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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 MAR 2009  ( 80)

     ot  = 06:08:01.86   +/-   0.99              SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS           
     lat =     -22.688   +/-    6.0
     lon =    -176.438   +/-    5.5              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =       122.7   +/-    8.9   

     210 km (130 miles) SW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     325 km (200 miles) SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     515 km (320 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
     1785 km (1110 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   49 of  53    se = 0.77    FE=171                            A   

     error ellipse = (226.7, 77.7, 13.9;321.0,  0.9, 10.4; 51.2, 12.3,  6.6)

 mb = 4.6 ( 29)  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
 MSVF ePn     06:09:44.39   0.4    7.1 313                                   MSVF
 AFI  ePn     06:10:10.01  -9.6X   9.8  28                                   AFI 
 RAR  ePn     06:11:32.85  -1.4   15.5  88 b:8.5+2 2.6 5.6                   RAR 
 URZ  eP      06:11:45.35  -0.4   16.5 198 b:1.6+1 .88 4.3                   URZ 
 KHZ  eP      06:12:39.90   0.4   21.4 201 b:7.4+1 1.3 4.9                   KHZ 
 RPZ  eP      06:12:59.54   0.0   23.4 203 b:2.6+1 .88 4.6                   RPZ 
 WHZ  eP      06:13:28.60   1.7   26.4 205                                   WHZ 
 CTAO eP      06:14:41.74   0.9   34.8 267 b:2.7+1 .60 5.2                   CTAO
 STKA eP      06:15:09.72  -0.1   38.2 247 b:1.0+0 .75 3.7                   STKA
 COEN eP      06:15:18.66   0.4   39.2 276 b:2.6+1 .59 5.2                   COEN
 AS31 eP      06:16:08.66  -0.4   45.5 259                                   AS31
 WRAB eP      06:16:10.71  -0.7   45.8 264 b:7.0+0 1.0 4.4                   WRAB
 FORT eP      06:16:40.55  -1.8   49.8 248 b:1.9+1 .63 5.1                   FORT
 FITZ eP      06:17:15.53   0.4   54.2 264 b:4.5+0 .63 4.6                   FITZ
 SBA  eP      06:17:29.75   4.1X  55.8 184 b:1.7+1 1.2 4.9                   SBA 
 MBWA eP      06:17:47.69  -0.1   58.8 258 b:4.8+0 .65 4.7                   MBWA
 ISA  eP      06:19:57.52   0.6   79.8  45 b:3.2+0 .84 4.1                   ISA 
 CLC  eP      06:20:02.72   2.2   80.5  45                                   CLC 
 YBH  eP      06:20:04.09   0.5   81.1  38 b:3.9+0 .90 4.2                   YBH 
 HUMO eP      06:20:06.44   0.8   81.5  37 b:3.1+1 1.8 4.8                   HUMO
 MOD  eP      06:20:11.34  -0.1   82.6  39 b:3.9+0 .99 4.2                   MOD 
 TUC  eP      06:20:15.78   1.1   83.2  51 b:4.4+0 1.3 4.2                   TUC 
 ELK  eP      06:20:22.86  -0.5   84.9  42                                   ELK 
 GAMB eP      06:20:29.23   0.1   86.3   2 b:1.7+1 1.1 4.9                   GAMB
 PMR  eP      06:20:31.30  -0.6   86.8  13 b:8.6+0 .90 4.7                   PMR 
 SRU  eP      06:20:33.62   0.0   87.0  45 b:4.2+0 .90 4.4                   SRU 
 HLID eP      06:20:33.78   0.0   87.0  40 b:3.2+0 1.2 4.2                   HLID
 ANMO eP      06:20:37.02   0.2   87.6  51 b:1.6+0 1.1 4.0                   ANMO
 TRF  eP      06:20:37.82  -1.3   88.3  11 b:1.3+1 .80 5.0                   TRF 
 GDL2 eP      06:20:38.70   0.9   87.8  54 b:1.4+0 .58 4.2                   GDL2
 TNA  eP      06:20:38.85   0.4   88.2   4 b:1.8+0 .70 4.2                   TNA 
 COLA eP      06:20:45.95  -1.1   90.0  12 b:9.1+0 .96 4.8                   COLA
 DAWY eP      06:20:52.54   0.1   91.2  15                                   DAWY
 BILL eP      06:20:52.88  -0.3   91.4 354 b:3.7+0 .70 4.7                   BILL
 COLD eP      06:20:54.78  -0.3   91.8  10 b:3.6+0 1.0 4.5                   COLD
 RSSD eP      06:21:04.63  -0.3   93.7  43 b:7.1+0 1.1 4.9                   RSSD
 MK31 ePKPdf  06:26:24.94  -0.9  113.7 313                                   MK31
 KURK ePKPdf  06:26:30.12  -1.0  116.6 317                                   KURK
 KKAR ePKPdf  06:26:40.97  -0.4  121.7 308                                   KKAR
 KBL  ePKPdf  06:26:43.16   0.4  122.2 297                                   KBL 
 AK01 ePKPdf  06:27:24.95  -0.5  145.6 331                                   AK01
 KIEV ePKPdf  06:27:24.96  -0.5  145.6 331                                   KIEV
 AK02 ePKPdf  06:27:24.97  -0.5  145.7 331                                   AK02
 SUW  ePKPdf  06:27:25.13   0.2  145.4 340                                   SUW 
 MALT ePKPbc  06:27:29.50   0.7  146.4 306                                   MALT
 KWP  ePKPbc  06:27:35.96   0.2  149.2 335                                   KWP 
      ePKPab  06:27:40.53   0.1X
 BR131ePKPbc  06:27:36.54  -0.2  149.4 311                                   BR13
 BUR08ePKPbc  06:27:37.42   0.3  149.7 330                                   BUR0
 MORC ePKPbc  06:27:39.72   0.0  150.8 341                                   MORC
 CSS  ePKPbc  06:27:41.53   0.2  151.3 302                                   CSS 
 KHC  ePKPbc  06:27:43.67   0.2  152.4 346                                   KHC 
      ePKPab  06:27:54.20   0.1X



 Generated 2009 MAR 21 at 13:00 UTC

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


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