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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     25 JUL 2007  (206)

     ot  = 15:04:25.79   +/-   2.00              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.468   +/-    6.0
     lon =     151.484   +/-    8.3              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)       
     dep =       111.3   +/-   18.2   

     150 km (90 miles) E of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG (pop 8,000)
     160 km (100 miles) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
     645 km (400 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2445 km (1520 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   43 of  45    se = 0.82    FE=192                            B   

     error ellipse = (246.8, 71.8, 29.3;125.9,  9.6, 11.1; 33.2, 15.3,  6.7)

 mb = 5.0 ( 26)  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
 COEN ePn     15:07:09.25  -0.7   11.8 224 g:4.1-2 1.2 3.6X b:4.1+1 1.2 5.0  COEN
 GUMO eP      15:08:50.67   0.5   20.0 341 g:3.7-1 1.1 5.0X b:3.7+2 1.1 5.6  GUMO
 KAKA eP      15:08:51.26  -0.2   20.2 248 g:1.2+0 .95 5.6X b:1.1+3 .93 6.2X KAKA
 WRAB eP      15:09:11.17  -0.1   22.0 228 g:8.4-2 .70 4.6X b:9.5+1 .60 5.3  WRAB
 WB2  eP      15:09:11.35   0.0   22.0 228                                   WB2 
 ARMA eP      15:09:38.25   0.4   24.8 180 g:9.1-4 .80 2.7X b:9.1-1 .80 3.3X ARMA
 STKA eP      15:10:04.72  -0.3   27.9 198 g:1.5-2 .95 3.9X b:1.5+1 .95 4.6  STKA
 FITZ eP      15:10:08.43   0.3   28.2 241 g:1.0-1 .63 4.9X b:1.0+2 .63 5.6  FITZ
 FORT eP      15:10:54.14  -0.1   33.4 218 b:5.3+0 .60 4.5                   FORT
 MBWA eP      15:11:03.53   0.0   34.5 240 b:4.7+1 .58 5.5                   MBWA
 NACB eP      15:12:02.43   0.8   41.4 317 b:3.5+1 .80 5.2                   NACB
 YHNB eP      15:12:06.61   1.0   41.9 317 b:5.5+1 .65 5.5                   YHNB
 TATO eP      15:12:07.05   0.5   42.0 317 b:3.9+1 .70 5.3                   TATO
 CHTO eP      15:14:01.53   0.5   57.1 296 b:2.0+1 1.2 5.0                   CHTO
 HIA  eP      15:14:27.86  -0.3   61.1 337 b:9.5+0 .60 5.0                   HIA 
 LSA  eP      15:15:11.94   0.9   67.5 305 b:4.7+0 .50 4.6                   LSA 
 TLY  eP      15:15:25.73   0.4   70.0 331 b:3.9+0 .75 4.3                   TLY 
 VNDA eP      15:15:39.16   0.9   72.2 178 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.5                   VNDA
 SVW2 eP      15:16:12.52   1.1   77.9  23                                   SVW2
 SLKM eP      15:16:20.81  -0.9   79.8  25                                   SLKM
 CHUM eP      15:16:25.96  -0.7   80.8  22                                   CHUM
 ZAA0 eP      15:16:26.68  -1.3   81.0 327                                   ZAA0
 BPAW eP      15:16:28.98  -1.0   81.4  22                                   BPAW
 TRF  eP      15:16:29.40  -0.4   81.3  23                                   TRF 
 IMA2 eP      15:16:31.26   0.5   81.5  20                                   IMA2
 MCK  eP      15:16:32.31  -0.8   82.0  23 b:1.8+4 1.1 7.8X                  MCK 
 COLA eP      15:16:36.27  -1.8   83.0  22 b:1.1+1 .75 4.8                   COLA
 KURK eP      15:16:40.42  -0.7   83.5 322 b:2.8+1 1.3 5.0                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      15:16:41.60   0.2   83.4 314 b:9.2+0 .70 4.8                   TKM2
 EKS2 eP      15:16:47.84   0.2   84.7 314 b:2.1+1 .85 5.1                   EKS2
 AML  eP      15:16:48.29   0.6   84.6 313 b:4.1+1 .93 5.3                   AML 
 EGAK eP      15:16:50.37  -0.5   85.5  23 b:7.5+0 .85 4.7                   EGAK
 BRVK eP      15:17:06.48  -1.8   89.1 323 b:6.3+0 .85 4.7                   BRVK
 MTUM eP      15:17:29.53   1.2   93.2  53                                   MTUM
 TPNV eP      15:17:37.46   0.8   95.1  53 b:7.8+0 .88 5.1                   TPNV
 LDFC eP      15:17:42.28   1.8   95.9  55 b:3.0+0 .75 4.9                   LDFC
 HLID eP      15:17:43.55  -0.5   96.7  47 b:2.2+0 .73 4.8                   HLID
 BOZ  eP      15:17:52.26  -0.7   98.7  45 b:1.1+0 .83 4.5                   BOZ 
 TMUT eP      15:17:56.05   1.0   99.1  51                                   TMUT
 GEC2 ePKPdf  15:23:11.26   0.1  123.9 328                                   GEC2
 SDV  ePKPdf  15:23:39.00   0.0  138.1  83                                   SDV 
 TOA0 ePKPdf  15:23:57.62  -0.8  149.3 287                                   TOA0
      ePKPbc  15:24:02.64  -0.2X
 DBIC ePKPdf  15:24:08.63   0.0  156.4 274                                   DBIC
      ePKPdif 15:24:18.75   0.2X



 Generated 2007 JUL 25 at 17:08 UTC

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

 


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