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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     14 JUL 2007  (195)

     ot  = 15:04:27.76   +/-   6.44              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -6.831   +/-   28.3
     lon =     149.127   +/-   27.3              MAGNITUDE 4.4 (GS)       
     dep =       122.0   +/-   49.7   

     80 km (50 miles) SW of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG (pop N/A)
     180 km (115 miles) SW of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
     360 km (225 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2325 km (1440 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   11 of  17    se = 1.37    FE=192                            C   

     error ellipse = (215.9, 58.3, 89.8;109.6,  9.8, 34.4; 13.9, 29.8, 22.5)

 mb = 4.4 (  9)  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
 CTAO qP      15:07:33.15  -0.9   13.5 192 b:1.1+1 .99 4.2                   CTAO
 WRAB eP      15:08:44.47   0.3   19.4 226 g:2.9-2 .95 3.9X b:1.9+1 .65 4.6  WRAB
      e       15:08:55.67   6.8X
      eS      15:12:21.46  S res =   0.2X
 WB2  eP      15:08:44.83   0.6   19.4 226                                   WB2 
      e       15:08:55.67   6.8X
      eS      15:12:17.17  S res =   0.1X
 FITZ eP      15:09:44.23  -0.6   25.5 242 g:5.4-2 .78 4.5X b:5.4+1 .78 5.1  FITZ
      e       15:09:55.21  depth =  41.9X
 STKA eP      15:09:50.66   2.3   25.9 195 g:8.3-3 .90 3.6X b:8.3+0 .90 4.3  STKA
 MBWA eP      15:10:40.06  -0.9   31.8 240 b:8.7+0 .66 4.7                   MBWA
      e       15:10:51.85
 VNDA eP      15:15:31.76   0.2   71.0 177 b:3.2+0 1.1 4.1                   VNDA
 MAW  qP      15:16:35.03  -0.4   82.3 203 b:5.4+0 1.1 4.3                   MAW 
 QSPA eP      15:16:39.49  -0.5   83.1 180 b:3.6+0 .63 4.4                   QSPA
 KURK qP      15:16:41.57   1.5   83.1 323 b:1.1+0 .73 3.8                   KURK
 TOA0 ePKPdf  15:23:54.35  -1.6  147.3 284                                   TOA0



 Generated 2007 JUL 18 at 14:35 UTC

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

 


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