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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     22 JUL 2007  (203)

     ot  = 20:46:25.95   +/-   1.65              VANUATU                         
     lat =     -18.538   +/-    9.9
     lon =     169.004   +/-   12.2                                       
     dep =       195.2   +/-   14.3   

     115 km (70 miles) SE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu (pop 30,000)
     115 km (70 miles) NNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (pop 700)
     350 km (215 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
     1905 km (1190 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   18 of  22    se = 1.06    FE=186                            B   

     error ellipse = (248.5, 51.5, 26.0;156.6,  1.5, 14.5; 65.4, 38.5, 13.9)

 mb = 4.6 ( 10)  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
 DZM  ePn     20:47:31.74   0.8    4.3 214                                   DZM 
      qSn     20:48:13.76  S res =  -8.2X
 HNR  ePn     20:49:17.07  -1.7   12.6 315 g:1.5-1 1.1 4.3X b:1.5+2 1.1 5.4  HNR 
      e       20:49:23.16   0.4X
 CTAO eP      20:50:59.87  -0.1   21.5 262 b:5.0+0 .55 4.2                   CTAO
 SNZO qP      20:51:15.63   0.1   23.2 169                                   SNZO
 STKA eP      20:51:59.81   0.7   28.0 236                                   STKA
 TAU  qP      20:52:20.40   0.2   30.4 212                                   TAU 
 WRAB eP      20:52:40.02  -0.3   32.7 262 b:3.6+0 .33 4.4                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      20:52:40.06  -0.3   32.7 262                                   WB2 
 FITZ eP      20:53:52.47   1.5   41.1 263 b:6.4+0 .45 4.5                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      20:54:32.92   0.7   46.3 258 b:1.9+1 1.0 4.5                   MBWA
      qPcP    20:56:03.56  -0.9X
 VNDA eP      20:56:04.42  -1.0   59.1 182 b:2.2+0 .78 4.0                   VNDA
 CASY eP      20:56:15.58  -0.6   60.7 203 b:1.7+1 .56 5.0                   CASY
 QSPA eP      20:57:24.26  -1.1   71.5 180 b:2.0+1 1.0 4.8                   QSPA
 OHAK eP      20:58:23.60   1.1   81.8  20                                   OHAK
 DAC  qP      20:58:55.37   0.5   88.1  51                                   DAC 
 LSA  eP      20:58:59.49   0.1   89.0 302 b:1.9+0 .60 4.2                   LSA 
      e       20:59:49.00  depth = 200.0X
 SNAA eP      20:59:00.49  -1.8   89.8 183 b:1.3+1 .70 5.0                   SNAA
 OTAV qPKiKP  21:04:39.50   1.2  111.4  97                                   OTAV



 Generated 2007 JUL 24 at 22:27 UTC

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

 


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