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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     19 MAR 2009  ( 78)

     ot  = 14:59:12.39   +/-   1.44              NEAR N COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
     lat =      -1.921   +/-    9.2
     lon =     138.997   +/-    7.6              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        37.3   +/-   16.7   

     200 km (125 miles) WNW of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
     265 km (165 miles) WNW of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG
     1470 km (910 miles) NE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     3600 km (2240 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   30 of  30    se = 0.71    FE=197                            B   

     error ellipse = (200.0, 67.0, 27.1; 50.0, 19.0, 13.4;316.0, 10.0,  8.1)

 mb = 4.9 ( 29)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.9 ( 13)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 3.9 (  5)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 PMG  ePn     15:01:47.47   0.0   11.0 132 g:1.0-2 .90 2.9                   PMG 
 COEN ePn     15:02:07.90  -2.0   12.7 161 g:2.7-1 1.0 4.6                   COEN
 CTAO eP      15:03:35.36   0.0   19.4 159 g:2.0-2 1.2 3.8  b:4.7+1 .90 4.8  CTAO
 HNR  eP      15:04:06.69   0.0   22.2 110 b:1.6+2 1.0 5.4                   HNR 
 KKM  eP      15:04:25.55  -0.1   24.1 289 b:5.5+1 1.0 5.0                   KKM 
 EIDS eP      15:04:43.13   0.6   26.1 154 b:1.0+2 1.0 5.4                   EIDS
 MBWA eP      15:04:49.77   0.6   26.8 223 b:2.5+1 .80 4.9                   MBWA
 KSM  eP      15:05:09.05   1.1   28.9 276 b:1.5+1 1.0 4.6                   KSM 
 STKA eP      15:05:16.17  -0.5   29.9 175 b:2.4+0 .75 4.0                   STKA
 FORT eP      15:05:22.33   0.2   30.5 198 b:5.7+1 .70 5.5                   FORT
 BBOO eP      15:05:24.94  -0.2   30.9 184 b:3.5+3 2.1 6.8                   BBOO
 ARMA eP      15:05:26.92   2.3   30.8 158 b:1.4+1 1.0 4.7                   ARMA
 IPM  eP      15:06:31.60   0.4   38.5 279 b:2.6+1 .70 5.2                   IPM 
 KULM eP      15:06:35.20  -0.2   39.0 280 b:3.6+1 1.0 5.1                   KULM
 MSVF eP      15:06:56.49   0.7   41.5 114 b:3.1+1 1.2 4.9                   MSVF
 CHTO eP      15:07:20.28   0.2   44.5 299 b:1.3+1 1.2 4.6                   CHTO
 ULN  eP      15:08:53.38  -0.3   56.9 334 b:6.9+0 .80 4.7                   ULN 
 TLY  eP      15:09:23.92   0.4   61.2 335 b:7.5+0 1.0 4.8                   TLY 
 MKAR eP      15:10:16.37   0.1   69.4 322                                   MKAR
 KURK eP      15:10:38.54  -1.1   73.3 324 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.8                   KURK
 KKAR eP      15:10:55.22   0.6   75.8 315                                   KKAR
 VNDA eP      15:10:57.90  -0.3   76.5 175 b:1.1+1 .75 4.9                   VNDA
 BRVK eP      15:11:12.06   0.2   78.9 325 b:1.5+1 .80 5.0                   BRVK
 ABKAReP      15:11:40.36  -0.2   84.3 319                                   ABKA
 COLD eP      15:11:42.06   1.4   84.4  21 b:3.8+0 .92 4.5                   COLD
 DOT  eP      15:11:48.27  -0.1   85.9  25 b:4.1+0 .92 4.7                   DOT 
 ARU  eP      15:11:49.42  -0.9   86.3 326 b:5.6+0 1.0 4.8                   ARU 
 QSPA eP      15:11:57.97  -0.6   88.0 179 b:1.6+1 .95 5.3                   QSPA
 BOZ  ePdif   15:13:14.18  -1.5  104.9  43                                   BOZ 
 IMW  ePdif   15:13:21.96   2.2  105.7  44                                   IMW 



 Generated 2009 MAR 19 at 15:21 UTC

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


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