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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     29 JUL 2007  (210)

     ot  = 22:48:42.52   +/-   1.79              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.301   +/-    7.9
     lon =     152.018   +/-    7.8              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =        53.9   +/-   17.0   

     120 km (75 miles) S of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
     145 km (90 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
     705 km (435 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2460 km (1530 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   31 of  35    se = 0.75    FE=192                            B   

     error ellipse = (208.1, 69.4, 27.9;302.6,  1.7, 12.4; 33.2, 20.6,  6.5)

 mb = 4.6 (  9)  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     22:50:12.81  -0.3    6.3 229 g:9.2-2 1.0 3.6X                  PMG 
 CTAO ePn     22:52:21.14   0.4   15.7 200                                   CTAO
 KAKA eP      22:53:17.04  -1.5   20.7 248                                   KAKA
 WRAB eP      22:53:38.94   1.0   22.5 228 b:3.6+1 1.3 4.6                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      22:53:39.34   1.4   22.5 228                                   WB2 
 STKA qP      22:54:28.96  -1.1   28.2 199                                   STKA
 FITZ eP      22:54:34.43  -0.7   28.7 242                                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      22:55:30.85   0.4   35.0 240                                   MBWA
 RAO  qP      22:55:47.40  -0.4   37.1 133                                   RAO 
 KKM  eP      22:55:51.28  -0.2   37.5 287                                   KKM 
 CM31 qP      22:58:26.17   0.2   57.4 296                                   CM31
 CHTO eP      22:58:27.95   1.2   57.5 296 b:9.6+0 1.5 4.7                   CHTO
 MA2  qP      22:59:14.90   0.3   64.7 359                                   MA2 
 TLY  qP      22:59:48.50  -0.7   70.1 330                                   TLY 
 VNDA eP      23:00:02.72   0.4   72.4 178 b:8.2-1 .81 3.7                   VNDA
 SVW2 qP      23:00:32.42  -0.2   77.6  23                                   SVW2
 TTA  eP      23:00:38.35   0.5   78.5  22                                   TTA 
 SLKM eP      23:00:43.21   0.2   79.4  25                                   SLKM
      qPcP    23:00:50.78  -0.1X
 RC01 eP      23:00:45.72   0.1   80.0  25 b:1.0+1 .74 4.8                   RC01
      ePP     23:03:46.84  -1.2X
 CHUM eP      23:00:48.68   0.6   80.4  22                                   CHUM
      ePcP    23:00:55.45   0.5X
 KTH  eP      23:00:49.24  -0.8   80.8  22 b:3.0+0 .56 4.4                   KTH 
 IMA2 eP      23:00:53.00   0.7   81.2  20                                   IMA2
 MCK  eP      23:00:53.74  -0.8   81.6  23 b:1.7+1 1.0 5.0                   MCK 
 COLA eP      23:00:59.15  -0.4   82.6  22                                   COLA
 KURK eP      23:01:05.31  -0.2   83.7 322                                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      23:01:06.03  -0.1   83.7 314 b:1.7+0 .78 4.1                   TKM2
 AML  eP      23:01:11.32  -1.2   84.9 313 b:1.2+1 1.2 4.9                   AML 
 EKS2 eP      23:01:12.73   0.4   85.0 314 b:7.5+0 1.3 4.6                   EKS2
 EGAK eP      23:01:13.33   0.9   85.1  23                                   EGAK
 BRVK qP      23:01:32.94   0.3   89.2 323                                   BRVK
 ESLA ePKPdf  23:08:04.15  -0.4  139.5 331                                   ESLA
 TOA0 ePKPdf  23:08:27.27   4.2X 149.7 287                                   TOA0



 Generated 2007 JUL 30 at 04:36 UTC

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

 


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