAK  eP      21:24:33.45   0.4   84.9 314 b:1.6+0 .90 4.2                   AAK 
 PTGA ePKPbc  21:31:42.08  -1.0  147.4 101                                   PTGA
 TOA0 ePKPdf  21:31:44.01  -0.3  149.9 286                                   TOA0
      ePKPbc  21:31:47.46  -1.7 
 RAGM eS      21:34:40.08   6.1   82.4  27                                   RAGM
 BMO  eS      21:36:32.72   2.0   94.7  46                                   BMO 
 R11A eS      21:36:36.25  -2.8   95.6  52                                   R11A



 Generated 2012 NOV 17 at 21:44 UTC

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