21 MAR 2008 ( 81)
ot = 20:52:17.42 +/- 0.80 WESTERN XIZANG
lat = 34.973 +/- 5.8
lon = 81.102 +/- 4.9
dep = 35.0 +/- 7.6
260 km (160 miles) SSE of Hotan, Xinjiang, China
335 km (210 miles) ENE of Leh, Kashmir
565 km (350 miles) NE of Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India
3150 km (1960 miles) W of BEIJING, Beijing, China
nph = 54 of 77 se = 1.06 FE=306 A
error ellipse = ( 8.0, 63.8, 12.4;225.8, 21.3, 9.0;129.9, 14.6, 6.0)
mb = 4.8 ( 24) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 3.8 ( 13) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 4.5 ( 1)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
UCH ePn 20:54:23.67 -0.1 8.9 327 d:3.9+2 7.8X L:1.7-1 .85 4.8X UCH
g:1.8-1 1.0 4.1 b:7.6+1 .83 5.9X
TKM2 ePn 20:54:26.25 1.0 9.0 333 d:3.8+2 7.8X L:1.2-1 .90 4.7X TKM2
g:9.3-2 .90 3.9 b:5.5+1 .93 5.7X
AML ePn 20:54:27.65 -0.3 9.2 323 d:3.9+2 7.9X L:1.4-1 .80 4.7X AML
g:1.0-1 .85 4.0 b:9.3+1 .80 6.0X
AAK ePn 20:54:28.35 0.3 9.2 328 d:3.8+2 7.9X L:1.8-1 1.2 4.9X AAK
eSn 20:56:15.17 S res = 4.5X g:2.3-1 1.2 4.2 b:6.1+1 .75 5.9X
EKS2 ePn 20:54:33.28 0.6 9.6 326 d:4.2+2 8.1X L:1.5-1 1.5 4.8X EKS2
g:1.0-1 1.1 3.9 b:4.2+1 .85 5.7X
KBL ePn 20:54:35.86 -2.0 9.9 271 d:3.6+2 8.1X L:7.5-2 .73 4.6X KBL
eSn 20:56:13.99 S res = -14.2X g:4.6-2 .73 3.8 b:4.6+1 .73 5.8X
LSA ePn 20:54:41.70 2.8 10.0 119 d:2.3+2 7.8X L:4.7-2 1.3 4.4X LSA
g:4.3-2 1.1 3.5 b:6.8+1 1.3 5.7X
MK31 ePn 20:55:00.45 -3.3X 11.8 4 MK31
MKAR Pn 20:55:01.27 -2.5 11.8 4 MKAR
Sn 20:57:12.82 S res = -1.8X
Lg 20:58:23.87
LR 21:00:22.87
KURK ePn 20:55:53.24 -4.3X 15.8 354 g:3.0-2 1.1 3.7 b:3.0+1 1.1 4.4 KURK
ZALV P 20:56:36.15 -1.4 19.2 7 ZALV
LR 21:04:47.89
BVAR P 20:56:41.69 -0.6 19.6 340 BVAR
LR 21:04:31.91
BRVK eP 20:56:42.67 -0.2 19.6 340 g:3.2-2 1.0 4.0 b:3.2+1 1.0 4.6 BRVK
ABKAReP 20:56:57.60 -1.3 21.1 319 g:1.4-2 .90 3.7 b:7.1+0 .65 4.2 ABKA
CHTO eP 20:57:13.84 -0.9 22.6 131 g:1.2-2 .95 3.6 b:1.2+1 .95 4.3 CHTO
SONM P 20:57:17.10 0.1 22.8 48 SONM
LR 21:06:37.63
CMAR P 20:57:17.60 0.0 22.8 131 CMAR
LR 21:06:24.17
AKTK P 20:57:18.67 1.7 22.8 320 AKTK
LR 21:07:03.17
