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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     12 APR 2009  (102)

     ot  = 04:50:31.69   +/-   0.61              FIJI REGION                     
     lat =     -17.836   +/-    6.6
     lon =    -178.462   +/-    5.7              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =       587.4   +/-    7.2   

     280 km (170 miles) SE of Lambasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji
     310 km (195 miles) N of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     330 km (205 miles) E of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     2205 km (1370 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   96 of 112    se = 1.03    FE=181                            A   

     error ellipse = (158.0, 43.6, 12.0;303.5, 40.9, 10.4; 49.9, 18.1,  6.6)

 mb = 4.5 ( 44)  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 eP      04:51:53.31   1.4    3.3 271                                   MSVF
 AFI  eP      04:52:23.17  -3.1    7.5  60 d:1.4+1     4.4X L:2.0-1 .70 4.6X AFI 
      eS      04:53:55.81  S res =  -4.1X  g:1.4-1 .85 4.0X
 DZM  eP      04:53:38.24  -0.5   14.8 251 g:4.8-2 .85 4.0X b:4.2+1 .75 4.9  DZM 
 RAR  eP      04:54:07.41   0.1   17.9 104 b:6.2+1 .90 5.2                   RAR 
 OUZ  eP      04:54:16.60   2.5   18.7 201 b:1.2+2 .76 5.5                   OUZ 
 URZ  eP      04:54:30.15  -2.1   20.7 190 b:8.0+1 .92 5.3                   URZ 
 SNZO eP      04:55:01.19  -1.3   24.1 193 b:6.5+1 .60 5.4                   SNZO
 KHZ  eP      04:55:12.82  -1.3   25.4 194 b:2.9+1 .60 5.1                   KHZ 
 RPZ  eP      04:55:29.04  -1.3   27.3 197 b:2.1+1 .96 4.7                   RPZ 
 ARMA eP      04:55:55.16   1.5   29.9 240 b:2.7+1 1.0 4.8                   ARMA
 CTAO eP      04:56:23.48   0.3   33.4 260 b:2.8+1 .80 4.9                   CTAO
 CAN  eP      04:56:25.83   0.3   33.7 232 b:6.5+1 1.3 5.1                   CAN 
 PMG  eP      04:56:32.88   1.4   34.4 280 b:1.6+2 .90 5.7X                  PMG 
 COEN eP      04:56:54.14   0.8   37.1 270                                   COEN
 STKA eP      04:57:07.06   1.1   38.6 241 b:2.1+1 1.2 4.5                   STKA
 BBOO eP      04:57:44.11   0.4   43.4 241 b:1.1+3 1.0 6.3X                  BBOO
 WRAB eP      04:57:52.78  -0.2   44.6 259 b:2.9+1 .65 5.0                   WRAB
 AS31 eP      04:57:54.57   0.2   44.8 254                                   AS31
 FORT eP      04:58:32.49  -0.8   50.0 245 b:6.4+1 .60 5.3                   FORT
 FITZ eP      04:58:55.02   0.0   53.0 260 b:1.2+1 .98 4.3                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      04:59:29.72  -0.2   58.0 256 b:8.5+1 1.5 4.8                   MBWA
 VNDA eP      04:59:46.81   1.4   60.5 185 b:3.2+1 1.5 4.4                   VNDA
 KAPI eP      04:59:52.62  -1.2   61.6 274 b:2.5+1 1.1 4.5                   KAPI
 MAJO eP      05:00:32.14  -0.1   67.8 323 b:1.5+1 .85 4.5                   MAJO
 KKM  eP      05:00:37.92  -0.1   68.7 284 b:2.0+1 .81 4.7                   KKM 
 NACB eP      05:00:56.21  -0.1   71.8 304 b:2.6+1 1.0 4.7                   NACB
 TPUB eP      05:00:57.55  -0.8   72.2 302 b:2.4+1 .80 4.8                   TPUB
