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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      9 APR 2009  ( 99)

     ot  = 04:13:14.98   +/-   0.99              SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS    
     lat =     -22.231   +/-    5.3
     lon =     170.558   +/-    4.5              MAGNITUDE 5.3 (GS)       
     dep =        86.8   +/-    9.1   

     155 km (95 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia (pop N/A)
     285 km (180 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
     425 km (265 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia
     1665 km (1040 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   86 of 103    se = 0.90    FE=189                            A   

     error ellipse = (172.3, 75.0, 14.2;325.7, 13.4,  8.0; 57.3,  6.5,  6.4)

 mb = 5.3 ( 43)  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
 MSVF ePn     04:15:13.61   0.3    8.3  59                                   MSVF
 HNR  ePn     04:17:03.63   4.9X  16.3 320                                   HNR 
 URZ  ePn     04:17:06.40  -0.1   16.9 162 b:2.3+2 1.7 5.1                   URZ 
 EIDS eP      04:17:19.76  -0.2   18.1 256 b:6.5+1 1.2 4.7                   EIDS
 AFI  eP      04:17:27.26   0.5   18.7  67 b:1.6+2 1.0 5.2                   AFI 
 ARMA eP      04:17:27.54  -0.3   18.8 240 b:5.1+1 1.1 4.7                   ARMA
 KHZ  eP      04:17:44.59   1.0   20.3 174 b:2.1+2 1.2 5.3                   KHZ 
 RPZ  eP      04:17:55.43  -0.5   21.4 179 b:1.1+2 1.0 5.2                   RPZ 
 CTAO eP      04:18:09.64  -0.6   22.8 271 b:2.6+1 .90 4.6                   CTAO
 CAN  eP      04:18:11.48  -0.1   22.9 231 g:3.8-2 1.0 4.1X b:1.3+2 1.5 5.1  CAN 
 TARA eP      04:18:15.88  -1.8   23.6   6 b:1.4+2 .76 5.4                   TARA
 PMG  eP      04:18:37.80  -0.6   25.8 296 b:5.9+1 .90 5.1                   PMG 
 COEN eP      04:18:52.13   0.8   27.3 283 b:3.4+2 1.0 5.9                   COEN
 STKA eP      04:18:53.04   0.1   27.5 243 b:2.4+1 1.8 4.5                   STKA
 BBOO eP      04:19:34.66  -0.5   32.2 243 b:3.3+2 1.2 6.0                   BBOO
 AS31 eP      04:19:47.30  -1.0   33.7 260                                   AS31
      ePcP    04:22:26.98   0.8X
 WRAB eP      04:19:47.50  -1.6   33.8 267 b:1.4+1 1.0 4.8                   WRAB
 FORT eP      04:20:33.14   1.8   38.8 248 b:4.4+1 .90 5.3                   FORT
 FITZ eP      04:20:59.80  -0.2   42.3 267                                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      04:21:37.88  -0.3   47.1 261                                   MBWA
 KAPI eP      04:22:15.52  -0.2   52.0 281                                   KAPI
 DAV  eP      04:22:21.98   0.2   52.8 298                                   DAV 
 SBA  eP      04:22:43.22   1.3   55.7 181                                   SBA 
 KKM  eP      04:23:14.76   0.7   60.1 291 b:3.3+1 .95 5.4                   KKM 
 KSM  eP      04:23:35.36   0.5   63.3 284 b:8.3+1 .95 5.7                   KSM 
      ePcP    04:24:12.98   1.5X
 JOW  eP      04:23:38.16   0.9   63.7 318 b:9.7+1 1.4 5.6                   JOW 
 TWG  eP      04:23:49.89  -1.2   65.8 310 b:8.1+1 .41 6.0                   TWG 
 NACB eP      04:23:54.29   0.1   66.3 311 b:1.4+2 1.1 5.8                   NACB
 TPUB eP      04:23:54.84  -0.2   66.4 310 b:9.8+1 1.1 5.7                   TPUB
 SSLB eP      04:23:55.17  -0.4   66.5 310 b:5.5+1 .90 5.5                   SSLB
 JNU  eP      04:23:57.85   0.4   66.8 324 b:3.3+1 1.0 5.2                   JNU 
 YHNB eP      04:23:57.94   0.6   66.7 311 b:1.2+2 1.0 5.7                   YHNB
 TATO eP      04:23:58.25   0.3   66.9 312 b:3.0+2 1.5 6.0                   TATO
 INCN eP      04:24:32.72   1.2   72.4 325 b:2.1+1 .65 5.2                   INCN
 IPM  eP      04:24:35.69   0.1   73.0 282 b:6.6+1 1.1 5.4                   IPM 
 YSS  eP      04:24:38.46   1.7   73.3 341 b:3.1+1 .80 5.2                   YSS 
 KULM eP      04:24:39.76   0.4   73.6 283 b:8.1+1 1.4 5.4                   KULM
 SNAA eP      04:25:45.72  -0.9   86.2 182 b:8.7+1 1.3 5.6                   SNAA
 GAMB eP      04:25:50.16   0.9   86.8   8 b:2.1+1 .96 5.2                   GAMB
 KCPM eP      04:25:51.58   1.0   87.0  45 b:5.7+0 .78 4.7                   KCPM
 ISA  eP      04:25:57.98   0.4   88.4  50 b:9.9+0 .90 4.9                   ISA 
 TNA  qP      04:26:00.11   0.4   89.1   9 b:3.1+0 .92 4.5                   TNA 
