18 NOV 2008 (323)
ot = 14:38:49.98 +/- 1.05 VANUATU
lat = -18.890 +/- 6.4
lon = 169.582 +/- 5.9 MAGNITUDE 5.5 (GS)
dep = 54.1 +/- 10.6
80 km (50 miles) NNE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (pop 700)
185 km (115 miles) SE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
340 km (210 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
1935 km (1210 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 37 of 46 se = 1.02 FE=186 A
error ellipse = (147.2, 77.4, 16.5; 34.1, 5.0, 9.9;303.1, 11.5, 8.5)
mb = 5.4 ( 30) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 0.0 ( 0) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 4.7 ( 5)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
MSVF eP 14:40:44.84 -0.6 8.1 83 d:1.4+2 6.6X L:5.9-1 1.6 5.2X MSVF
g:8.0-1 1.4 4.6X b:1.2+3 1.6 6.5X
HNR qP 14:41:54.14 -1.3 13.2 314 g:2.0-1 1.0 4.5X b:2.0+2 1.0 5.9X HNR
RAO eP 14:42:25.44 1.9 15.4 134 RAO
OUZ eP 14:42:40.72 1.1 16.7 168 g:7.4-2 1.0 4.2X b:7.4+1 1.0 4.8 OUZ
EIDS eP 14:43:01.33 1.7 18.3 246 g:5.3-2 1.1 4.1X b:2.2+2 1.7 5.0 EIDS
ARMA eP 14:43:18.39 1.0 19.9 231 g:2.0-1 1.4 4.6X b:5.7+2 1.9 5.6 ARMA
URZ eP 14:43:20.14 -2.1 20.4 163 g:6.2-2 1.1 4.2X b:8.7+2 2.2 5.7 URZ
CTAO eP 14:43:41.38 1.3 22.0 263 g:1.4-1 1.6 4.5X b:1.4+2 1.6 5.1 CTAO
LR 14:49:17.86 S:1.7+0 21. 4.4
PMG eP 14:43:56.95 0.1 23.7 290 g:1.7-1 1.3 4.7X b:3.6+2 1.6 5.6 PMG
CAN eP 14:44:04.20 0.0 24.5 224 g:5.9-2 1.3 4.3X b:5.9+1 1.3 4.9 CAN
COEN eP 14:44:16.42 0.3 25.8 277 g:8.0-1 1.5 5.4X b:8.0+2 1.5 6.0 COEN
STKA eP 14:44:38.69 0.1 28.3 237 g:4.0-3 1.0 3.3X b:2.8+1 1.7 4.6 STKA
LR 14:52:16.99
WRAB eP 14:45:20.73 -1.3 33.2 262 b:8.2+1 1.4 5.4 WRAB
LR 14:54:36.84 S:6.0-1 19. 4.3
WB2 eP 14:45:20.84 -1.2 33.2 262 WB2
FORT eP 14:46:13.24 -0.5 39.3 244 b:1.8+2 1.3 5.7 FORT
FITZ eP 14:46:32.60 -0.4 41.6 264 b:1.2+2 1.2 5.5 FITZ
MBWA eP 14:47:13.62 -0.5 46.7 258 b:6.6+1 1.1 5.5 MBWA
NWAO eP 14:47:28.34 -0.5 48.7 242 b:5.5+1 1.1 5.5 NWAO
KAPI eP 14:47:42.78 -0.1 50.5 279 b:5.3+1 1.2 5.4 KAPI
VNDA eP 14:48:41.05 -1.1 58.8 182 b:3.2+1 1.2 5.3 VNDA
LR 15:06:46.13 S:6.1-1 19. 4.7
SBA eP 14:48:43.49 -0.2 59.0 181 b:1.1+2 1.2 5.8 SBA
LR 15:06:52.53 S:7.8-1 22. 4.8
ASAJ eP 14:49:40.74 1.2 67.4 339 b:1.3+1 .80 5.0 ASAJ
QSPA eP 14:50:01.42 -1.4 71.2 180 b:8.1+1 1.2 5.5 QSPA
BJT eP 14:50:37.32 1.0 76.9 321 BJT
LR 15:15:21.48 S:5.5-1 22. 4.8
CHTO eP 14:50:46.66 -0.9 78.8 294 b:8.7+1 2.0 5.4 CHTO
MAW eP 14:50:47.09 0.0 78.9 202 b:1.0+1 1.1 4.7 MAW
CM31 eP 14:50:47.57 0.8 78.7 294 b:1.1+1 1.0 4.8 CM31
TNA eP 14:51:22.10 -1.4 85.9 9 b:6.4+1 1.5 5.6 TNA
YAK eP 14:51:26.55 -0.6 86.6 342 b:1.1+2 1.3 5.9 YAK
LR 15:20:00.16
BILL eP 14:51:27.58 0.1 86.7 359 b:6.7+1 1.3 5.7 BILL
ULN eP 14:51:28.86 0.4 86.8 323 b:5.9+1 1.6 5.5 ULN
LR 15:20:04.19
SNAA eP 14:51:36.93 -4.2X 89.5 182 b:4.2+1 1.3 5.6 SNAA
PNL qP 14:51:37.18 0.6 88.6 23 b:6.3+1 .86 5.9 PNL
LSA eP 14:51:44.05 1.2 89.6 302 b:3.6+0 .60 4.9 LSA
ETW qP 14:51:48.92 0.2 91.1 40 b:4.4+0 .84 4.9 ETW
BFO ePKPdf 14:58:25.78 1.3 146.9 337 BFO
TUE ePKPbc 14:58:29.67 -0.1 148.0 334 TUE
BNI ePKPbc 14:58:35.46 0.1 150.3 335 BNI
Generated 2008 NOV 18 at 18:01 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
