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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     16 APR 2009  (106)

     ot  = 00:43:26.25   +/-   2.04        BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.     
     lat =      -6.500   +/-    7.0
     lon =     154.194   +/-    5.7              MAGNITUDE 5.8 (GCMT)     
     dep =        44.8   +/-    4.5   

     155 km (95 miles) WSW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG (pop 12,000)
     260 km (160 miles) SSE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
     840 km (520 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2325 km (1440 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   60 of  75    se = 1.01    FE=193                            held

     error ellipse = (174.0,  5.0, 10.7;267.0, 26.0,  9.2; 74.0, 62.0,  6.0)

 mb = 5.5 ( 48)  ML = 5.1 (  4)  mblg = 3.5 (  5)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 PMG  ePn     00:45:12.29  -1.5    7.5 247 L:5.1-1 2.0 5.1  g:1.9-1 .95 4.1  PMG 
 COEN ePn     00:46:25.38  -4.8X  13.1 234 g:3.0-2 .82 3.6                   COEN
 CTAO ePn     00:47:00.64  -1.9X  15.6 208 g:1.0-2 1.3 3.5  b:6.9+2 2.4 5.4  CTAO
 EIDS eP      00:47:43.16  -1.2   19.0 188 g:0.0+0 .98 3.1  b:1.2+3 2.8 5.6  EIDS
 TARA ePn     00:48:01.37   0.9   20.3  67 b:8.5+2 1.3 5.9                   TARA
 GUMO eP      00:48:17.69   0.7   22.0 335 b:4.1+2 1.1 5.8                   GUMO
 WRAB eP      00:48:29.64  -2.2X  23.5 233 b:1.9+2 1.0 5.5                   WRAB
 ARMA eP      00:48:35.28  -1.1   23.9 185 b:8.7+1 1.0 5.2                   ARMA
 STKA eP      00:49:09.43  -2.3X  27.9 203 b:7.8+0 .90 4.4                   STKA
 KAPI eP      00:50:07.48  -1.4   34.3 270                                   KAPI
      epP     00:50:20.37  depth =  -0.5 
 TAU  eP      00:50:29.65   0.0   36.8 188 b:1.6+2 1.3 5.8                   TAU 
 URZ  eP      00:50:45.06   6.5X  37.8 150 b:5.2+1 1.0 5.4                   URZ 
 KKM  eP      00:50:57.65   1.2   39.9 287 b:4.6+1 1.0 5.2                   KKM 
 ODZ  eP      00:51:05.50   0.6   41.0 162 b:2.4+2 2.0 5.6                   ODZ 
 JOW  eP      00:51:09.23  -0.8   41.6 323 b:5.4+1 1.2 5.2                   JOW 
 YULB eP      00:51:28.26   0.4   43.8 313 b:3.3+2 1.7 5.8                   YULB
 NACB eP      00:51:30.60   0.5   44.1 314 b:2.2+2 1.2 5.8                   NACB
 TPUB eP      00:51:31.30   0.0   44.2 313 b:2.9+2 1.7 5.8                   TPUB
 SSLB eP      00:51:32.40   0.6   44.3 313 b:8.5+1 1.0 5.5                   SSLB
 KSM  eP      00:51:34.50   0.5   44.6 278 b:9.1+1 1.3 5.4                   KSM 
      epP     00:51:46.50  depth =   0.1 
 YHNB eP      00:51:34.96   1.0   44.6 315 b:2.6+2 1.2 5.9                   YHNB
 JNU  eP      00:51:38.68  -0.5   45.2 332 b:3.4+1 1.1 5.1                   JNU 
 MAJO eP      00:51:44.91   4.6X  45.4 341 b:1.7+1 .95 4.9                   MAJO
      epP     00:51:49.93  depth =  -2.7X
 TATO epP     00:51:49.64   2.7X  44.7 315                                   TATO
 INCN eP      00:52:22.22   0.2   50.8 331 b:7.5+1 .90 5.7                   INCN
 ASAJ epP     00:52:34.33  -5.3X  51.5 349                                   ASAJ
 IPM  epP     00:53:05.00   4.6X  54.3 280                                   IPM 
 CHTO eP      00:53:29.53   0.8   60.0 295 b:7.9+1 1.4 5.7                   CHTO
 FX1  epP     00:53:44.25  -5.6X  61.3  12                                   FX1 
 ULN  eP      00:54:22.68   0.5   68.2 327                                   ULN 
 VNDA eP      00:54:40.14   0.6   71.1 178                                   VNDA