 BILL eP      04:26:04.51   0.1   90.1 358 b:4.0+1 1.5 5.4                   BILL
 NV11 eP      04:26:04.91   0.0   90.0  48                                   NV11
 ULN  eP      04:26:05.43   0.6   90.0 323 b:8.2+1 1.4 5.7                   ULN 
 BMRM eP      04:26:05.48  -1.0   90.5  20 b:5.2+0 .86 4.8                   BMRM
 TRF  eP      04:26:06.17  -1.8   90.8  16 b:5.6+0 .88 4.8                   TRF 
 MENT eP      04:26:13.76  -0.9   92.2  19                                   MENT
 COLA eP      04:26:14.67  -1.3   92.5  16 b:5.7+0 .85 5.0                   COLA
 DOT  eP      04:26:15.79  -0.8   92.6  19 b:2.1+0 .84 4.6                   DOT 
 COLD eP      04:26:21.81  -0.2   93.8  14 b:4.4+0 .86 4.9                   COLD
 TLY  eP      04:26:23.11   0.4   93.9 325 b:1.6+1 .95 5.4                   TLY 
 DLBC eP      04:26:23.39  -0.2   94.1  27                                   DLBC
 PHWY ePdif   04:26:50.73  -0.2X 100.0  50 b:2.2+1 .78 5.8                   PHWY
 MK31 ePdif   04:27:11.79   0.5X 104.7 315                                   MK31
 HBAR ePKPdf  04:31:32.37  -3.2X 109.5  59                                   HBAR
 SAML ePKPdf  04:31:53.87  -0.4  118.9 114                                   SAML
 ABKARePKPdf  04:31:55.00   0.0  119.9 315                                   ABKA
 ARU  ePKPdf  04:31:55.66  -0.1  120.4 323                                   ARU 
 NCB  ePKPdf  04:32:01.25  -0.1  123.0  51                                   NCB 
 OBIP ePKPdf  04:32:07.99  -0.6  126.4  83                                   OBIP
 SUMG ePKPdf  04:32:08.89   0.1  127.1  11                                   SUMG
 SJG  ePKPdf  04:32:08.98  -0.5  126.9  84                                   SJG 
 PQI  ePKPdf  04:32:09.02  -0.3  127.3  48                                   PQI 
 KMBO ePKPdf  04:32:15.05   1.2  128.9 249                                   KMBO
 KIEV ePKPdf  04:32:28.97  -1.6  138.6 323                                   KIEV
 BR131ePKPdf  04:32:30.28  -2.6  139.6 306                                   BR13
 AK01 ePKPdf  04:32:30.45  -0.1  138.6 323                                   AK01
 AK02 ePKPdf  04:32:30.69   0.1  138.7 323                                   AK02
 KWP  ePKPdf  04:32:34.63  -3.4X 142.7 325                                   KWP 
 BUR08ePKPdf  04:32:35.15  -2.5  142.4 321                                   BUR0
 RUE  ePKPbc  04:32:42.19   1.1  144.9 335                                   RUE 
 MORC ePKPbc  04:32:43.50   1.1  145.3 329                                   MORC
 PSZ  ePKPbc  04:32:43.73   1.3  145.3 325                                   PSZ 
 ESK  ePKPbc  04:32:46.20  -0.1  146.6 354                                   ESK 
 KHC  ePKPbc  04:32:50.40   1.3  147.5 331                                   KHC 
 ECH  ePKPdf  04:32:50.63  -1.1  150.9 337                                   ECH 
 TIP  ePKPdf  04:32:53.95   0.2  152.0 313                                   TIP 
      ePKPbc  04:33:01.21   0.9X
      ePKPab  04:33:11.38   1.4X
 TIR  ePKPbc  04:32:53.95   1.2  148.9 315                                   TIR 
 CEL  ePKPdf  04:32:55.20  -0.1  153.0 312                                   CEL 
 TRI  ePKPbc  04:32:55.26   0.1  149.9 327                                   TRI 
      ePKPab  04:33:00.95   0.0X
 STU  ePKPbc  04:32:55.66   1.2  149.6 335                                   STU 
      ePKPab  04:32:59.87   0.1X
 BNI  ePKPdf  04:32:56.17   0.0  153.7 334                                   BNI 
      ePKPbc  04:33:04.89   0.9X
      ePKPab  04:33:18.61   1.7X
 BFO  ePKPbc  04:32:56.33   0.2  150.3 336                                   BFO 
      ePKPab  04:33:03.68   1.0X
 WLF  ePKPbc  04:32:56.66   1.5  150.0 340                                   WLF 
 TUE  ePKPbc  04:32:59.66   0.7  151.4 332                                   TUE 
 CUC  ePKPbc  04:33:00.07  -0.7  152.2 315                                   CUC 
      ePKPab  04:33:11.40   0.6X
 VLC  ePKPbc  04:33:01.37  -0.3  152.7 328                                   VLC 
 SSB  ePKPbc  04:33:06.00   0.8  154.3 337                                   SSB 
      ePKPab  04:33:20.03   0.5X
 TAM  ePKPdf  04:33:10.40  -0.4  166.2 275                                   TAM 
 TOA0 ePKPdf  04:33:11.02   0.0  166.1 231                                   TOA0
      ePKPab  04:34:11.39  -0.4X



 Generated 2009 APR  9 at 05:43 UTC

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


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