6 APR 2009 ( 96)
ot = 08:30:07.89 +/- 1.76 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.
lat = -5.389 +/- 10.6
lon = 145.658 +/- 8.6 MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)
dep = 63.2 +/- 19.2
25 km (15 miles) SW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG (pop 32,000)
80 km (50 miles) NNE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG (pop 17,000)
480 km (300 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2565 km (1590 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 23 of 28 se = 0.77 FE=207 B
error ellipse = (157.4, 60.8, 33.7;258.7, 6.3, 11.9;352.1, 28.4, 6.4)
mb = 4.8 ( 17) 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
PMG ePn 08:31:08.90 -1.4 4.3 160 L:2.1+0 .70 5.0X PMG
eSn 08:31:53.45 S res = -5.3X
COEN ePn 08:32:13.19 0.0 8.9 196 L:3.6-1 .73 5.1X COEN
eSn 08:33:45.86 S res = -5.7X
CTAO ePn 08:33:32.90 1.5 14.6 178 CTAO
HNR ePn 08:33:33.45 0.7 14.7 107 HNR
WRAB P 08:34:14.76 -0.7 18.2 216 g:2.0-2 1.0 3.7X b:2.0+1 1.0 4.3 WRAB
EIDS eP 08:34:41.36 0.1 20.5 166 b:2.1+1 .55 4.7 EIDS
AS31 P 08:34:50.94 0.2 21.4 211 AS31
JNU 08:37:50.40 7.2X 40.8 341 JNU
MAJO eP 08:37:55.58 0.2 42.3 351 b:2.1+1 1.3 4.8 MAJO
CHTO eP 08:39:11.73 1.0 51.9 299 b:1.5+1 .80 5.1 CHTO
ULN eP 08:40:28.77 0.8 62.9 332 b:5.0+0 .70 4.7 ULN
MK31 e 08:41:49.44 0.1 76.2 321 MK31
TKM2 eP 08:42:06.92 0.0 79.3 315 b:9.3+0 .55 4.9 TKM2
KURK eP 08:42:09.54 -0.5 79.9 324 b:7.9+0 .90 4.6 KURK
AAK P 08:42:10.91 0.3 80.0 315 b:2.1+1 .90 5.1 AAK
EKS2 eP 08:42:13.92 0.6 80.5 315 b:9.8+0 .85 4.8 EKS2
KBL eP 08:42:21.34 -0.8 82.1 306 b:8.3+0 .55 4.9 KBL
SML eP 08:42:29.34 -0.2 83.7 26 b:2.2+0 .80 4.2 SML
COLA P 08:42:35.59 -1.1 85.1 23 b:8.9+0 .85 4.9 COLA
e 08:42:49.94 depth = 49.1X
BMRM eP 08:42:36.76 0.4 85.0 27 b:2.2+1 1.5 5.0 BMRM
COLD eP 08:42:37.86 0.6 85.2 21 b:4.2+0 .92 4.5 COLD
BRVK eP 08:42:38.12 -1.1 85.6 324 b:4.1+0 .80 4.6 BRVK
MENT P 08:42:41.22 -0.4 86.1 26 MENT
DOT P 08:42:42.06 -0.1 86.2 25 b:4.2+0 .94 4.6 DOT
MVCO P 08:44:18.29 5.4X 105.9 53 b:5.2+0 .68 5.7 MVCO
Generated 2009 APR 6 at 08:51 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
