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Explanation of Parameters


     16 JUL 2009  (197)

     ot  = 22:18:22.99   +/-   1.41              OFF W. COAST OF S. ISLAND, N.Z. 
     lat =     -46.224   +/-    5.2
     lon =     166.124   +/-    4.1              MAGNITUDE 5.7 (GCMT)     
     dep =        27.7   +/-    9.8   

     175 km (105 miles) W of Invercargill, New Zealand
     240 km (150 miles) SW of Queenstown, New Zealand
     340 km (210 miles) W of Dunedin, New Zealand
     885 km (550 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
 
     ML 5.5 (WEL).

     nph =  106 of 130    se = 1.00    FE=161                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 35.1, 69.0, 15.9;145.2,  7.5,  7.5;237.9, 19.4,  4.0)

 mb = 5.6 ( 15)  ML = 5.5 (  4)  mblg = 4.9 (  6)  md = 5.0 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 WHZ  ePn     22:18:45.28  -0.2    1.3  76 d:5.0+2     5.0  L:1.2+2 .51 5.3  WHZ 
      eSn     22:19:03.16  S res =   1.1X  g:3.6+1 .78 5.5 
 MSZ  Pn      22:18:54.57  -0.4    2.0  40                                   MSZ 
 ODZ  ePn     22:19:13.31  -0.6    3.4  71 L:1.4+1 2.1 5.5  g:4.5+0 .88 4.9  ODZ 
 LBZ  Pn      22:19:14.13  -0.1    3.4  59                                   LBZ 
 FOZ  Pn      22:19:19.16   1.3    3.7  45                                   FOZ 
 RPZ  ePn     22:19:25.87  -0.7    4.3  56 L:0.0+0 .00 5.7                   RPZ 
 WVZ  Pn      22:19:29.52  -0.5    4.6  48                                   WVZ 
 WKZ  Sn      22:19:35.81   5.2X   2.5  57 L:4.8+1 .70 5.5                   WKZ 
 MQZ  Pn      22:19:39.33  -0.5    5.3  64                                   MQZ 
 CRLZ Pn      22:19:40.16  -0.4    5.3  62                                   CRLZ
 LTZ  Pn      22:19:42.47  -1.7    5.6  54                                   LTZ 
 DSZ  Pn      22:19:50.47  -0.4    6.1  44                                   DSZ 
 KHZ  ePn     22:19:55.65  -1.6    6.5  57 L:4.1+0 4.0 5.8X g:4.6-1 .95 4.3  KHZ 
      eSn     22:21:06.57  S res =  -4.3X
 QRZ  Pn      22:20:04.62  -0.7    7.1  43                                   QRZ 
 NNZ  Pn      22:20:07.72   0.6    7.3  49                                   NNZ 
 TUWZ Pn      22:20:10.81   1.6    7.4  52                                   TUWZ
 SNZO ePn     22:20:16.87   0.7    7.9  55 L:0.0+0 .00 5.7X                  SNZO
      eSn     22:21:42.28  S res =  -2.4X
 KIW  Pn      22:20:21.06  -0.8    8.3  53                                   KIW 
 NEZ  Pn      22:20:32.94   0.6    9.1  43                                   NEZ 
 DREZ Pn      22:20:35.35   1.5    9.2  43                                   DREZ
 MCQ  ePn     22:20:36.13  -1.1    9.5 206                                   MCQ 
 MHEZ Pn      22:20:37.55   1.7    9.3  43                                   MHEZ
 VRZ  Pn      22:20:39.63   1.5    9.5  45                                   VRZ 
 WNVZ Pn      22:20:44.40   2.3    9.8  49                                   WNVZ
 URZ  ePn     22:21:02.25  -1.3   11.4  50 g:2.0-2 .85 3.4X                  URZ 
      eSn     22:23:00.30  S res =  -9.4X
 WCZ  Pn      22:21:11.05  -0.9   12.0  34                                   WCZ 
 OUZ  ePn     22:21:15.77  -1.2   12.4  30 g:5.0-2 1.2 3.7                   OUZ 
      eSn     22:23:29.70  S res =  -4.0X
 TAU  ePn     22:21:31.05  -5.7X  13.8 277                                   TAU 
 CAN  ePn     22:22:15.51  -2.0   16.9 304 g:6.9-1 1.4 5.0  b:6.9+2 1.4 5.6  CAN 
      eSn     22:25:12.58  S res = -11.8X
 ARMA ePn     22:22:49.13   1.0   19.4 319                                   ARMA
      eSn     22:26:23.10  S res =  -1.9X
