26 APR 2009 (116)
ot = 18:11:04.03 +/- 0.92 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G.
lat = -5.540 +/- 4.9
lon = 147.486 +/- 5.9 MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)
dep = 185.4 +/- 9.8
145 km (90 miles) NNE of Lae, New Guinea, PNG (pop 113,000)
185 km (115 miles) E of Madang, New Guinea, PNG
435 km (270 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2505 km (1550 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 37 of 38 se = 0.80 FE=207 A
error ellipse = (177.3, 72.1, 15.6; 84.3, 1.0, 9.2;354.0, 17.9, 6.1)
mb = 5.0 ( 28) 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 ePn 18:12:03.00 -0.5 3.9 185 L:1.2+1 .55 5.6X PMG
HNR ePn 18:14:00.71 -0.7 12.9 108 HNR
CTAO ePn 18:14:22.03 1.1 14.5 185 CTAO
GUMO ePn 18:15:14.17 0.4 19.2 352 b:1.7+2 .70 5.6 GUMO
WRAB eP 18:15:14.23 0.5 19.2 221 b:4.0+2 .60 6.1X WRAB
AS31 P 18:15:46.87 0.8 22.3 215 AS31
STKA eP 18:16:26.31 -0.5 26.8 191 b:1.1+1 .80 4.6 STKA
MBWA eP 18:17:04.36 -0.5 31.1 237 b:3.1+1 .90 5.0 MBWA
MSVF eP 18:17:15.10 -0.1 32.2 115 b:4.0+1 1.0 5.1 MSVF
YULB P 18:18:08.01 -0.4 38.5 319 b:2.0+1 .60 5.0 YULB
TPUB eP 18:18:10.75 -0.7 38.9 319 b:7.1+1 .80 5.4 TPUB
SSLB eP 18:18:12.35 -0.2 39.0 319 b:4.1+1 .70 5.2 SSLB
NACB eP 18:18:13.26 1.9 38.8 321 b:4.2+1 .80 5.2 NACB
NWAO eP 18:18:13.98 -0.2 39.2 222 b:2.8+1 .80 5.0 NWAO
YHNB P 18:18:16.31 0.7 39.3 321 b:6.1+1 .95 5.2 YHNB
AFI eP 18:18:28.96 0.0 40.9 105 b:1.7+2 1.0 5.6 AFI
JNU eP 18:18:33.44 -0.1 41.6 339 b:2.3+1 .90 4.7 JNU
MAJO eP 18:18:42.77 -0.4 42.8 349 MAJO
INCN eP 18:19:17.46 0.8 47.0 337 INCN
CHTO eP 18:20:06.55 0.1 53.6 298 b:2.5+1 .70 5.0 CHTO
e 18:20:23.86
ULN P 18:21:18.03 0.5 63.9 331 b:3.7+1 .85 5.3 ULN
CASY P 18:21:28.72 -0.4 65.8 195 b:1.1+1 .80 4.7 CASY
VNDA P 18:22:08.57 -0.5 72.3 177 b:1.7+1 .73 4.9 VNDA
SBA P 18:22:14.06 1.3 73.0 176 b:4.4+0 .85 4.2 SBA
ZAA0 P 18:22:44.90 -1.7 78.9 328 ZAA0
TKM2 P 18:22:55.85 -0.9 80.7 315 b:1.2+1 .70 4.7 TKM2
AAK P 18:22:59.66 -0.7 81.4 314 b:4.9+1 .75 5.3 AAK
PPLA P 18:23:03.58 0.8 81.9 24 b:5.5+1 1.5 5.0 PPLA
TRF P 18:23:07.02 -1.1 82.9 24 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.6 TRF
SML P 18:23:08.60 0.2 83.0 26 b:1.9+1 1.1 4.8 SML
KBL P 18:23:11.00 -1.4 83.7 306 b:3.2+0 .45 4.4 KBL
COLA P 18:23:15.44 -0.4 84.5 23 b:2.5+1 1.0 4.9 COLA
PAX P 18:23:17.30 0.3 84.7 25 b:4.3+0 .78 4.3 PAX
MENT P 18:23:21.08 0.5 85.4 25 MENT
DOT P 18:23:21.20 0.1 85.6 25 b:1.7+1 1.0 4.8 DOT
PNL P 18:23:25.70 0.8 86.3 29 b:6.0+1 .98 5.4 PNL
SKAG P 18:23:34.74 0.6 88.3 30 b:3.8+1 1.4 5.1 SKAG
Generated 2009 APR 26 at 18:26 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
