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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      4 JUL 2007  (185)

     ot  = 23:54:05.74   +/-   1.71              TONGA                           
     lat =     -21.043   +/-   13.3
     lon =    -173.125   +/-   14.2                                       
     dep =        37.8   +/-   16.4   

     220 km (135 miles) E of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     280 km (175 miles) SSE of Neiafu, Tonga
     405 km (255 miles) WSW of Niue Island
     2115 km (1310 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   18 of  19    se = 1.39    FE=173                            B   

     error ellipse = (322.4, 55.5, 26.0;123.4, 33.0, 24.5;219.2,  8.9, 16.5)

 mb = 4.6 (  7)  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
 AFI  qPn     23:55:48.47  -0.3    7.2  10                                   AFI 
 RAO  qPn     23:56:17.11   0.4    9.3 207                                   RAO 
 CTAO eP      00:01:20.28   0.1   38.0 264 b:1.8+1 .36 5.3X                  CTAO
 CTA  iPd     00:01:20.30   0.1   38.0 264 b:1.4+1 .30 5.3X                  CTA 
 TAU  qP      00:01:31.92  -1.0   39.5 227                                   TAU 
 STKA eP      00:01:49.00  -1.9   41.7 245 b:5.6+0 1.2 4.2                   STKA
 ASAR P       00:02:46.95  -0.8   48.8 256                                   ASAR
 WRA  P       00:02:48.53  -0.8   49.0 261                                   WRA 
 WRAB eP      00:02:48.72  -0.6   49.0 261 b:5.2+0 .65 4.7                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      00:02:48.84  -0.4   49.0 261                                   WB2 
 KAKA eP      00:03:18.00   2.2   52.5 270 b:4.9+0 .40 4.8                   KAKA
 FITZ eP      00:03:53.42   2.1   57.5 261 b:4.7+0 .55 4.8                   FITZ
 KLBR eP      00:04:23.20   1.1   62.0 245 b:7.5+1 1.7 5.5X                  KLBR
 MBWA eP      00:04:24.92   1.2   62.2 257 b:4.6+0 .51 4.9                   MBWA
 MAW  eP      00:06:22.99  -1.4   82.6 199 b:1.8+0 .42 4.5                   MAW 
 PAYG qP      00:06:27.40  -0.7   83.1  88                                   PAYG
 LVC  eP      00:07:24.33   2.1   94.3 116 b:9.7-1 .55 4.4                   LVC 
 CPUP qPdif   00:07:55.62  -0.6X 102.0 124                                   CPUP
 BRVK qPKPdf  00:12:55.59  -1.2  122.5 320                                   BRVK



 Generated 2007 JUL 18 at 21:31 UTC

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

 


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