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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      5 AUG 2007  (217)

     ot  = 16:19:38.38   +/-   4.51              NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
     lat =      -2.925   +/-    9.9
     lon =     141.432   +/-    8.0              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        28.1   +/-   32.8   

     35 km (20 miles) SSE of Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG (pop 7,000)
     90 km (55 miles) ESE of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia (pop 180,000)
     960 km (600 miles) NW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2985 km (1850 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   30 of  30    se = 0.97    FE=200                            C   

     error ellipse = (178.2, 75.9, 52.0;279.6,  2.8, 12.4; 10.3, 13.8,  8.4)

 mb = 5.0 ( 16)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.3 (  5)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 PMG  qPn     16:21:43.11   2.1    8.6 139 d:3.0+1     5.4X L:5.6-2 .95 4.2X PMG 
                                           g:4.6-2 .95 3.5  b:4.6+1 .95 5.7X
 KAKA eP      16:22:42.41  -1.7   13.2 222 g:2.0-1 .80 4.6  b:9.9+1 .63 6.0X KAKA
 WRAB eP      16:23:49.42  -0.5   18.3 202 g:9.0-2 1.3 4.2  b:9.0+1 1.3 4.8  WRAB
 WB2  eP      16:23:49.76  -0.3   18.3 202                                   WB2 
 HNR  eP      16:24:02.37  -1.2   19.5 110 g:3.0-1 1.1 4.9  b:1.6+2 .75 5.4  HNR 
 FITZ eP      16:24:25.94  -0.5   21.6 225 g:2.6-2 .90 4.0  b:2.6+1 .90 4.7  FITZ
 FORT eP      16:25:48.68  -0.1   30.5 203 b:7.2+0 .70 4.6                   FORT
 CAN  eP      16:26:12.75   1.7   33.0 169                                   CAN 
 TLY  eP      16:30:04.98   1.4   63.1 335 b:1.5+1 1.3 5.0                   TLY 
 MK31 eP      16:30:58.44   1.0   71.6 322                                   MK31
 ZAA0 eP      16:31:08.11  -0.3   73.5 329                                   ZAA0
 TKM2 eP      16:31:15.47   0.2   74.6 316 b:4.5+0 .68 4.6                   TKM2
 KURK eP      16:31:19.94   0.1   75.5 324 b:2.7+1 1.4 5.1                   KURK
 AML  eP      16:31:22.76   1.0   75.7 315 b:1.6+1 1.2 4.9                   AML 
 EKS2 eP      16:31:23.10   1.1   75.8 315 b:2.2+1 1.5 4.9                   EKS2
 BRVK eP      16:31:52.04   0.9   81.1 325 b:1.5+1 1.1 4.9                   BRVK
 CHUM eP      16:31:57.60   0.1   82.4  24                                   CHUM
 KTH  eP      16:31:58.81  -1.2   82.8  25 b:2.9+1 1.4 5.2                   KTH 
 IMA2 eP      16:31:59.72   0.3   82.7  22                                   IMA2
 BPAW eP      16:32:00.35  -0.5   83.0  24                                   BPAW
 MAW  eP      16:32:00.75   0.3   83.0 202 b:1.2+1 1.2 4.9                   MAW 
 MCK  eP      16:32:02.73  -1.8   83.7  25 b:5.9+1 1.6 5.5                   MCK 
 DIV  eP      16:32:07.11  -0.5   84.3  28 b:1.6+1 .90 5.2                   DIV 
 COLD eP      16:32:08.31   0.2   84.5  21 b:1.4+1 1.2 5.0                   COLD
 BMRM eP      16:32:09.70  -0.5   84.8  28                                   BMRM
 EGAK eP      16:32:21.86  -0.3   87.3  25 b:1.3+1 1.3 5.0                   EGAK
 DAWY eP      16:32:24.94  -0.2   87.9  26                                   DAWY
 HYT  eP      16:32:26.83   0.1   88.2  29                                   HYT 
 LPAZ ePKP    16:39:14.42  -0.1  145.1 124                                   LPAZ
 SDV  ePKPbc  16:39:20.62  -0.8  147.6  78                                   SDV 



 Generated 2007 AUG  5 at 18:37 UTC

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

 


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