20 MAR 2009 ( 79)
ot = 14:21:50.12 +/- 1.19 VANUATU
lat = -18.109 +/- 6.9
lon = 167.365 +/- 6.3 MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)
dep = 48.0 +/- 11.8
105 km (65 miles) WSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu (pop 30,000)
255 km (160 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
285 km (180 miles) S of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
1800 km (1120 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 30 of 31 se = 1.07 FE=186 A
error ellipse = (179.8, 82.1, 18.3;330.9, 6.9, 10.7; 61.3, 3.8, 9.4)
mb = 5.0 ( 24) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 4.2 ( 1) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
MSVF ePn 14:24:12.52 -1.2 10.2 90 MSVF
HNR ePn 14:24:28.54 0.4 11.2 319 HNR
OUZ ePn 14:25:57.58 1.8 17.9 163 b:7.5+1 1.3 4.7 OUZ
ARMA ePn 14:26:08.39 1.2 18.8 227 b:4.2+1 1.3 4.5 ARMA
CTAO eP 14:26:19.94 0.5 20.0 261 b:8.8+1 1.1 5.0 CTAO
URZ eP 14:26:38.27 0.1 21.8 159 b:1.1+2 1.1 5.2 URZ
COEN eP 14:26:55.30 -1.6 23.6 277 b:2.8+2 1.3 5.6 COEN
CAN P 14:26:57.01 -0.3 23.7 220 g:4.5-2 1.2 4.2 b:7.0+1 1.3 5.0 CAN
STKA eP 14:27:27.39 -0.2 27.0 235 b:7.9+0 1.0 4.3 STKA
TAU eP 14:27:54.55 0.4 30.0 210 b:4.5+1 1.3 5.1 TAU
WRAB P 14:28:04.12 -1.3 31.2 261 b:4.6+1 1.6 5.0 WRAB
BBOO eP 14:28:08.22 -1.0 31.7 236 b:2.8+2 .80 6.1X BBOO
AS31 P 14:28:08.47 -1.0 31.7 254 AS31
FITZ P 14:29:17.48 0.3 39.6 263 b:6.0+1 .90 5.4 FITZ
MBWA eP 14:29:59.31 -0.6 44.8 258 MBWA
KAPI eP 14:30:26.75 -0.1 48.3 280 KAPI
e 14:30:38.17 depth = 40.3X
SBA eP 14:31:49.80 0.0 59.8 180 b:2.2+1 .90 5.3 SBA
QSPA eP 14:33:08.14 -0.2 71.9 180 b:3.4+1 1.1 5.2 QSPA
CHTO eP 14:33:37.63 1.7 76.6 295 b:6.9+0 1.1 4.6 CHTO
GAMB P 14:34:11.14 0.2 83.2 9 b:8.1+0 1.0 4.7 GAMB
YAK P 14:34:23.52 2.2 85.3 343 b:2.4+1 1.1 5.2 YAK
TNA e 14:34:24.26 1.9 85.5 10 b:3.1+1 1.3 5.3 TNA
BILL P 14:34:25.03 0.7 85.9 360 b:2.0+1 1.4 5.1 BILL
KHMM P 14:34:29.14 0.2 86.7 45 b:9.0+0 .76 5.1 KHMM
TRF P 14:34:31.90 -1.6 87.7 18 b:7.9+0 .98 4.9 TRF
CMB P 14:34:33.02 -1.1 87.7 49 b:8.8+0 .80 5.0 CMB
YBH P 14:34:33.76 -0.3 87.7 45 b:3.4+0 .85 4.6 YBH
HUMO P 14:34:34.66 -0.3 88.0 44 b:5.6+0 .88 4.8 HUMO
SNAA P 14:34:44.64 -0.5 90.2 183 b:1.0+1 1.0 5.1 SNAA
HAWA P 14:34:52.74 -0.1 91.8 41 b:6.6+0 .93 5.0 HAWA
Generated 2009 MAR 20 at 14:40 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
