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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     24 APR 2009  (114)

     ot  = 15:20:41.56   +/-   1.04              BANDA SEA                       
     lat =      -6.596   +/-    7.7
     lon =     129.357   +/-    7.4              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =       207.6   +/-   13.1   

     270 km (165 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
     350 km (215 miles) SSE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
     670 km (415 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     2505 km (1550 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   10 of  11    se = 0.51    FE=280                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 20.0, 74.0, 20.3;228.0, 13.0, 13.3;136.0,  6.0,  9.0)

 mb = 4.7 ( 10)  ML = 4.4 (  8)  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
 KAPI ePn     15:22:56.54  -0.1    9.7 278                                   KAPI
 FITZ ePn     15:23:24.07  -2.1   12.0 197                                   FITZ
 WRAB ePn     15:23:51.33  -1.3   14.1 160                                   WRAB
 COEN ePn     15:24:09.43   0.7   15.4 119 b:2.1+2 .75 5.7                   COEN
 MBWA eP      15:24:29.02   0.7   17.2 211 b:2.4+1 .60 4.8                   MBWA
 PMG  eP      15:24:35.47   0.2   17.9 100 b:3.5+1 .70 4.9                   PMG 
 KKM  eP      15:24:38.72   0.0   18.2 313 b:2.6+1 .80 4.7                   KKM 
 UGM  ePn     15:24:42.96   0.0X  18.8 264 b:3.2+2 1.8 5.5                   UGM 
 KSM  eP      15:25:04.89  -0.4   20.7 292 b:1.1+1 .60 4.6                   KSM 
 CTAO eP      15:25:11.19   0.1   21.2 130 b:2.3+1 1.3 4.5                   CTAO
 CHTO eP      15:27:49.40  -0.3   39.2 310 b:4.9+0 .70 4.2                   CHTO



 Generated 2009 APR 24 at 15:37 UTC

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


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