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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 APR 2009  (111)

     ot  = 00:37:39.18   +/-   1.12              BABUYAN ISL REGION, PHILIPPINES 
     lat =      19.242   +/-    9.7
     lon =     121.053   +/-   25.4              MAGNITUDE 4.6 (GS)       
     dep =        28.1   +/-   27.4   

     120 km (75 miles) NNE of Laoag, Luzon, Philippines (pop 94,000)
     165 km (100 miles) SW of Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines
     510 km (320 miles) N of MANILA, Philippines
     650 km (405 miles) S of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan

     nph =   15 of  15    se = 0.55    FE=248                            B   

     error ellipse = (105.0, 46.0, 48.8;292.0, 43.0, 32.0;199.0,  3.0,  8.9)

 mb = 4.6 (  5)  ML = 4.0 ( 14)  mblg = 3.5 ( 11)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TWG  ePn     00:38:32.33  -0.2    3.6   0 L:6.6-1 1.1 4.0  g:2.9-1 1.2 3.9  TWG 
 TPUB ePn     00:38:39.00  -0.4    4.1 354 L:1.8-1 1.1 3.7  g:6.0-2 .85 3.2  TPUB
 YULB ePn     00:38:40.14  -0.4    4.1   3 L:1.1-1 1.2 3.4  g:8.0-2 1.2 3.4  YULB
 SSLB ePn     00:38:45.85   0.0    4.5 358 L:3.6-1 1.4 4.1  g:1.8-1 1.3 3.8  SSLB
      eSn     00:39:37.60  S res =   0.0 
 NACB ePn     00:38:52.55   1.1    4.9   5 L:1.0-1 3.4 3.7  g:4.0-2 1.1 3.2  NACB
      eSn     00:39:49.08  S res =   1.5 
 YHNB ePn     00:38:59.27   1.2    5.4   3 L:1.9-1 1.7 4.1  g:7.0-2 1.2 3.5  YHNB
 CHTO eP      00:42:19.42  -0.2   20.9 272                                   CHTO
 IPM  eP      00:42:57.91   0.9   24.5 235 b:2.4+1 .90 4.8                   IPM 
 ULN  eP      00:43:52.07   0.0   30.7 341 b:1.4+1 1.7 4.5                   ULN 
 TKM2 eP      00:45:52.01   0.9   44.8 312 b:1.3+1 1.4 4.6                   TKM2
 KURK eP      00:45:58.42  -0.6   45.9 323 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.7                   KURK
 EKS2 eP      00:46:01.59   0.9   46.1 311                                   EKS2
 KKAR eP      00:46:19.54   0.0   48.5 310                                   KKAR



 Generated 2009 APR 21 at 00:50 UTC

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


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