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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     24 APR 2009  (114)

     ot  = 10:55:49.07   +/-   0.49              LUZON, PHILIPPINES              
     lat =      18.951   +/-    5.5
     lon =     121.354   +/-    9.9              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =        35.0  (geophysicist)

     110 km (70 miles) NE of Laoag, Luzon, Philippines (pop 94,000)
     175 km (110 miles) SSW of Basco, Batan Islands, Philippines
     480 km (300 miles) N of MANILA, Philippines
     680 km (420 miles) S of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan

     nph =   18 of  23    se = 1.14    FE=249                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 93.4,  0.0, 13.0;183.4,  0.0,  7.2;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.7 ( 10)  ML = 4.5 (  3)  mblg = 3.7 (  5)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TPUB ePn     10:56:51.55  -1.6    4.4 351 L:5.6-1 1.0 4.4  g:4.0-1 1.1 3.9  TPUB
 SSLB ePn     10:56:58.15  -1.2    4.8 356 L:9.4-1 1.3 4.8  g:1.8-1 .90 3.7  SSLB
 NACB ePn     10:57:04.01  -0.4    5.2   2 L:2.9-1 1.1 4.4  g:1.6-1 1.1 3.6  NACB
 TATO ePn     10:57:17.18   1.9    6.0   1 L:3.1-1 1.5 4.5X g:1.5-1 1.3 3.7  TATO
      eSn     10:58:25.92  S res =   3.1X
 JOW  ePn     10:58:13.39   1.6   10.1  38                                   JOW 
 DAV          10:58:44.64   0.0   12.5 160                                   DAV 
 JNU  ePn     10:59:38.74   1.0   16.5  29 b:3.2+1 1.1 4.4                   JNU 
 KSM  ePn     11:00:28.16   1.9   20.5 213 b:3.1+1 .70 4.8                   KSM 
 CHTO eP      11:00:32.01   0.1   21.2 273 b:3.1+1 1.2 4.6                   CHTO
      eS      11:04:25.36  S res =  -0.5X
      ePcP    11:04:36.83   0.2X
 MAJO eP      11:00:49.40  -0.9   22.9  37 b:4.6+1 1.3 4.8                   MAJO
 KAPI eP      11:00:59.53   0.1   23.9 184 g:1.7-2 1.0 3.8  b:1.4+1 .80 4.5  KAPI
 ULN  eP      11:02:04.68   0.4   31.1 341 b:1.6+1 1.1 4.7                   ULN 
 WRAB P       11:03:24.81  -1.6   40.7 161 b:5.8+0 .70 4.4                   WRAB
      ePcP    11:05:28.31   0.6X
 AS31 e       11:03:53.30  -0.8   44.1 163                                   AS31
 ZAA0 P       11:03:58.52  -0.6   44.8 330                                   ZAA0
 KURK P       11:04:10.97  -0.1   46.3 323 b:1.6+1 1.1 4.9                   KURK
 KKAR         11:04:24.17  -7.4X  48.9 311                                   KKAR
 KBL  P       11:04:30.52   0.0   48.7 300 b:1.9+1 .93 5.1                   KBL 
 BRVK P       11:04:54.70   0.2   52.0 323 b:3.2+1 1.4 5.1                   BRVK



 Generated 2009 APR 24 at 11:12 UTC

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


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