Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters 


     24 OCT 2011  (297)

     ot  = 16:26:37.46   +/-   0.88              EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 
     lat =      -5.305   +/-   11.0
     lon =     146.881   +/-   18.1              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =       187.8   +/-   19.6   

     120 km (75 miles) E of Madang, New Guinea, PNG (pop 27,000)
     158 km (98 miles) N of Lae, New Guinea, PNG (pop 78,000)
     461 km (286 miles) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2539 km (1577 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =    9 of   9    se = 1.29    FE=207                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 92.2, 48.4, 37.9;323.1, 29.2, 21.3;216.7, 26.7, 12.2)

 mb = 4.5 (  4)  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
 MANU ePn     16:27:29.19  -0.7    3.3   9 L:1.9-1 .28 3.6X                  MANU
 PMG  ePn     16:27:39.50  -0.4    4.1 176 L:1.9-1 .73 3.9X                  PMG 
 RABL ePn     16:27:57.53   1.0    5.4  78 L:2.2-1 .45 4.3X                  RABL
 COEN ePn     16:28:49.83   1.5    9.3 203                                   COEN
 CTAO ePn     16:29:54.70  -2.0   14.7 182                                   CTAO
 WRAB eP      16:30:45.03   0.2   19.0 219 b:1.6+1 .60 4.7                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      16:30:45.34   0.4   19.0 219 b:1.4+1 .70 4.5                   WB2 
 AS31 eP      16:31:18.17   0.1   22.1 213 b:5.0+0 .40 4.4                   AS31
 FITZ eP      16:31:38.09  -0.1   24.3 237 b:8.8+0 .60 4.5                   FITZ



 Generated 2011 OCT 24 at 16:53 UTC

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