 QSPA eP      05:00:58.81   0.8   72.2 180 b:4.9+1 .78 5.1                   QSPA
 KSM  eP      05:01:01.96   0.8   72.6 277 b:5.4+1 1.0 5.0                   KSM 
 CMB  eP      05:01:29.99   0.5   77.8  43 b:4.8+0 .90 3.9                   CMB 
 MTUM eP      05:01:35.34   1.2   78.7  45                                   MTUM
 MOD  eP      05:01:42.12   0.7   80.1  40 b:5.7+0 .68 4.1                   MOD 
 TUC  eP      05:01:51.75   1.8   81.7  52 b:4.4+0 1.0 3.9                   TUC 
 IPM  eP      05:01:54.27   0.5   82.4 277 b:2.6+1 .94 4.7                   IPM 
 SML  eP      05:01:54.29  -1.1   82.9  14                                   SML 
 CCUT eP      05:01:54.51   1.4   82.3  47                                   CCUT
 ELK  eP      05:01:55.26   0.5   82.6  43 b:3.8+0 .95 3.9                   ELK 
 TRF  eP      05:01:58.36  -2.2   84.0  12 b:1.3+1 .83 4.6                   TRF 
 BMO  eP      05:01:59.33   0.5   83.5  39                                   BMO 
 MFID eP      05:02:00.40   0.9   83.7  41                                   MFID
 MCK  eP      05:02:01.75  -1.3   84.5  13 b:5.1+0 .63 4.3                   MCK 
 HLID eP      05:02:05.50   1.2   84.6  41 b:4.2+0 .85 4.1                   HLID
 COLA eP      05:02:07.52  -1.3   85.7  13 b:1.7+0 .45 4.0                   COLA
      epP     05:04:15.24  depth = 594.0X
 SRU  eP      05:02:07.53   1.2   85.0  46 b:1.3+2 .78 5.6X                  SRU 
 HWUT eP      05:02:09.19   0.6   85.5  44                                   HWUT
 LKWY eP      05:02:11.59  -7.1X  87.6  42                                   LKWY
 MCMT eP      05:02:11.65  -0.4   86.2  41 b:2.1+0 .78 3.9                   MCMT
      epP     05:04:19.69  depth = 595.0X
 BILL eP      05:02:11.77  -0.1   86.4 354 b:5.2+0 .93 4.2                   BILL
 ANMO eP      05:02:11.91   0.3   86.1  52                                   ANMO
 BSMT eP      05:02:13.75   0.1   86.6  37                                   BSMT
 RRI2 eP      05:02:14.10   0.8   86.5  42 b:7.7+0 .80 4.5                   RRI2
 DLMT eP      05:02:14.51   0.6   86.6  40                                   DLMT
 GDL2 eP      05:02:14.93   1.0   86.6  55 b:1.2+0 .50 3.9                   GDL2
 SNOW eP      05:02:16.00   0.8   86.9  42 b:5.1+0 .82 4.3                   SNOW
 COLD eP      05:02:16.02  -0.5   87.4  11 b:3.6+0 .87 4.1                   COLD
      epP     05:04:24.70  depth = 596.6X
 LOHW eP      05:02:16.55   0.6   87.0  42 b:2.3+0 .70 4.0                   LOHW
      epP     05:04:23.24  depth = 585.5X
 IMW  eP      05:02:16.64   0.9   87.0  42 b:6.2+0 .84 4.4                   IMW 
      epP     05:04:21.55  depth = 575.3X
 MOOW eP      05:02:16.71   0.8   87.0  42 b:2.2+0 1.0 3.8                   MOOW
 CM31 eP      05:02:25.81   1.3   88.8 290 b:3.5+0 .85 4.3                   CM31
 CHTO eP      05:02:25.85   0.8   88.9 290 b:1.0+1 1.1 4.7                   CHTO
 SNAA eP      05:02:31.99  -0.2   90.7 179                                   SNAA
 ULN  eP      05:02:43.49  -0.2   93.1 319 b:1.8+0 .62 4.3                   ULN 
 DGMT eP      05:02:44.82   0.9   93.2  40                                   DGMT
 RES  ePKP    05:07:46.95  -0.7  105.4  16                                   RES 
