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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     10 NOV 2008  (315)

     ot  = 15:38:50.83   +/-   1.63              NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.      
     lat =      -5.558   +/-   10.1
     lon =     151.868   +/-    9.5              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        59.3   +/-   15.8   

     150 km (95 miles) SSW of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
     175 km (110 miles) SW of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
     670 km (415 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2430 km (1510 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   24 of  25    se = 1.11    FE=192                            B   

     error ellipse = (168.5, 62.5, 26.9;264.9,  3.3, 14.5;356.6, 27.3, 10.7)

 mb = 4.8 ( 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
 PMG  eP      15:40:18.25   0.7    6.0 230 d:2.0+2     6.1X L:3.3-1 .90 4.6X PMG 
      eS      15:41:23.08  S res =  -2.2X  g:3.1-1 1.0 4.1X b:3.1+2 1.0 5.7X
 HNR  eP      15:40:56.02  -0.6    8.9 116 d:1.7+1     5.1X L:1.2-1 .90 4.6X HNR 
                                           g:9.1-2 .90 3.9X b:9.1+1 .90 5.7X
 EIDS eP      15:43:15.90   0.3   19.7 182 g:4.2-2 .90 4.1X b:4.2+1 .90 4.7  EIDS
 WRAB eP      15:43:43.06   0.3   22.2 228 g:4.5-2 .75 4.3X b:4.5+1 .75 5.0  WRAB
 ARMA eP      15:44:07.05   0.2   24.7 180                                   ARMA
 STKA eP      15:44:34.23  -1.0   27.9 199 g:1.8-3 .98 3.0X b:1.8+0 .98 3.7X STKA
 FITZ eP      15:44:40.26  -0.4   28.5 242 g:5.6-2 1.0 4.5X b:5.6+1 1.0 5.2  FITZ
 MBWA eP      15:45:36.03   0.0   34.8 240 b:1.3+1 .83 4.9                   MBWA
 ENH  qP      15:48:08.17  -1.0   54.0 314 b:2.3+1 1.2 5.1                   ENH 
 ULN  eP      15:49:33.02   0.7   66.2 329 b:9.3+0 .95 4.8                   ULN 
 LSA  eP      15:49:44.49   0.4   67.9 305 b:9.6+0 1.2 4.7                   LSA 
 BILL eP      15:50:21.25   0.8   74.1   6 b:8.5+0 1.1 4.6                   BILL
 MK31 eP      15:50:55.94   0.5   80.3 319                                   MK31
 KURK eP      15:51:13.13  -0.6   83.8 322 b:1.8+1 1.1 5.0                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      15:51:15.01   0.8   83.8 314                                   TKM2
 QSPA eP      15:51:16.60  -0.2   84.4 180 b:5.2+0 .88 4.6                   QSPA
 AAK  eP      15:51:18.65   0.8   84.5 314 b:6.1+0 .95 4.6                   AAK 
 EKS2 eP      15:51:21.09   0.7   85.0 314 b:2.1+1 1.0 5.2                   EKS2
 KKAR eP      15:51:32.61   0.4   87.5 314 b:9.9+0 1.3 4.8                   KKAR
 BRVK qP      15:51:38.14  -2.7   89.4 323 b:9.0+0 1.1 5.0                   BRVK
 MOD  eP      15:51:54.53   0.6   92.1  48 b:4.2+0 1.1 4.8                   MOD 
 ABKAReP      15:52:06.27  -2.7   95.4 319 b:7.8-1 .73 4.3                   ABKA
 SDV  ePKPdf  15:58:10.71   1.0  137.7  83                                   SDV 
 ESLA ePKPdf  15:58:13.55   1.1  139.6 331                                   ESLA



 Generated 2008 NOV 10 at 18:21 UTC

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


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