15 APR 2009 (105)
ot = 03:11:22.59 +/- 1.61 VANUATU
lat = -14.933 +/- 8.1
lon = 167.286 +/- 6.8 MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)
dep = 175.9 +/- 14.4
70 km (40 miles) NNE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (pop 11,000)
330 km (205 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
490 km (305 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
2025 km (1260 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 44 of 46 se = 1.00 FE=186 A
error ellipse = (200.7, 65.2, 23.9; 61.4, 19.3, 10.5;326.0, 15.0, 8.4)
mb = 4.8 ( 25) 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
DZM ePn 03:13:01.77 -2.9 7.1 186 d:1.7+2 6.4X L:1.4-1 .45 4.4X DZM
eSn 03:14:23.56 S res = -1.9X g:1.0-1 .95 3.7X b:7.1+1 .45 5.3
EIDS eP 03:15:26.24 1.8 18.4 233 b:5.1+1 .60 5.1 EIDS
RAO eP 03:15:39.98 1.0 19.7 139 b:2.4+3 2.0 6.3X RAO
AFI eP 03:15:46.60 1.4 20.3 90 b:7.8+1 1.3 5.0 AFI
PMG eP 03:15:46.99 0.7 20.4 283 b:1.9+1 .80 4.6 PMG
CTAO eP 03:15:50.13 0.9 20.7 253 b:2.8+1 .90 4.7 CTAO
OUZ eP 03:15:53.59 1.5 21.0 165 b:4.1+1 .84 4.9 OUZ
COEN eP 03:16:15.71 0.2 23.4 269 COEN
URZ eP 03:16:28.42 0.0 24.8 161 b:4.2+1 1.6 4.8 URZ
KHZ eP 03:16:56.27 0.1 27.9 170 b:1.7+2 1.9 5.4 KHZ
RPZ eP 03:17:04.08 -0.6 28.9 174 b:1.9+1 .76 4.9 RPZ
STKA eP 03:17:06.26 1.4 28.9 230 b:4.1+0 .45 4.5 STKA
WHZ eP 03:17:22.04 -0.2 30.9 179 b:3.7+2 2.4 5.7 WHZ
WRAB eP 03:17:29.41 -1.2 31.8 256 b:9.1+0 1.0 4.4 WRAB
AS31 eP 03:17:36.87 -1.0 32.6 249 AS31
BBOO eP 03:17:45.99 0.9 33.5 232 b:3.0+3 2.1 6.6X BBOO
FORT eP 03:18:33.68 -0.1 39.2 239 b:2.3+1 .56 5.1 FORT
FITZ eP 03:18:40.38 -0.1 40.0 260 b:1.5+1 .55 4.8 FITZ
MBWA eP 03:19:24.93 0.1 45.5 255 b:2.8+1 1.5 4.6 MBWA
KAPI eP 03:19:41.68 -0.6 47.7 277 b:8.3+0 1.0 4.3 KAPI
UGM eP 03:20:43.19 0.1 56.0 270 b:5.3+2 1.9 6.0X UGM
MAJO eP 03:20:57.25 -0.3 58.1 333 MAJO
JNU eP 03:21:04.91 0.3 59.1 325 b:7.2+1 2.4 5.1 JNU
VNDA eP 03:21:27.92 0.0 62.7 181 b:4.3+1 1.9 5.0 VNDA
SBA eP 03:21:30.91 1.2 62.9 180 b:1.6+1 .85 4.9 SBA
CASY eP 03:21:33.23 0.6 63.3 202 b:1.3+2 2.5 5.4 CASY
KULM eP 03:22:10.06 0.5 69.0 282 b:1.1+1 .91 4.6 KULM
QSPA eP 03:22:44.14 -0.9 75.1 180 b:9.1+0 .90 4.5 QSPA
CHTO eP 03:22:46.77 0.6 75.2 294 b:3.2+0 .90 4.1 CHTO
ULN eP 03:23:24.95 0.3 82.3 324 b:4.6+0 .80 4.3 ULN
SNAA eP 03:24:16.02 -1.3 93.3 183 b:2.2+0 .64 4.5 SNAA
MK31 eP 03:24:36.23 0.3 97.4 316 MK31
BOSA ePKPdf 03:29:59.14 -0.2 123.2 220 BOSA
LBTB ePKPdf 03:30:03.73 0.1 125.5 224 LBTB
MALT ePKPdf 03:30:11.38 0.6 129.4 308 MALT
BR131ePKPdf 03:30:16.09 -0.8 132.7 311 BR13
BUR08ePKPdf 03:30:21.49 0.9 134.8 324 BUR0
MORC ePKPdf 03:30:24.90 -0.4 137.4 331 MORC
TUE ePKPdf 03:30:34.31 -2.4 143.5 334 TUE
AQU ePKPdf 03:30:37.26 -1.2 144.6 326 AQU
TIP ePKPdf 03:30:38.02 -0.6 144.6 319 TIP
BNI ePKPbc 03:30:41.52 0.2 145.8 335 BNI
KEST ePKPbc 03:30:56.15 0.2 151.4 320 KEST
ePKPab 03:31:05.60 0.8X
TOA0 ePKPdf 03:31:06.68 -1.0 165.9 265 TOA0
Generated 2009 APR 15 at 23:05 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
