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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     15 JUL 2007  (196)

     ot  = 17:58:06.93   +/-   0.20              BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.     
     lat =      -6.861   +/-    4.9
     lon =     155.782   +/-    5.7              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =        48.6  (depth phases)

     75 km (45 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG (pop 12,000)
     95 km (60 miles) WSW of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands (pop N/A)
     990 km (610 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2295 km (1430 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   65 of  79    se = 0.80    FE=193                            A   

     error ellipse = (125.4,  0.0,  8.3;215.4,  0.0,  5.2;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.2 ( 27)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.6 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 HNR  ePn     17:59:17.98   0.6    4.9 122                                   HNR 
      eSn     18:00:17.08  S res =   4.7X
 COEN eP      18:01:28.43   2.3   14.3 239 g:2.4-2 1.0 3.6  b:2.4+1 1.0 4.8X COEN
 CTAO ePn     18:01:51.69   1.9   16.1 214 b:1.0+2 .90 5.0                   CTAO
 KAKA eP      18:03:14.87   0.1   23.7 254                                   KAKA
 ARMA eP      18:03:15.15   0.0   23.8 189                                   ARMA
 WB2  eP      18:03:22.51   0.4   24.5 236                                   WB2 
 WRAB eP      18:03:22.59   0.5   24.5 236 b:9.7+1 .90 5.3                   WRAB
 STKA eP      18:03:54.95  -0.1   28.2 206 b:1.3+2 1.5 5.3                   STKA
 FITZ eP      18:04:23.75  -0.1   31.4 246                                   FITZ
 FORT eP      18:04:56.08  -0.7   35.2 224                                   FORT
 KAPI eP      18:05:01.95  -0.7   35.9 271                                   KAPI
 MBWA eP      18:05:17.28  -0.2   37.6 244                                   MBWA
 NWAO eP      18:06:09.32  -1.8   44.2 229 b:4.6+1 1.2 5.1                   NWAO
 HIA  eP      18:08:37.34   1.1   64.1 335 b:2.1+1 1.0 5.1                   HIA 
      e       18:08:51.22  depth =  49.3 
 CASY eP      18:08:52.97  -1.2   67.0 198 b:3.2+1 1.2 5.2                   CASY
 VNDA eP      18:09:16.73  -0.5   70.7 179 b:1.1+1 .95 4.8                   VNDA
 SBA  eP      18:09:20.96   0.7   71.2 178 b:1.9+1 1.1 4.9                   SBA 
 LSA  eP      18:09:26.04   0.4   71.8 304 b:2.9+1 .90 5.2                   LSA 
 TLY  eP      18:09:34.58   1.0   73.3 329 b:1.8+1 .95 5.0                   TLY 
 BILL eP      18:09:43.75   0.4   75.1   4 b:3.6+1 1.0 5.2                   BILL
 PALK eP      18:09:51.51   0.7   76.2 279 b:1.2+2 1.4 5.6                   PALK
 SVW2 eP      18:09:58.57   0.9   77.6  22                                   SVW2
 TTA  eP      18:10:04.10   0.6   78.6  20 b:1.4+1 1.1 4.8                   TTA 
 SLKM eP      18:10:07.07  -0.1   79.3  24                                   SLKM
 RC01 eP      18:10:09.58  -0.4   79.8  24 b:7.2+0 .36 5.0                   RC01
 PPLA eP      18:10:10.38  -0.4   80.0  22                                   PPLA
 TRF  eP      18:10:15.86  -0.5   81.0  22 b:1.2+1 .80 4.9                   TRF 
 IMA2 eP      18:10:18.82   0.3   81.4  19                                   IMA2
 MCK  eP      18:10:19.50  -0.1   81.6  22 b:4.1+1 .96 5.4                   MCK 
 BMRM eP      18:10:21.85   0.9   81.9  25                                   BMRM
