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