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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      4 APR 2009  ( 94)

     ot  = 11:59:37.43   +/-   0.28              TONGA REGION                    
     lat =     -22.558   +/-    7.3
     lon =    -174.712   +/-    6.0              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =        35.0  (geophysicist)

     165 km (100 miles) SSE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     440 km (275 miles) S of Neiafu, Tonga
     465 km (290 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     1875 km (1170 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   55 of  66    se = 0.98    FE=174                            A   

     error ellipse = (152.6,  0.0, 10.1; 62.6,  0.0,  7.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.2 ( 30)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.3 (  2)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 AFI  ePn     12:01:37.12  -8.5X   9.0  18 d:3.6+1     5.8X L:1.4-1 .60 4.7X AFI 
      eSn     12:03:07.48  S res = -18.8X  g:1.4-1 .95 4.1  b:7.8+1 .60 6.0X
 MSVF qPn     12:01:37.21   1.5    8.3 304                                   MSVF
 RAR  ePn     12:02:42.21 -10.2X  13.9  87 g:2.2-1 .85 4.6                   RAR 
      eSn     12:04:59.56  S res = -26.4X
 URZ  ePn     12:03:33.88  -0.5   17.2 202 b:2.3+1 .92 4.3                   URZ 
      eSn     12:06:34.14  S res =  -9.9X
 DZM  qPn     12:03:36.50  -1.7   17.4 268                                   DZM 
 HNR  qP      12:05:23.87   2.4   27.6 294                                   HNR 
 ARMA eP      12:05:53.89   1.6   31.0 248 b:2.9+2 2.5 5.6                   ARMA
 EIDS eP      12:05:55.24   0.5   31.3 258 b:2.3+2 2.7 5.5                   EIDS
 CAN  eP      12:06:18.14  -0.1   34.0 240 b:1.9+1 1.0 5.0                   CAN 
 CTAO eP      12:06:37.88  -0.7   36.4 266 b:3.7+1 1.5 5.1                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      12:06:57.94  -1.1   38.8 283 b:5.3+1 1.3 5.2                   PMG 
 STKA eP      12:07:06.72   0.0   39.7 247 b:2.7+0 1.2 3.9X                  STKA
 COEN eP      12:07:15.32  -0.3   40.8 275 b:2.1+2 .95 5.9                   COEN
 AS31 eP      12:08:04.97  -1.1   47.1 258                                   AS31
 WRAB eP      12:08:06.60  -1.8   47.4 263 b:1.9+1 .90 5.1                   WRAB
 FITZ eP      12:09:10.48  -1.0   55.8 263 b:2.0+1 1.0 5.1                   FITZ
 VNDA eP      12:09:15.80   2.6   56.2 186 b:7.5+1 2.5 5.3                   VNDA
 MBWA eP      12:09:43.28  -0.4   60.4 258 b:1.4+1 .90 5.1                   MBWA
 QSPA eP      12:10:30.63   0.7   67.5 180 b:2.8+1 1.2 5.2                   QSPA
 MAJO eP      12:11:08.39   0.7   73.7 322 b:4.0+1 1.4 5.2                   MAJO
 KSM  eP      12:11:25.51  -0.1   76.7 277 b:2.8+1 1.0 5.2                   KSM 
 ASAJ eP      12:11:26.99   0.4   77.0 330 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.9                   ASAJ
 TPUB eP      12:11:29.06  -1.7   77.7 302 b:2.5+1 .88 5.3                   TPUB
 ISA  eP      12:11:36.99   1.0   78.6  44 b:2.5+1 1.6 5.0                   ISA 
 YSS  eP      12:11:38.95   0.8   79.1 332 b:5.4+1 1.2 5.4                   YSS 
 MAW  eP      12:11:47.48   1.2   80.7 199                                   MAW 
 INCN eP      12:11:51.47   1.4   81.3 317                                   INCN
 CCUT eP      12:11:59.90   0.2   83.1  45                                   CCUT
 MSU  eP      12:12:07.00   0.5   84.4  44                                   MSU 
 HAWA eP      12:12:08.47   0.2   84.8  35                                   HAWA
 MFID eP      12:12:08.67  -0.7   85.0  39 b:1.8+1 1.4 5.0                   MFID
 LAZ  eP      12:12:12.55   0.0   85.6  50 b:2.6+0 1.3 4.3                   LAZ 
 LPM  eP      12:12:13.00  -1.1   85.9  50 b:1.8+1 1.4 5.1                   LPM 
 SNAA eP      12:12:13.07  -0.1   85.9 177 b:2.1+1 1.3 5.2                   SNAA
 SRU  eP      12:12:13.11  -0.3   85.8  45 b:4.4+2 1.2 6.5X                  SRU 
 HLID eP      12:12:14.10   0.1   85.9  39                                   HLID
 GAMB eP      12:12:14.44   0.5   86.1   1 b:2.0+1 .94 5.3                   GAMB
 IPM  eP      12:12:17.75   0.6   86.5 276 b:2.5+1 .85 5.5                   IPM 
 COLA eP      12:12:30.27  -0.5   89.6  11 b:1.3+1 1.1 5.1                   COLA
 BILL eP      12:12:39.21  -0.1   91.4 353 b:8.5+0 1.2 5.0                   BILL
 CHTO eP      12:12:48.28  -3.2X  93.8 289 b:1.9+1 1.3 5.4                   CHTO
 JTS  eP      12:12:49.25  -1.7   93.7  80 b:1.0+1 1.0 5.2                   JTS 
 CM31 eP      12:12:51.33   0.4   93.7 288 b:8.2+0 .75 5.2                   CM31
 DGMT eP      12:12:54.19  -0.1   94.6  39 b:1.9+1 1.0 5.4                   DGMT
 KKAR ePKPdf  12:18:29.54  -0.5  122.9 308                                   KKAR
 SUW  ePKPbc  12:19:12.80   0.2  145.8 341                                   SUW 
 AK01 ePKPbc  12:19:13.48  -0.6  146.3 332                                   AK01
 KIEV ePKPbc  12:19:13.54  -0.6  146.3 332                                   KIEV
 AK02 ePKPbc  12:19:13.55  -0.7  146.3 332                                   AK02
 MALT ePKPbc  12:19:19.67   1.2  147.6 307                                   MALT
 PSZ  ePKPdf  12:19:21.15  -1.4  152.1 339                                   PSZ 
 KHC  ePKPdf  12:19:22.16  -1.1  152.7 348                                   KHC 
      ePKPbc  12:19:30.99   0.7X
      ePKPab  12:19:41.94   0.9X
 STU  ePKPdf  12:19:24.59  -0.1  153.7 354                                   STU 
      ePKPbc  12:19:33.04   0.6X
      ePKPab  12:19:43.99  -1.1X
 BUR08ePKPbc  12:19:25.58   0.6  150.3 332                                   BUR0
 BR131ePKPbc  12:19:25.62  -0.1  150.5 312                                   BR13
 TIRR ePKPbc  12:19:27.15   0.5  151.0 324                                   TIRR
      ePKPab  12:19:35.35   1.1X
 MORC ePKPbc  12:19:27.33   0.4  151.2 343                                   MORC
 BFO  ePKPbc  12:19:33.61   0.0  154.2 355                                   BFO 



 Generated 2009 APR  8 at 10:20 UTC

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


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