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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     12 JUL 2007  (193)

     ot  = 17:11:31.74   +/-   3.95              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -4.428   +/-   22.7
     lon =     152.544   +/-   20.7              MAGNITUDE 4.6 (GS)       
     dep =        44.9   +/-   43.6   

     45 km (30 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
     55 km (35 miles) W of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     810 km (500 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2550 km (1580 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =    9 of  12    se = 1.09    FE=192                            C   

     error ellipse = (137.0, 59.3, 78.7; 31.6,  9.0, 22.6;296.6, 29.1, 16.1)

 mb = 4.6 (  7)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.0 (  2)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 HNR  qPn     17:13:37.36  -0.1    8.9 124                                   HNR 
      eSn     17:15:04.17  S res = -12.0X
 KAKA eP      17:16:18.28   0.9   21.5 246 g:4.3-2 .75 4.3  b:3.2+1 .55 4.9  KAKA
 WRAB eP      17:16:36.94  -0.9   23.5 227 g:9.3-3 .65 3.7  b:9.3+0 .65 4.4  WRAB
      ePcP    17:20:19.85  -2.9X
 WB2  eP      17:16:37.17  -0.7   23.5 227                                   WB2 
      ePcP    17:20:20.16  -2.6X
 STKA qP      17:17:30.00   1.1   29.2 199 b:4.1+0 .93 4.1                   STKA
 MBWA eP      17:18:27.54  -0.7   35.9 240 b:1.5+1 1.1 4.8                   MBWA
 KURK qP      17:23:53.15  -0.7   83.3 322 b:2.5+0 .85 4.3                   KURK
 KBL  qP      17:24:14.97   1.3   87.1 305 b:5.6+0 .78 4.9                   KBL 
 BRVK eP      17:24:20.87  -0.3   88.9 323 b:3.7+0 .90 4.7                   BRVK



 Generated 2007 JUL 13 at 20:16 UTC

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

 


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