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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     27 APR 2009  (117)

     ot  = 05:23:19.24   +/-   1.46              SULAWESI, INDONESIA             
     lat =      -0.096   +/-    8.6
     lon =     122.944   +/-   11.7              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =       185.3   +/-   14.3   

     75 km (45 miles) SSW of Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia (pop 132,000)
     275 km (170 miles) SW of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia
     1620 km (1010 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     1920 km (1190 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   25 of  31    se = 1.09    FE=265                            B   

     error ellipse = (236.9, 49.1, 26.3; 62.1, 40.8, 14.7;329.9,  2.6,  8.9)

 mb = 4.8 ( 14)  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
 KAPI ePn     05:24:43.32  -0.9    5.8 213 L:1.8-1 1.1 4.3X                  KAPI
      eSn     05:25:52.09  S res =   1.0X
 KKM  ePn     05:25:26.91   0.2    9.1 312                                   KKM 
 KSM  ePn     05:26:20.86   6.9X  12.7 277                                   KSM 
 MBWA eP      05:27:49.64  -0.5   21.2 188 b:2.9+1 .65 4.9                   MBWA
      eS      05:31:39.25  S res =   4.2X
 IPM  eP      05:28:03.71   1.4   22.4 282 b:2.9+1 .60 5.0                   IPM 
 WRAB eP      05:28:04.36  -0.6   22.7 151 g:3.7-2 .90 4.2X b:5.2+1 1.1 5.0  WRAB
 KULM eP      05:28:08.96   1.8   22.9 284 b:1.5+1 .80 4.6                   KULM
 TPUB eP      05:28:12.11   0.8   23.4 355 g:7.8-2 1.0 4.4X b:4.2+1 .65 5.2  TPUB
 AS31 eP      05:28:32.55  -0.3   25.7 156                                   AS31
      ePcP    05:31:58.11   0.1X
 PMG  eP      05:28:33.38  -0.3   25.8 112 g:6.2-3 .75 3.6X b:4.7+0 .45 4.5  PMG 
 CHTO eP      05:29:13.27   1.3   30.1 310 b:2.3+1 .90 4.9                   CHTO
      ePcP    05:32:09.88   1.0X
 STKA eP      05:30:04.73   0.4   36.2 153 b:6.7+0 .85 4.3                   STKA
      ePcP    05:32:25.77   0.1X
 CAN  eP      05:30:59.18   1.6   42.6 148 b:1.6+1 .55 4.8                   CAN 
 ULN  eP      05:31:51.62  -1.1   49.7 346                                   ULN 
 MK31 P       05:32:56.64  -0.5   58.7 328                                   MK31
 TKM2 eP      05:33:08.01  -0.2   60.2 322                                   TKM2
 AAK  eP      05:33:11.72  -0.1   60.8 321 b:3.7+0 .80 4.2                   AAK 
 KBL  eP      05:33:13.56   0.3   61.0 310                                   KBL 
 RPZ  eP      05:33:14.07   1.1   61.0 142                                   RPZ 
 EKS2 eP      05:33:15.04   0.1   61.2 320                                   EKS2
 KURK eP      05:33:24.97  -1.5   63.0 330 b:1.9+1 .40 5.3                   KURK
 ABKARP       05:34:26.17  -1.1   72.8 322 b:7.7-1 .50 3.7X                  ABKA
 KMBO e       05:35:35.90  -2.4   85.7 269 b:6.2+0 .40 4.8                   KMBO
 QSPA P       05:35:57.34   0.5   89.8 180 b:6.2+0 1.0 4.5                   QSPA
 LSZ  P       05:36:19.16  -0.5   94.6 255 b:4.3+0 .80 4.7                   LSZ 
 BUR08P       05:36:22.87   0.5   95.3 318                                   BUR0



 Generated 2009 APR 27 at 05:40 UTC

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


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