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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      6 JUL 2008  (188)

     ot  = 17:36:30.99   +/-   1.33              EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG., P.N.G. 
     lat =      -5.093   +/-    7.9
     lon =     145.656   +/-    7.1              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =       230.9   +/-   16.6   

     25 km (15 miles) NW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG (pop 32,000)
     110 km (70 miles) NNE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG (pop 17,000)
     510 km (320 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2595 km (1610 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   23 of  25    se = 0.69    FE=207                            B   

     error ellipse = (159.3, 66.7, 27.7;273.2,  9.9, 10.4;  7.1, 20.9,  7.2)

 mb = 4.8 ( 17)  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
 COEN P       17:38:38.96   0.1    9.1 195 d:1.7+2     7.1X L:8.6-1 1.1 5.5X COEN
                                           g:9.2-1 1.1 4.8X b:9.2+2 1.1 5.8 
 HNR  P       17:39:49.26  -0.6   14.8 108 g:2.6-1 .95 4.7X b:2.1+2 .80 5.6  HNR 
 CTAO eP      17:39:51.94   0.9   14.9 178                                   CTAO
 KAKA P       17:39:52.55  -0.8   15.1 239 b:4.0+2 .63 6.0X                  KAKA
 WRAB eP      17:40:29.19  -0.1   18.4 216 b:1.9+2 .90 5.6                   WRAB
 GUMO eP      17:40:31.53   0.4   18.6 358 b:1.3+2 .90 5.4                   GUMO
 FITZ P       17:41:19.91   0.0   23.4 235 g:1.0-1 .85 4.7X b:6.3+0 .55 4.4  FITZ
 STKA         17:41:40.40 -10.6X  26.9 188                                   STKA
 MBWA         17:41:57.72 -18.9X  29.8 235                                   MBWA
 KSM  eP      17:43:09.21  -0.5   35.9 280 b:4.4+1 1.3 4.9                   KSM 
 TATO eP      17:43:27.20  -0.1   38.0 323 b:1.3+2 .70 5.6                   TATO
 MAJO eP      17:43:58.92  -0.8   42.0 351 b:2.5+1 1.5 4.5                   MAJO
 INCN eP      17:44:31.19   0.4   45.9 339 b:3.6+1 1.0 4.7                   INCN
 KULM P       17:44:31.91  -0.8   46.1 282 b:7.3+1 1.2 4.9                   KULM
 YSS  eP      17:45:15.82   0.0   51.9 357 b:7.1+0 .60 4.3                   YSS 
 CM31 P       17:45:15.97   1.3   51.6 298 b:4.5+1 .80 5.0                   CM31
 CHTO eP      17:45:16.29   0.7   51.8 299 b:3.4+1 1.0 4.8                   CHTO
 ULN  eP      17:46:31.73   0.3   62.7 332                                   ULN 
 SDPT eP      17:47:45.70   0.3   74.7  29                                   SDPT
 ZAA0 P       17:48:00.35  -0.8   77.5 328                                   ZAA0
 EKS2 P       17:48:17.45   1.0   80.3 315 b:1.8+1 1.3 4.6                   EKS2
 KBL  P       17:48:24.77  -0.7   81.9 306 b:4.2+0 .90 4.2                   KBL 
 TRF  P       17:48:31.04  -0.7   83.3  24 b:2.7+0 .64 4.1                   TRF 
 BPAW P       17:48:31.50  -0.1   83.3  23 b:9.9+0 1.2 4.4                   BPAW
 DAWY P       17:48:55.47   0.6   88.0  25                                   DAWY



 Generated 2008 JUL  6 at 17:50 UTC

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


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