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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     19 APR 2009  (109)

     ot  = 23:15:53.25   +/-   1.38              TONGA REGION                    
     lat =     -22.937   +/-   23.3
     lon =    -174.936   +/-   10.1              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =       106.4   +/-    5.3   

     200 km (125 miles) S of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     465 km (290 miles) ESE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     485 km (300 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
     1830 km (1140 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   28 of  28    se = 0.68    FE=174                            A   

     error ellipse = (351.0,  2.0, 36.3;260.0,  6.0, 14.7;105.0, 82.0,  7.8)

 mb = 4.7 ( 32)  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 ePn     23:17:51.44  -0.6    8.4 306                                   MSVF
 CTAO eP      23:22:44.53  -1.2   36.2 266 b:2.0+1 .80 5.1                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      23:23:07.89   0.8   38.7 284 b:9.8+1 1.5 5.4                   PMG 
 STKA eP      23:23:12.92   0.1   39.4 247 b:8.8+0 1.7 4.3                   STKA
 ISA  eP      23:27:45.74  -0.3   79.1  43 b:7.4+0 1.2 4.4                   ISA 
 CMB  eP      23:27:47.32  -0.4   79.4  40 b:6.0+0 1.0 4.3                   CMB 
 GSC  eP      23:27:50.14  -0.6   80.0  44 b:2.2+1 1.9 4.7                   GSC 
 MTUM eP      23:27:51.67   0.1   80.1  42                                   MTUM
 TUC  eP      23:28:03.21  -0.2   82.4  50 b:6.7+0 1.3 4.3                   TUC 
 CCUT eP      23:28:09.89   0.3   83.5  44 b:7.3+0 1.0 4.5                   CCUT
      epP     23:28:29.42  depth =  -7.7 
 ELK  eP      23:28:12.86  -0.2   84.2  41 b:4.7+0 1.1 4.3                   ELK 
 LON  eP      23:28:13.42   0.0   84.4  33 b:3.9+0 .96 4.3                   LON 
 MSU  eP      23:28:16.54   0.3   84.9  44                                   MSU 
 MVU  eP      23:28:16.58   0.4   84.8  44 b:6.9+0 1.1 4.5                   MVU 
 BMO  eP      23:28:18.30  -1.1   85.5  37 b:4.7+0 1.2 4.3                   BMO 
 HAWA eP      23:28:18.42   0.3   85.3  34 b:9.4+0 1.2 4.6                   HAWA
 MFID eP      23:28:19.50   0.3   85.5  38 b:4.7+0 1.1 4.3                   MFID
 CHGN epP     23:28:19.96   1.2   80.2   9                                   CHGN
 SRU  eP      23:28:22.80  -0.4   86.3  44 b:8.2+0 1.3 4.6                   SRU 
 LPM  eP      23:28:23.53  -0.2   86.4  50                                   LPM 
 ANMO eP      23:28:25.25  -0.6   86.8  49 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.8                   ANMO
 GDL2 eP      23:28:26.09  -0.5   87.0  53                                   GDL2
 TRF  eP      23:28:32.32  -0.1   88.3  10 b:8.4+1 2.3 5.4                   TRF 
 SKAG eP      23:28:35.06   2.5   88.3  19 b:2.0+1 1.5 4.9                   SKAG
 DOT  eP      23:28:39.60   0.9   89.7  13 b:6.7+0 .96 4.7                   DOT 
 EGAK eP      23:28:46.60   0.4   91.3  13 b:2.5+1 1.9 5.1                   EGAK
 HKT  eP      23:28:51.08  -1.0   92.4  58 b:4.6+1 2.0 5.4                   HKT 



 Generated 2009 APR 19 at 23:39 UTC

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


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