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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     10 MAR 2009  ( 69)

     ot  = 04:40:42.30   +/-   2.24              NIAS REGION, INDONESIA          
     lat =       1.126   +/-   11.4
     lon =      97.470   +/-   12.3              MAGNITUDE 4.4 (GS)       
     dep =        48.2   +/-   18.9   

     160 km (100 miles) WSW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 71,000)
     300 km (185 miles) SSW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
     520 km (325 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
     1305 km (810 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   22 of  22    se = 0.83    FE=706                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 50.3, 53.0, 35.7;156.7, 12.0, 11.9;255.1, 34.4, 10.2)

 mb = 4.4 ( 15)  ML = 3.9 (  2)  mblg = 3.5 (  5)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 IPM  ePn     04:41:54.28   0.3    4.9  46 d:1.6+2     5.5X L:9.6-2 .75 3.8  IPM 
                                           g:6.1-2 .75 3.4 
 KULM ePn     04:41:58.20   0.4    5.2  37 d:1.7+2     5.6X L:1.1-1 .95 3.9  KULM
                                           g:8.9-2 .95 3.5  b:8.9+1 .95 5.0X
 CM31 eP      04:44:40.25  -0.1   17.3   5 b:1.3+1 .65 4.2                   CM31
 CHTO ePn     04:44:43.24  -1.4   17.6   5 g:7.7-3 1.0 3.3  b:4.2+0 .65 3.7  CHTO
 KKM  eP      04:45:03.77  -0.1   19.3  75 g:2.0-2 1.0 3.7  b:2.3+1 1.0 4.4  KKM 
 LSA  eP      04:46:39.64   1.1   29.0 349 g:8.2-3 .95 3.7  b:6.0+0 .55 4.4  LSA 
 ENH  qP      04:46:54.90  -1.8   31.2  20 b:1.7+1 .78 4.9                   ENH 
 WRAB eP      04:48:26.67  -0.7   41.8 122 b:3.1+0 .76 4.1                   WRAB
 BJT  eP      04:48:32.37   1.2   42.3  21 b:1.6+1 .65 4.9                   BJT 
 TKM2 eP      04:49:01.47   0.4   46.0 338 b:4.9+0 .90 4.4                   TKM2
 AAK  qP      04:49:03.23   0.7   46.2 336                                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      04:49:05.65   0.7   46.5 336 b:2.7+0 .80 4.2                   EKS2
 ULN  eP      04:49:11.59   0.4   47.3   9 b:2.7+0 .75 4.3                   ULN 
 MK31 eP      04:49:12.11   0.4   47.4 346                                   MK31
 KKAR eP      04:49:18.73   0.3   48.2 334 b:1.2+0 .60 4.1                   KKAR
 KURK eP      04:49:46.31   0.1   51.9 345 b:1.1+1 1.0 4.8                   KURK
 STKA eP      04:49:55.99   0.7   53.1 132 b:8.9-1 .97 3.8                   STKA
 ZAA0 eP      04:49:58.79  -0.2   53.7 351                                   ZAA0
 BRVK eP      04:50:18.62  -0.6   56.5 341 b:3.5+0 .70 4.5                   BRVK
 ABKAReP      04:50:27.02  -1.0   57.7 332 b:5.4+0 .73 4.7                   ABKA
 KMBO qP      04:50:46.25  -0.4   60.3 268                                   KMBO
 BUR08eP      04:52:31.51  -0.3   77.3 319                                   BUR0



 Generated 2009 MAR 10 at 17:08 UTC

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


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