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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      2 JUL 2007  (183)

     ot  = 05:02:25.35   +/-   0.25              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.553   +/-    6.3
     lon =     152.566   +/-    7.7              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =        55.0  (assigned)    

     130 km (80 miles) SSW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     155 km (95 miles) SSE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
     735 km (455 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2430 km (1510 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   37 of  42    se = 0.68    FE=192                            A   

     error ellipse = (124.9,  0.0, 11.7; 34.9,  0.0,  5.8;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.2 ( 17)  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
 CTAO ePn     05:06:02.98  -0.1   15.7 202                                   CTAO
 EIDS ePn     05:06:51.94  -0.8   19.8 184                                   EIDS
 KAKA eP      05:07:04.98  -0.5   21.1 249 b:2.6+2 .75 5.7                   KAKA
 WRAB eP      05:07:23.39   0.2   22.8 229 b:2.6+1 .74 4.7                   WRAB
 FITZ eP      05:08:20.95  -0.2   29.1 242 b:2.5+1 .75 4.9                   FITZ
 CHTO eP      05:12:13.39  -0.3   58.1 296 b:2.1+1 1.4 5.1                   CHTO
 SMY  eP      05:12:31.29  -0.8   60.9  15                                   SMY 
 ADK  eP      05:12:45.44  -0.6   62.9  21                                   ADK 
 CHGN eP      05:13:51.08  -0.9   73.5  26                                   CHGN
 KDAK eP      05:14:11.58  -0.2   76.9  27                                   KDAK
 SVW2 eP      05:14:15.38  -0.1   77.6  23                                   SVW2
 TTA  eP      05:14:20.56  -0.2   78.6  21                                   TTA 
 SLKM eP      05:14:25.16  -0.5   79.4  25                                   SLKM
 PMR  eP      05:14:30.51  -0.5   80.5  24 b:4.2+1 1.5 5.1                   PMR 
      P       05:14:38.79   7.8X
 IMA2 eP      05:14:35.11  -0.2   81.2  19                                   IMA2
 MCK  eP      05:14:36.50  -0.8   81.6  23                                   MCK 
 DIV  eP      05:14:37.78   0.3   81.6  26 b:3.2+1 1.4 5.1                   DIV 
 BMRM P       05:14:40.04   0.3   82.1  26                                   BMRM
 COLA P       05:14:41.34  -1.1   82.6  22 b:1.6+1 1.0 5.0                   COLA
 TKM2 P       05:14:52.05   0.3   84.3 314 b:3.3+1 1.1 5.3                   TKM2
 QSPA eP      05:14:53.08   1.3   84.4 180 b:8.0+0 .95 4.8                   QSPA
 AAK  P       05:14:55.02  -0.3   85.0 314 b:4.5+1 1.2 5.4                   AAK 
 SIT  eP      05:14:55.58   0.8   85.0  31 b:1.3+1 1.0 5.0                   SIT 
 EGAK eP      05:14:55.63   0.4   85.1  23 b:3.1+1 1.4 5.2                   EGAK
 UCH  P       05:14:56.30   1.1   84.9 313 b:6.2+1 1.2 5.6                   UCH 
 DAWY eP      05:14:58.22   0.8   85.6  24                                   DAWY
 EKS2 P       05:14:58.75   0.8   85.5 313 b:5.7+1 1.2 5.6                   EKS2
 SKAG eP      05:14:59.03   0.5   85.8  29                                   SKAG
 AML  P       05:14:59.07   1.0   85.5 313 b:9.8+1 1.1 5.8                   AML 
 WRAK P       05:15:02.60   0.1   86.6  33 b:5.0+0 .23 5.3                   WRAK
 DLBC eP      05:15:11.25   1.1   88.1  31                                   DLBC
 INK  eP      05:15:14.86  -0.1   89.2  21                                   INK 
 BRVK eP      05:15:16.34  -1.5   89.8 323                                   BRVK
 WDC  eP      05:15:17.61  -0.2   89.7  49                                   WDC 
 NLWA eP      05:15:21.49   3.8X  89.7  42                                   NLWA
 NEW  eP      05:15:38.87  -0.1   94.3  42                                   NEW 
 WALA eP      05:15:49.54   0.6   96.5  41 b:1.1+1 1.3 5.2                   WALA
 HLID eP      05:15:50.34   3.4X  96.0  47                                   HLID
 EDM  eP      05:15:50.79   0.3   96.9  37                                   EDM 
 ARUT e       05:15:52.52   3.0X  96.5  53                                   ARUT
 GDL2 ePdif   05:16:27.37   4.4X 104.0  58                                   GDL2



 Generated 2007 JUL  2 at 05:21 UTC

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

 


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