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Explanation of Parameters


      8 APR 2009  ( 98)

     ot  = 11:13:01.55   +/-   0.40              OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. 
     lat =     -38.767   +/-    5.8
     lon =     178.236   +/-    7.3              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =        35.0  (geophysicist)

     20 km (15 miles) ESE of Gisborne, New Zealand (pop 33,000)
     135 km (85 miles) NE of Napier, New Zealand (pop 55,000)
     370 km (230 miles) SE of Auckland, New Zealand
     405 km (250 miles) NE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
 
     ML 5.0 (WEL). Felt at Gisborne.

     nph =   42 of  46    se = 0.91    FE=160                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 85.6,  0.0,  9.6;175.6,  0.0,  7.6;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.2 ( 15)  ML = 4.7 (  3)  mblg = 3.7 (  6)  md = 4.7 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 URZ  ePn     11:13:19.17  -0.1    1.0 299 d:3.8+2     4.7  L:2.0+1 1.0 4.4  URZ 
      eS      11:13:35.24  S res =   2.9X  g:1.6+1 1.2 4.9X
 SNZO ePn     11:13:54.59  -1.8    3.7 226 L:1.6+0 1.3 4.7  g:5.1-1 1.0 3.9  SNZO
 KHZ  ePn     11:14:14.65  -0.9    5.1 223 L:8.0-1 1.2 4.8  g:2.3-1 1.0 3.8  KHZ 
 OUZ  ePn     11:14:16.78   0.9    5.1 312 g:5.0-2 1.0 3.1                   OUZ 
 RPZ  ePn     11:14:42.44  -3.6X   7.3 225 L:2.2-1 1.6 4.6X g:1.5-1 1.1 3.9  RPZ 
      eSn     11:16:03.85  S res =  -4.1X
 ODZ  ePn     11:15:01.13  -0.2    8.4 220 L:1.4-1 3.5 4.6X g:3.0-2 .80 3.4  ODZ 
 DZM  eP      11:17:26.49   1.0   19.5 325 g:2.7-2 1.2 3.8  b:2.7+1 1.2 4.4  DZM 
 MSVF qP      11:17:41.55   0.0   21.0 360 b:3.0+2 2.6 5.2                   MSVF
 ARMA eP      11:18:07.79   0.5   23.4 283 b:8.2+1 1.1 5.1                   ARMA
 EIDS eP      11:18:35.23  -0.4   26.5 292 b:2.6+1 1.0 4.8                   EIDS
 STKA eP      11:19:13.09   1.6   30.5 272 b:4.3+0 .85 4.3X                  STKA
 CTAO eP      11:19:36.77   1.1   33.3 295 b:4.1+1 .90 5.3                   CTAO
 HNR  eP      11:19:37.09  -0.6   33.5 326 b:1.8+2 1.1 5.9                   HNR 
      ePcP    11:22:20.76   2.6X
 BBOO eP      11:19:47.36   1.1   34.5 267 b:5.7+2 1.5 6.3X                  BBOO
 COEN eP      11:20:29.98   0.4   39.6 299 b:6.5+2 1.0 6.4X                  COEN
 PMG  eP      11:20:36.24   0.2   40.4 308 b:6.4+1 .90 5.4                   PMG 
 AS31 eP      11:20:36.37   0.0   40.4 279                                   AS31
 FORT eP      11:20:45.52  -0.2   41.5 265 b:3.4+1 .70 5.2                   FORT
 WRAB eP      11:20:50.18  -0.5   42.1 284 b:2.5+1 .95 4.9                   WRAB
 FITZ eP      11:21:51.68   0.0   49.9 279 b:2.2+1 1.1 5.1                   FITZ
 QSPA eP      11:22:03.60   1.2   51.4 180 b:7.7+1 1.0 5.6                   QSPA
 MBWA eP      11:22:12.95  -0.3   52.8 272 b:3.8+1 1.1 5.3                   MBWA
 KAPI eP      11:23:22.08   0.1   62.5 287 b:3.4+1 1.0 5.4                   KAPI
 SNAA eP      11:24:10.18   1.9   69.9 180                                   SNAA
 KSM  eP      11:24:32.85  -0.2   73.9 285 b:6.9+1 .95 5.6                   KSM 
 SSLB eP      11:25:16.75  -1.9   82.1 309 b:3.1+1 1.2 5.2                   SSLB
 TIXI ePKPdf  11:31:36.74  -1.6  115.5 345                                   TIXI
 MK31 ePKPdf  11:31:48.41  -0.6  120.6 307                                   MK31
 ZAA0 ePKPdf  11:31:50.82  -0.7  122.0 316                                   ZAA0
 TKM2 ePKPdf  11:31:54.15  -0.4  123.3 301                                   TKM2
 KURK ePKPdf  11:31:55.28  -0.8  124.4 311                                   KURK
 AAK  ePKPdf  11:31:55.81   0.1  123.9 300                                   AAK 
 KBL  ePKPdf  11:31:57.07   0.2  124.3 289                                   KBL 
 EKS2 ePKPdf  11:31:57.23   0.6  124.4 300                                   EKS2
 KKAR ePKPdf  11:32:00.85  -0.2  126.8 299                                   KKAR
 BRVK ePKPdf  11:32:07.14   0.4  130.0 311                                   BRVK
 ABKARePKPdf  11:32:17.94   0.6  135.5 305                                   ABKA
 ARE0 ePKPbc  11:32:35.62  -0.5  145.9 343                                   ARE0
 DBIC ePKPbc  11:32:44.44   0.9  147.9 174                                   DBIC
 MALT ePKPbc  11:32:45.67   0.6  148.7 282                                   MALT
 CSS  ePKPbc  11:32:52.66   0.3  151.8 273                                   CSS 
 FIA1 ePKPab  11:32:57.43  -2.1  151.5 332                                   FIA1
 TOA0 ePKPab  11:33:13.25   0.6  154.3 188                                   TOA0



 Generated 2009 APR  9 at 12:55 UTC

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


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