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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     10 APR 2009  (100)

     ot  = 20:00:21.82   +/-   1.54              EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 
     lat =      -5.763   +/-   10.1
     lon =     145.655   +/-    9.8                                       
     dep =       122.8   +/-   15.5   

     45 km (25 miles) NE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG (pop 17,000)
     60 km (35 miles) SSW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG (pop 32,000)
     445 km (275 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2520 km (1570 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   24 of  29    se = 1.03    FE=207                            B   

     error ellipse = (156.3, 58.7, 27.5;253.1,  4.1, 14.5;345.6, 30.9,  8.7)

 mb = 4.3 ( 15)  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     20:01:18.95  -1.4    3.9 158 d:2.4+2     5.4X L:7.7-1 .75 4.5X PMG 
      eSn     20:01:57.58  S res =  -8.1X  g:6.6-1 .90 4.1X
 COEN ePn     20:02:23.86   1.7    8.5 197 d:2.2+2     7.1X L:4.4-1 .55 5.1X COEN
                                           g:2.5-1 .65 4.4X b:2.3+2 .55 6.1X
 HNR  ePn     20:03:43.11   0.2   14.6 105 g:1.4-1 .85 4.4X b:1.4+2 .85 5.3  HNR 
      eS      20:06:38.06  S res =   3.2X
 WRAB eP      20:04:20.85  -0.9   17.9 217 g:1.6-2 .75 3.7X b:1.4+1 .60 4.4  WRAB
 AS31 eP      20:04:56.55  -0.1   21.1 211                                   AS31
 FITZ eP      20:05:15.61  -1.2   23.1 236 g:4.8-2 .83 4.3X b:3.5+0 .53 4.0  FITZ
 ARMA eP      20:05:36.55   0.6   25.2 168 g:9.3-3 .78 3.7X b:9.3+0 .78 4.3  ARMA
 STKA eP      20:05:45.94   0.3   26.3 188 g:2.8-3 1.0 3.1X b:2.8+0 1.0 3.8  STKA
 KSM  eP      20:07:12.59   1.0   36.0 280 b:8.2+0 .85 4.6                   KSM 
      ePP     20:08:35.03  -0.9X
 PEA0BeP      20:10:12.27   0.2   59.5   8                                   PEA0
 ULN  eP      20:10:38.31   0.8   63.3 332 b:1.4+0 .60 4.1                   ULN 
 ZAA0 eP      20:12:06.03  -1.1   78.1 328                                   ZAA0
 TKM2 eP      20:12:16.25   0.8   79.5 315 b:4.1+0 .75 4.3                   TKM2
      e       20:12:44.19  depth = 108.2X
 KURK eP      20:12:18.40  -0.3   80.2 324 b:3.2+0 .55 4.3                   KURK
 AAK  eP      20:12:19.60   0.4   80.2 315 b:1.3+1 .70 4.8                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      20:12:22.69   0.8   80.7 315 b:7.5+0 .98 4.4                   EKS2
 KBL  eP      20:12:30.02  -0.4   82.3 306 b:8.2+0 .98 4.5                   KBL 
 KKAR eP      20:12:34.75   0.3   83.2 315 b:1.7+0 .60 4.1                   KKAR
 BRVK eP      20:12:47.06  -0.6   85.9 324 b:2.9+0 .85 4.2                   BRVK
 ABKAReP      20:13:13.34  -1.2   91.5 319 b:1.9+0 .80 4.4                   ABKA
      e       20:13:42.92  depth = 112.1X
 LPAZ ePKPdf  20:19:38.83   1.2  140.0 124                                   LPAZ
 TOA0 ePKPdf  20:19:41.64  -2.1  143.7 284                                   TOA0
 SAML ePKPbc  20:19:53.33   0.0  147.8 117                                   SAML
 DBIC ePKPbc  20:20:01.47   0.8  150.7 273                                   DBIC



 Generated 2009 APR 10 at 21:10 UTC

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


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