15 JUN 2009 (166)
ot = 00:44:57.69 +/- 1.15 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
lat = -5.368 +/- 7.2
lon = 151.267 +/- 6.8 MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)
dep = 69.7 +/- 11.5
125 km (80 miles) E of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG (pop 8,000)
165 km (100 miles) SW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG
635 km (395 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2460 km (1520 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 45 of 51 se = 0.99 FE=192 A
error ellipse = (197.3, 62.6, 19.5;290.6, 1.7, 10.4; 21.4, 27.3, 7.3)
mb = 4.8 ( 31) 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 00:46:20.53 0.5 5.7 225 L:3.6-1 1.2 4.6X PMG
eSn 00:47:23.85 S res = -0.5X
HNR ePn 00:47:11.10 -0.8 9.5 116 HNR
eSn 00:48:56.79 S res = -0.4X
COEN ePn 00:47:41.06 -0.4 11.7 222 g:1.2-1 1.1 4.1X b:1.2+2 1.1 5.7X COEN
eSn 00:49:45.58 S res = -4.6X
CTAO ePn 00:48:31.78 0.5 15.4 198 b:2.8+1 1.4 4.3 CTAO
EIDS eP 00:49:22.91 -0.6 19.9 180 b:1.5+1 1.0 4.3 EIDS
GUMO eP 00:49:25.18 1.7 19.9 341 b:2.8+2 1.1 5.5 GUMO
FITZ eP 00:50:42.31 -0.4 28.0 241 b:5.6+1 1.3 5.0 FITZ
JOW eP 00:52:17.81 0.4 39.0 326 b:7.0+1 1.1 5.5 JOW
YHNB eP 00:52:40.59 0.7 41.7 317 b:6.8+1 1.5 5.2 YHNB
JNU eP 00:52:49.29 -0.2 42.9 335 b:1.9+1 .90 4.9 JNU
ULN eP 00:55:35.62 0.7 65.7 329 b:7.8+0 .90 4.7 ULN
VNDA eP 00:56:15.57 0.1 72.3 178 b:2.0+1 1.8 4.7 VNDA
SBA eP 00:56:20.13 1.3 72.9 177 b:1.4+2 3.0 5.4 SBA
SVW2 eP 00:56:48.76 0.7 77.9 23 b:5.8+0 .80 4.6 SVW2
MK31 eP 00:56:58.08 -0.2 79.8 319 MK31
MKAR eP 00:56:58.42 0.1 79.8 319 MKAR
ZAA0 eP 00:57:02.05 -1.5 80.8 327 ZAA0
TRF eP 00:57:03.56 -2.9 81.3 23 b:2.4+1 1.9 4.8 TRF
SML eP 00:57:05.49 -0.6 81.3 25 b:2.7+0 .80 4.2 SML
MCK eP 00:57:07.65 -2.1 82.0 23 b:1.1+1 .80 4.9 MCK
PAX ePcP 00:57:08.79 -10.9X 83.0 24 PAX
COLA eP 00:57:13.07 -1.6 82.9 22 b:7.0+0 .80 4.7 COLA
KURK eP 00:57:16.15 -0.6 83.3 322 b:9.2+0 1.1 4.7 KURK
TKM2 eP 00:57:17.06 0.1 83.2 314 b:2.9+0 .80 4.3 TKM2
DOT eP 00:57:18.91 -0.6 83.9 24 DOT
AAK eP 00:57:21.31 0.7 84.0 314 AAK
MAW eP 00:57:22.37 -0.1 84.5 203 b:1.6+0 1.0 4.0 MAW
EKS2 eP 00:57:23.96 0.7 84.5 314 EKS2
EGAK eP 00:57:27.33 -0.3 85.5 23 b:6.0+0 .85 4.7 EGAK
KKAR eP 00:57:34.22 -0.9 86.9 314 KKAR
BRVK eP 00:57:42.15 -2.0 88.8 323 b:2.9+0 .90 4.5 BRVK
KBO eP 00:57:48.51 0.9 89.5 48 b:1.4+1 1.0 5.1 KBO
KIPM eP 00:57:49.20 0.3 89.8 50 b:5.2+0 .96 4.8 KIPM
KCPM eP 00:57:49.35 0.9 89.7 50 b:4.7+0 1.0 4.7 KCPM
KHMM eP 00:57:49.96 1.3 89.7 49 b:6.3+0 1.0 4.8 KHMM
KRMB eP 00:57:50.17 1.8 89.7 48 b:4.5+1 3.0 5.2 KRMB
NLWA eP 00:57:52.01 0.3 90.4 43 b:1.0+1 1.0 5.1 NLWA
HUMO eP 00:57:52.48 0.4 90.5 47 b:1.4+1 .95 5.2 HUMO
YBH eP 00:57:52.57 0.0 90.6 48 b:1.2+1 1.1 5.1 YBH
WDC eP 00:57:52.58 0.1 90.6 49 b:4.7+0 1.2 4.7 WDC
CMB eP 00:57:59.04 0.0 92.0 52 CMB
BEKR eP 00:58:00.27 0.2 92.2 50 BEKR
MWC eP 00:58:06.69 0.1 93.5 56 b:3.1+1 1.2 5.6 MWC
WVOR eP 00:58:07.09 0.2 93.7 48 b:4.8+0 1.0 4.9 WVOR
GSC eP 00:58:12.17 0.7 94.6 55 GSC
WALA eP 00:58:23.29 0.5 97.2 41 WALA
PV10 ePdif 00:58:40.92 1.0X 100.9 52 PV10
SMCO ePdif 00:58:46.45 -0.6X 102.5 51 SMCO
Generated 2009 JUN 15 at 01:08 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