 STKA eP      22:23:33.22   0.6   23.7 299 b:3.6+1 1.0 4.9                   STKA
 EIDS eP      22:23:36.11   0.4   24.0 325                                   EIDS
 DZM  eP      22:23:36.85   0.6   24.1   1 g:2.8-1 1.2 4.9  b:3.7+2 1.3 5.7  DZM 
 BBOO eP      22:23:59.18   0.3   26.6 290                                   BBOO
 CTAO eP      22:24:35.22  -0.6   30.7 321                                   CTAO
 VNDA eP      22:24:43.00   1.5   31.5 182 b:2.9+1 1.0 5.1                   VNDA
 SBA  eP      22:24:46.60   2.6X  31.7 180                                   SBA 
 AS31 eP      22:25:06.44  -0.8   34.3 300                                   AS31
 CASY eP      22:25:14.92   0.5   35.2 215 b:1.6+2 1.2 5.8                   CASY
 WRAB eP      22:25:28.50  -1.2   36.9 304 b:9.5+1 1.0 5.6                   WRAB
 HNR  eP      22:25:31.45   1.0   37.0 350                                   HNR 
 COEN eP      22:25:35.49   1.0   37.5 322                                   COEN
 NWAO eP      22:25:48.80  -1.0   39.4 272                                   NWAO
 PMG  eP      22:25:58.63   2.3   40.1 330 b:1.5+2 1.0 5.7                   PMG 
 QSPA eP      22:26:28.29   1.4   43.9 180 b:8.4+1 1.0 5.5                   QSPA
 MBWA eP      22:26:36.07  -1.1   45.2 288 b:1.3+2 1.0 5.8                   MBWA
 KAPI eP      22:28:08.68   0.1   57.3 301                                   KAPI
 SNAA eP      22:28:41.13   0.1   62.2 184                                   SNAA
 KSM  eP      22:29:20.90   0.0   68.2 297 b:4.6+1 1.0 5.6                   KSM 
 IPM  eP      22:30:09.60  -0.6   76.4 292                                   IPM 
 KULM eP      22:30:13.75  -0.9   77.2 292                                   KULM
 PLCA eP      22:30:29.86   1.5   79.7 140                                   PLCA
 JNU  eP      22:30:57.88   1.6   85.2 331                                   JNU 
 TRQA eP      22:30:59.55   0.5   85.7 144                                   TRQA
 MAJO eP      22:31:01.79   0.8   86.1 338 b:5.9+1 1.3 5.7                   MAJO
 CHTO eP      22:31:13.93   0.6   88.6 299 b:5.0+1 1.3 5.7                   CHTO
 LCO  eP      22:31:16.46   0.0   89.2 133 b:2.5+1 .95 5.5                   LCO 
 ENH  eP      22:31:27.84   0.0   91.8 314 b:7.5+1 1.6 5.8                   ENH 
 ABPO eP      22:31:44.08   1.7   94.8 236 b:5.3+1 1.5 5.7                   ABPO
 SUR  eP      22:31:46.52   0.0   95.7 209                                   SUR 
 MFID ePKPdf  22:36:55.02  -1.6  112.8  51                                   MFID
 MSU  ePKPdf  22:36:55.84   1.3  111.6  57                                   MSU 
 TRF  ePKPdf  22:36:58.40  -1.1  114.6  20                                   TRF 
 MCK  ePKPdf  22:36:59.21  -1.2  115.2  20                                   MCK 
 MENT ePKPdf  22:36:59.83  -1.9  115.9  23                                   MENT
 JTMT ePKPdf  22:37:03.14  -0.5  116.5  48                                   JTMT
 ISCO ePKPdf  22:37:03.23  -0.4  116.3  59                                   ISCO
 SWMT ePKPdf  22:37:03.71   0.1  116.5  48                                   SWMT
 BSMT ePKPdf  22:37:03.78   0.5  116.3  48                                   BSMT
 YBMT ePKPdf  22:37:03.92  -0.1  116.7  48                                   YBMT
 CHMT ePKPdf  22:37:04.27   0.5  116.5  49                                   CHMT
 WMOK ePKPdf  22:37:04.64  -0.8  117.3  67                                   WMOK
 EGAK ePKPdf  22:37:05.64  -0.2  118.0  23                                   EGAK
 COLD ePKPdf  22:37:06.07   0.7  117.9  18                                   COLD