 SBA  eP      00:54:45.36   2.8X  71.6 177 b:2.1+2 2.1 5.7                   SBA 
 PALK epP     00:55:19.16   4.7X  74.7 279                                   PALK
 PMR  eP      00:55:32.82  -1.4   80.7  23 b:4.5+1 1.2 5.3                   PMR 
 PPLA eP      00:55:33.78   1.8X  80.2  21 b:2.8+1 1.2 5.1                   PPLA
 MCK  eP      00:55:39.03  -1.8   81.9  22 b:3.8+1 .96 5.4                   MCK 
 COLA eP      00:55:44.13  -1.9   82.9  21                                   COLA
 PAX  eP      00:55:45.06  -0.8   82.8  23                                   PAX 
      epP     00:55:59.26  depth =   0.1 
 COLD eP      00:55:48.02  -0.6   83.4  18                                   COLD
 DOT  eP      00:55:49.31  -1.1   83.7  23 b:3.1+1 1.0 5.3                   DOT 
 EGAK eP      00:55:57.26  -1.3   85.4  22 b:2.9+1 1.0 5.4                   EGAK
 KURK eP      00:56:01.00  -0.8   86.0 321 b:6.7+1 1.3 5.7                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      00:56:03.34   0.3   86.2 313                                   TKM2
 AAK  eP      00:56:05.51  -1.1   86.9 313 b:2.0+2 2.3 5.9                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      00:56:08.80  -0.3   87.4 313 b:1.6+2 1.9 5.9                   EKS2
 HUMO eP      00:56:17.59   0.4   89.2  47 b:1.5+1 1.1 5.2                   HUMO
 KKAR eP      00:56:20.40  -0.1   89.8 313                                   KKAR
 CMB  eP      00:56:23.01  -0.2   90.4  51                                   CMB 
 BRVK eP      00:56:26.22  -1.8   91.5 323 b:1.7+1 1.1 5.4                   BRVK
 ISA  eP      00:56:29.19   0.2   91.6  54                                   ISA 
 PASC eP      00:56:30.22   1.0   91.7  55 b:2.6+2 1.1 6.5                   PASC
 HAWA eP      00:56:30.27  -0.7   92.1  43                                   HAWA
 MWC  eP      00:56:30.56   0.6   91.8  55                                   MWC 
 MTUM eP      00:56:30.61   0.9   91.8  52                                   MTUM
 BAR  eP      00:56:35.56   1.2   92.8  57                                   BAR 
 GSC  eP      00:56:35.63   0.6   93.0  54                                   GSC 
 PFO  eP      00:56:36.36   0.6   93.1  56 b:3.7+1 1.1 5.7                   PFO 
 NEW  eP      00:56:38.17  -1.3   93.9  42                                   NEW 
 ELK  eP      00:56:42.90  -0.2   94.7  49                                   ELK 
 GLA  eP      00:56:42.96   1.3   94.4  57                                   GLA 
 BSMT eP      00:56:45.81  -0.9   95.5  42                                   BSMT
 HLID eP      00:56:46.12  -0.6   95.5  46                                   HLID
 CCUT eP      00:56:49.58   0.8   95.9  52                                   CCUT
 DUG  eP      00:56:51.45   0.2   96.5  50                                   DUG 
 HVU  eP      00:56:51.67  -0.1   96.6  48                                   HVU 
 LRM  eP      00:56:55.33   1.9X  97.0  44                                   LRM 
 JLU  eP      00:56:56.29   0.1   97.5  49                                   JLU 
 IMW  eP      00:56:57.59  -0.7   98.0  46                                   IMW 
 TMUT eP      00:56:58.01   1.1   97.7  51                                   TMUT
 SRU  eP      00:56:59.23   0.1   98.2  51                                   SRU 
 MSU  epP     00:57:07.14   0.4   96.9  52                                   MSU 



 Generated 2009 APR 16 at 19:22 UTC

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


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