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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      1 SEP 2008  (245)

     ot  = 06:14:27.27   +/-   0.96              SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS           
     lat =     -23.324   +/-    9.1
     lon =    -179.917   +/-    7.7              MAGNITUDE 5.2 (GS)       
     dep =       555.8   +/-   11.2   

     320 km (200 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     540 km (335 miles) WSW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     600 km (370 miles) SSE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     1590 km (980 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   45 of  46    se = 0.81    FE=171                            A   

     error ellipse = (312.0, 48.2, 20.4;164.7, 37.0, 13.2; 61.6, 16.7,  6.7)

 mb = 5.2 ( 16)  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
 MSVF eP      06:16:05.17  -0.1    5.9 341 d:1.4+2     5.7X L:3.4-1 .70 4.5X MSVF
                                           g:2.0-1 .70 4.0X b:2.0+2 .70 5.3 
 KHZ  eP      06:18:19.50  -1.6   19.8 194 g:6.4-2 1.1 4.2X b:6.4+1 1.1 5.1  KHZ 
 ARMA eP      06:19:20.85   1.5   26.3 248 b:3.6+1 1.0 5.0                   ARMA
 EIDS eP      06:19:21.38   0.5   26.5 260 b:4.7+1 1.0 5.1                   EIDS
 CAN  P       06:19:47.91   0.8   29.5 239 g:1.5-1 1.4 4.7X b:1.5+2 1.4 5.4  CAN 
 CTAO eP      06:20:05.63   0.7   31.6 269 b:1.1+2 .60 5.7                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      06:20:28.88   0.1   34.4 288 b:1.2+2 .80 5.6                   PMG 
 STKA eP      06:20:34.26   0.4   35.0 247 b:6.8+0 .70 4.4                   STKA
 KAKA P       06:22:03.32  -1.0   46.4 275 b:1.4+2 .73 5.6                   KAKA
 FORT eP      06:22:05.02  -0.7   46.6 249 b:1.9+2 .70 5.7                   FORT
 FITZ P       06:22:36.86  -1.4   51.0 265 b:5.0+1 .88 5.0                   FITZ
 SBA  eP      06:23:07.48   1.8   55.0 183 b:1.6+1 .95 4.3                   SBA 
 MBWA P       06:23:10.17  -0.6   55.5 260 b:5.8+1 .75 5.0                   MBWA
 CASY e       06:23:43.49  -1.0   60.7 206 b:1.9+1 .98 4.4                   CASY
 KSM  eP      06:24:55.40  -0.8   72.1 280                                   KSM 
 CMB  eP      06:25:52.47  -0.8   82.7  43                                   CMB 
 GSC  eP      06:25:57.03  -0.1   83.5  47                                   GSC 
 WAKR eP      06:25:58.22   0.4   83.6  43                                   WAKR
 GLA  eP      06:25:58.45   0.7   83.6  50                                   GLA 
 TUC  eP      06:26:10.65   0.7   86.1  52                                   TUC 
 WVOR e       06:26:11.17  -0.1   86.4  41 b:7.8+0 1.2 4.3                   WVOR
 CCUT eP      06:26:14.75   0.3   87.0  47                                   CCUT
 WUAZ eP      06:26:16.24   0.5   87.3  49                                   WUAZ
 HAWA eP      06:26:20.06   0.4   88.3  37                                   HAWA
 RPW  eP      06:26:20.10  -0.5   88.5  35                                   RPW 
 ETW  eP      06:26:21.33   0.1   88.6  36                                   ETW 
 MPU  eP      06:26:26.08   0.4   89.5  46                                   MPU 
 HLID eP      06:26:26.14  -0.1   89.6  41                                   HLID
 TMUT eP      06:26:26.19   0.7   89.4  46                                   TMUT
 HVU  eP      06:26:26.68   0.2   89.7  44                                   HVU 
 SRU  eP      06:26:27.05   0.1   89.7  47                                   SRU 
 CHTO eP      06:26:27.44   1.2   89.5 291                                   CHTO
 JLU  eP      06:26:27.73   0.0   89.9  45                                   JLU 
 DAU  eP      06:26:28.39   0.4   89.9  45                                   DAU 
 HWUT eP      06:26:29.28  -0.4   90.4  44                                   HWUT
 ANMO eP      06:26:30.24  -0.5   90.5  52                                   ANMO
 GDL2 eP      06:26:32.38   0.4   90.8  55                                   GDL2
 RRI2 eP      06:26:34.69   0.0   91.4  43                                   RRI2
 REDW eP      06:26:36.34   0.4   91.7  43                                   REDW
 IMW  eP      06:26:36.97  -0.1   91.9  42                                   IMW 
 SNOW eP      06:26:37.14   0.6   91.8  43                                   SNOW
 BW06 eP      06:26:37.92  -0.5   92.2  44                                   BW06
 SMCO eP      06:26:38.13  -0.3   92.2  48                                   SMCO
 SDCO eP      06:26:39.54  -0.4   92.5  50                                   SDCO
 RWWY eP      06:26:40.66  -2.3   93.2  46                                   RWWY
 OTAV P       06:27:19.51   2.4X 100.6  94 b:9.0+0 .45 5.6                   OTAV



 Generated 2008 SEP  1 at 06:33 UTC

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


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