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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 APR 2009  (111)

     ot  = 16:32:17.54   +/-   1.13              EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 
     lat =      -6.046   +/-    6.0
     lon =     147.112   +/-    6.9              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        69.0   +/-   11.1   

     80 km (50 miles) N of Lae, New Guinea, PNG (pop 113,000)
     165 km (105 miles) ESE of Madang, New Guinea, PNG
     380 km (235 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2460 km (1520 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   43 of  45    se = 0.96    FE=207                            A   

     error ellipse = (159.1, 65.2, 18.4;268.2,  8.6, 10.3;  1.8, 23.1,  6.3)

 mb = 4.8 ( 30)  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
 PMG  eP      16:33:06.37  -1.0    3.3 179 d:3.2+2     5.5X L:5.0+0 .70 5.0X PMG 
                                           g:3.4+0 .85 4.8X
 COEN eP      16:34:21.17  -0.4    8.8 206 d:2.7+2     7.4X L:1.1+0 .48 5.6X COEN
                                           g:1.3+0 .95 5.0X b:6.2+2 .63 6.6X
 HNR  eP      16:35:21.80   0.3   13.2 106 g:2.9-1 .90 4.7X b:2.9+2 .90 6.0X HNR 
 CTAO eP      16:35:33.29   0.8   14.0 183 g:3.2-2 .95 3.7X b:3.2+1 .95 4.7X CTAO
 WRAB eP      16:36:28.53  -0.5   18.6 221 b:6.7+1 .80 4.9                   WRAB
 EIDS eP      16:36:39.99  -0.2   19.6 169 g:2.7-2 .95 3.9X b:1.7+1 .60 4.5  EIDS
 AS31 eP      16:37:02.31  -0.1   21.6 215                                   AS31
 FITZ eP      16:37:27.29   0.0   24.1 238 b:9.5+1 .75 5.3                   FITZ
 ARMA eP      16:37:31.93   0.3   24.6 171 g:7.6-2 1.0 4.5X b:7.6+1 1.0 5.1  ARMA
 STKA eP      16:37:45.59  -0.4   26.2 191 g:4.4-3 .93 3.3X b:3.5+0 .70 4.0  STKA
 KAPI eP      16:37:55.84   0.3   27.3 271 g:3.2-2 1.0 4.2X b:3.2+1 1.0 4.9  KAPI
 BBOO eP      16:38:06.29  -0.6   28.6 200 g:3.1-1 .80 5.3X b:3.1+2 .80 6.0X BBOO
 FORT qP      16:38:24.35   0.8   30.4 214 b:2.3+1 .70 5.0                   FORT
 MBWA eP      16:38:24.69   0.5   30.5 238 b:1.4+1 .70 4.8                   MBWA
 YHNB qP      16:39:44.68   2.9   39.5 322 b:4.1+1 1.0 5.3                   YHNB
 RPZ  eP      16:40:10.98   0.7   43.0 154 b:4.0+1 .72 5.3                   RPZ 
 MAJO eP      16:40:12.24   0.6   43.2 350 b:4.8+1 1.1 5.2                   MAJO
 IPM  eP      16:40:44.88   0.9   47.2 282 b:2.5+1 1.0 5.1                   IPM 
 CM31 qP      16:41:30.74   0.3   53.4 298 b:3.2+0 .58 4.5                   CM31
 FX1  eP      16:42:36.55   1.3   62.7  17                                   FX1 
 ULN  eP      16:42:45.81   0.5   64.2 331 b:1.4+1 .90 4.9                   ULN 
 CASY eP      16:42:51.68   0.1   65.2 195 b:7.6+0 .60 4.8                   CASY
 VNDA eP      16:43:33.43   0.8   71.9 177 b:1.7+1 .75 5.1                   VNDA
 MK31 eP      16:44:06.00  -0.4   77.6 320                                   MK31
 ZAA0 eP      16:44:12.75  -1.7   79.1 328                                   ZAA0
 TNA  eP      16:44:12.78   1.4   78.6  17 b:1.1+1 1.3 4.6                   TNA 
 KURK eP      16:44:25.78  -0.6   81.3 323 b:4.3+0 1.0 4.3                   KURK
 AAK  eP      16:44:27.14  -0.4   81.5 315 b:1.4+1 .65 5.0                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      16:44:30.17  -0.1   82.0 314 b:3.7+0 .70 4.4                   EKS2
 TRF  qP      16:44:37.06  -1.0   83.6  24 b:4.8+0 .82 4.5                   TRF 
 SML  eP      16:44:38.50   0.2   83.6  26 b:4.9+0 1.0 4.4                   SML 
 KKAR eP      16:44:42.23  -0.4   84.4 314 b:1.6+1 1.4 4.9                   KKAR
 COLA eP      16:44:44.33  -1.5   85.1  23 b:8.1+0 .80 4.8                   COLA
 BMRM eP      16:44:45.07   0.1   84.9  27 b:9.6+0 1.0 4.8                   BMRM
 COLD qP      16:44:46.23  -0.5   85.3  20 b:4.6+0 .90 4.5                   COLD
 DOT  eP      16:44:50.75  -0.3   86.2  25 b:3.6+0 .86 4.5                   DOT 
 BRVK eP      16:44:53.81  -1.1   86.9 324 b:4.3+0 1.0 4.5                   BRVK
 EGAK eP      16:44:58.53  -0.1   87.8  24 b:1.0+1 1.1 4.9                   EGAK
 ABKARqP      16:45:19.39  -2.6   92.7 319 b:1.9+0 .70 4.6                   ABKA
 TSUM ePKPdf  16:51:10.73   1.0  124.3 242                                   TSUM
 LPAZ ePKPpre 16:51:28.30  -9.2X 138.7 123                                   LPAZ
      ePKPdf  16:51:38.02   0.6X
 TOA0 ePKPdf  16:51:47.85  -0.9  145.2 284                                   TOA0
 SAML ePKPdf  16:51:50.87   0.5  146.3 116                                   SAML
 SPB  ePKPbc  16:51:54.62   0.5  147.3 155                                   SPB 



 Generated 2009 APR 21 at 18:44 UTC

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


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