 MK31 ePKP    05:07:54.14  -1.2  109.0 314                                   MK31
 KURK ePKP    05:07:58.70  -1.6  111.7 318                                   KURK
 TKM2 ePKP    05:08:03.08  -1.1  113.5 310                                   TKM2
 AAK  ePKP    05:08:04.97  -0.7  114.3 309                                   AAK 
 EKS2 ePKPdf  05:08:06.33  -0.3  114.8 309                                   EKS2
 BRVK ePKPdf  05:08:08.72  -1.3  116.8 321                                   BRVK
 KKAR ePKPdf  05:08:10.25  -0.9  117.2 310                                   KKAR
 KBL  ePKPdf  05:08:13.22  -0.3  118.2 300                                   KBL 
 ABKARePKPdf  05:08:22.97  -0.6  123.8 318                                   ABKA
 SUR  ePKPdf  05:08:30.54   0.4  126.8 200                                   SUR 
 BOSA ePKPdf  05:08:33.78   0.5  128.4 207                                   BOSA
 LBTB ePKPdf  05:08:39.55   0.6  131.4 210                                   LBTB
 GNI  ePKPdf  05:08:49.23   0.8  136.7 310                                   GNI 
 TSUM ePKPpre 05:08:50.35  -4.6X 140.0 204                                   TSUM
      ePKPdf  05:08:55.03   0.0X
 LSZ  ePKPdf  05:08:51.50   0.2  137.9 220                                   LSZ 
 MALT ePKPdf  05:08:54.96  -2.9  141.9 310                                   MALT
 KIEV ePKPdf  05:08:55.67   0.9  140.5 332                                   KIEV
 KMBO ePKPdf  05:08:55.76   0.2  140.1 246                                   KMBO
 BUR08ePKPdf  05:09:02.68   0.6  144.5 332                                   BUR0
 BR131ePKPdf  05:09:02.98   0.3  144.7 315                                   BR13
 ANTO ePKPbc  05:09:04.11  -0.5  145.2 316                                   ANTO
 MORC ePKPbc  05:09:04.12  -1.3  145.6 342                                   MORC
 KHC  ePKPdf  05:09:06.46  -0.2  147.3 345                                   KHC 
      ePKPbc  05:09:09.86  -0.1X
 PSZ  ePKPbc  05:09:07.59  -0.3  146.4 337                                   PSZ 
 STU  ePKPdf  05:09:08.58   0.0  148.5 350                                   STU 
      ePKPbc  05:09:13.14   0.1X
      ePKPab  05:09:18.39  -0.4X
 CSS  ePKPbc  05:09:09.13  -0.5  147.0 307                                   CSS 
 TUE  ePKPdf  05:09:12.19  -0.2  150.7 349                                   TUE 
      ePKPbc  05:09:18.55  -0.1X
      ePKPab  05:09:27.56  -0.7X
 WLF  ePKPbc  05:09:12.32   0.5  148.0 354                                   WLF 
 BFO  ePKPbc  05:09:14.35  -0.1  149.1 351                                   BFO 
      ePKPab  05:09:20.49  -0.7X
 TRI  ePKPbc  05:09:16.93  -0.7  150.4 343                                   TRI 
 TIP  ePKPdf  05:09:17.78  -0.7  154.9 331                                   TIP 
 TOA0 ePKPdf  05:09:34.45  -1.7  175.3 182                                   TOA0
      ePKPab  05:11:16.15  -0.6X
 TAM  ePKPdf  05:09:35.84   0.5  173.8 323                                   TAM 
 DBIC ePKPab  05:10:40.69  -0.1  167.3 150                                   DBIC



 Generated 2009 APR 17 at 01:27 UTC

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


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