 MK31 ePKPdf  22:37:06.27  -0.3  118.1 309                                   MK31
 KBL  ePKPdf  22:37:08.05   0.1  118.5 291                                   KBL 
 AAK  ePKPdf  22:37:11.46   0.9  120.0 302                                   AAK 
 KSU1 ePKPdf  22:37:12.67  -0.4  121.4  65                                   KSU1
 DGMT ePKPdf  22:37:14.59   0.0  122.3  52                                   DGMT
 KKAR ePKPdf  22:37:15.35  -0.1  122.7 300                                   KKAR
 ECSD ePKPdf  22:37:16.93  -1.1  124.0  60                                   ECSD
 YKW3 ePKPdf  22:37:19.78   0.0  125.3  34                                   YKW3
 FFC  ePKPdf  22:37:22.06  -0.9  126.8  46                                   FFC 
 HDIL ePKPdf  22:37:22.68  -0.8  126.8  67                                   HDIL
 WCI  ePKPdf  22:37:24.33  -0.5  127.5  71                                   WCI 
 TKL  ePKPdf  22:37:24.99  -0.4  127.7  75                                   TKL 
 BRVK ePKPdf  22:37:25.83   0.5  128.1 310                                   BRVK
 TZTN ePKPdf  22:37:26.85   0.3  128.4  74                                   TZTN
 BLA  ePKPdf  22:37:30.67  -0.6  130.8  76                                   BLA 
 ELK  ePP     22:37:34.74  -0.5  111.3  53                                   ELK 
 PQI  ePKPdf  22:37:48.88  -5.0X 143.3  69                                   PQI 
 HWUT ePP     22:37:50.74  -3.2X 114.0  54                                   HWUT
 TOA0 ePKPdf  22:37:55.09  -2.2  144.5 207                                   TOA0
 KBS  ePKPdf  22:37:57.06  -0.2  145.8 351                                   KBS 
 SCHQ ePKPdf  22:37:58.12  -0.2  146.0  56                                   SCHQ
 ANTO ePKPdf  22:37:59.41   1.0  145.7 276                                   ANTO
 KEV  ePKPdf  22:38:02.25  -0.6  149.0 334                                   KEV 
      ePKPbc  22:38:07.05   0.1X
 GVD  ePKPdf  22:38:06.23   1.9  149.3 262                                   GVD 
 SANT ePKPdf  22:38:06.34   2.3  149.1 266                                   SANT
 SUMG ePKPdf  22:38:06.58  -0.2  151.2  15                                   SUMG
      ePKPbc  22:38:13.21   0.5X
      ePKPab  22:38:20.83   0.0X
 ARE0 ePKPbc  22:38:08.76   0.3  149.6 334                                   ARE0
 TAM  ePKPdf  22:38:09.61   0.7  151.8 220                                   TAM 
      ePKPbc  22:38:16.51   1.2X
      ePKPab  22:38:24.67   0.3X
 TIRR ePKPbc  22:38:11.08  -0.2  150.5 282                                   TIRR
      ePKPab  22:38:19.50   1.5X
 BUR08ePKPdf  22:38:11.33   0.9  153.5 287                                   BUR0
 KWP  ePKPdf  22:38:12.17  -0.8  155.4 291                                   KWP 
 SFJD ePKPbc  22:38:13.36   0.0  151.7  30                                   SFJD
      ePKPab  22:38:20.84  -1.5X
 KIEV ePKPbc  22:38:13.47   0.3  151.4 295                                   KIEV
      ePKPab  22:38:21.35  -0.2X
 FIA1 ePKPbc  22:38:14.32  -1.0  152.5 318                                   FIA1
 TIP  ePKPdf  22:38:14.50  -0.4  156.5 264                                   TIP 
 MORC ePKPdf  22:38:17.18  -0.1  158.8 291                                   MORC
      ePKPab  22:38:53.37   0.2X
 TUE  ePKPdf  22:38:19.44  -3.6X 164.0 279                                   TUE 
 STU  ePKPdf  22:38:21.53  -1.4  164.2 288                                   STU 
      ePKPab  22:39:17.47   0.4X
 TIR  ePKPab  22:38:38.34   0.0X 155.3 271                                   TIR 



 Generated 2009 JUL 19 at 02:08 UTC

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


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