 COLA eP      18:10:24.03  -0.9   82.7  21 b:1.1+1 .95 5.1                   COLA
      epP     18:10:39.62  depth =  54.7 
 MK31 eP      18:10:31.88   0.6   83.8 319                                   MK31
      epP     18:10:45.64  depth =  46.8 
 MAW  eP      18:10:35.17  -0.8   84.8 203 b:4.3+1 1.1 5.5                   MAW 
      epP     18:10:48.61  depth =  45.4 
 EGAK eP      18:10:37.89   0.6   85.1  23 b:1.4+1 .95 5.1                   EGAK
 SKAG qP      18:10:39.93   1.1   85.4  29 b:9.2+0 .74 5.0                   SKAG
 KURK eP      18:10:47.41  -0.6   87.2 322 b:7.2+0 .40 5.3                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      18:10:49.61  -0.3   87.5 314 b:8.6+0 .75 5.1                   TKM2
      epP     18:11:04.70  depth =  52.0 
 DLBC eP      18:10:50.62   0.6   87.6  30                                   DLBC
 EKS2 eP      18:10:56.07   0.3   88.8 313 b:1.0+1 .60 5.3                   EKS2
 AML  eP      18:10:56.14   0.2   88.7 313 b:1.7+1 .90 5.3                   AML 
 INK  eP      18:10:57.01  -0.6   89.3  21 b:1.1+3 1.3 7.0X                  INK 
 KBL  eP      18:11:06.16  -1.2   91.2 304 b:9.7+0 .90 5.2                   KBL 
 BRVK eP      18:11:13.11  -0.7   92.7 323 b:1.7+1 1.0 5.4                   BRVK
 TPNV eP      18:11:14.75   1.5   92.5  53 b:9.5-1 .98 4.8                   TPNV
      epP     18:11:27.92  depth =  43.6 
 AKBB ePKPdf  18:16:47.13  -1.0  117.9 325                                   AKBB
 KIEV ePKPdf  18:16:47.15  -1.0  117.9 325                                   KIEV
 ANTO ePKPdf  18:16:51.07  -0.6  119.5 312                                   ANTO
 LBTB ePKPdf  18:16:56.76  -0.4  122.1 235                                   LBTB
      epPKPdf 18:17:10.61  -1.4X
 PSZ  ePKPdf  18:17:00.31  -0.9  124.6 325                                   PSZ 
 MORC ePKPdf  18:17:01.49   0.0  124.8 328                                   MORC
 BSEG ePKPdf  18:17:02.60   0.1  125.4 336                                   BSEG
 CLL  iPKP    18:17:03.60  -0.2  126.1 332                                   CLL 
      ipPKP   18:17:18.00  -0.7X
 CLZ  ePKPdf  18:17:05.80   0.3  126.9 334                                   CLZ 
 MOX  ePKP    18:17:06.00   0.0  127.2 332                                   MOX 
      e       18:17:19.60  -1.2X
 GEC2 ePKPdf  18:17:06.40  -0.1  127.3 329                                   GEC2
 WET  ePKPdf  18:17:06.80   0.0  127.6 330                                   WET 
 GRA1 ePKPdf  18:17:08.00   0.4  128.0 331                                   GRA1
      ePKP    18:17:21.80  13.6X
 FUR  ePKPdf  18:17:09.70   0.1  129.0 330                                   FUR 
 BFO  ePKPdf  18:17:11.20  -0.9  130.3 332                                   BFO 
 STU  ePKPdf  18:17:11.63   1.0  129.6 332                                   STU 
 TIP  qPKPdf  18:17:13.31  -0.6  131.1 317                                   TIP 
      epPKPdf 18:17:28.50  -0.2X
 TUE  ePKPdf  18:17:13.65  -0.3  131.1 330                                   TUE 
 BNI  ePKPdf  18:17:18.07  -0.2  133.4 330                                   BNI 
 TAM  ePKPdf  18:17:44.14   0.3  147.3 302                                   TAM 
      ePKPbc  18:17:46.52   0.4X
 TOA0 ePKPdf  18:17:52.65  -1.5  153.7 286                                   TOA0
      ePKPbc  18:18:00.94  -1.1X



 Generated 2007 JUL 18 at 17:20 UTC

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

 


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