ULN eP 20:57:20.30 -1.1 23.2 48 g:1.9-2 1.1 3.8 b:1.9+1 1.1 4.5 ULN
TLY eP 20:57:24.06 2.4 23.3 37 b:3.5+1 1.6 4.6 TLY
ARU eP 20:57:49.10 -1.1 26.4 331 g:1.1-2 1.0 3.7 b:2.3+1 1.2 4.6 ARU
GNI P 20:58:16.00 0.7 29.1 291 GNI
LR 21:12:42.51
MALT qP 20:58:59.73 0.2 34.2 288 b:8.9+0 1.1 4.6 MALT
KULM eP 20:59:03.00 -0.4 34.6 144 b:2.2+1 1.0 5.0 KULM
BRTR P 20:59:30.42 0.9 37.7 292 BRTR
LR 21:18:27.95
MDJ eP 20:59:32.05 0.2 38.0 60 b:6.2+1 1.7 5.2 MDJ
EIL P 20:59:42.58 1.3 39.1 275 EIL
AKASGP 20:59:50.00 -1.0 40.3 309 AKAS
LR 21:18:47.67
MLR P 21:00:11.68 1.1 42.6 302 MLR
FINESP 21:00:16.18 0.0 43.4 325 FINE
LR 21:19:20.35
TIXI eP 21:00:23.29 0.2 44.3 20 b:8.8+0 1.4 4.4 TIXI
MJAR P 21:00:34.86 -0.8 45.8 71 MJAR
ARE0 qP 21:00:35.85 0.6 45.8 336 ARE0
ARCESP 21:00:36.59 1.4 45.8 336 ARCE
LR 21:20:50.60
HFS P 21:01:02.67 0.0 49.3 322 HFS
NOA P 21:01:11.57 -0.3 50.5 324 NOA
LR 21:23:19.34
GERESP 21:01:12.37 0.8 50.4 308 GERE
PcP 21:02:31.61 2.1X
LR 21:22:55.30
CLL eP 21:01:13.00 1.4 50.5 311 CLL
ePP 21:03:15.00 3.4X
LR 21:13:15.00 S:5.0-1 19. 4.5
PETK P 21:01:46.45 -0.4 55.2 46 PETK
LPG eP 21:01:51.70 0.1 55.8 305 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.9 LPG
LPL eP 21:01:51.70 0.1 55.9 305 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.9 LPL
MBDF eP 21:01:53.30 0.3 56.1 304 b:1.4+1 1.1 4.9 MBDF
TNA eP 21:03:04.97 1.0 66.6 25 b:1.9+1 1.6 4.9 TNA
IMA2 eP 21:03:31.39 0.9 70.9 21 IMA2
COLA qP 21:03:45.70 0.3 73.4 20 b:1.1+1 1.1 4.7 COLA
INK eP 21:03:47.95 0.0 73.8 13 b:2.3+1 1.7 4.9 INK
WRAB eP 21:03:50.84 -1.1 74.4 128 b:7.3+0 1.1 4.6 WRAB
WRA P 21:03:52.38 0.4 74.4 129 WRA
AKUT eP 21:03:54.32 3.8X 74.2 34 b:7.9+1 .83 5.7 AKUT
NWAO eP 21:03:56.70 -1.7 75.6 149 b:1.2+1 .95 4.9 NWAO
YKA P 21:04:32.60 -1.1 82.1 7 YKA
BOSA eP 21:04:34.94 -0.7 82.3 227 b:1.2+1 .88 4.9 BOSA
CTAO eP 21:04:36.73 -0.2 82.6 121 b:5.1+0 .81 4.6 CTAO
DBIC P 21:04:38.50 -0.5 82.9 273 DBIC
SUR eP 21:05:02.74 0.1 87.7 227 b:1.9+1 1.0 5.3 SUR
FFC eP 21:05:14.79 -1.2 90.6 2 b:8.0+0 1.4 4.8 FFC
LPAZ PKPbc 21:11:57.20 0.1 146.8 296 LPAZ
Generated 2008 APR 3 at 21:20 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

