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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 MAR 2008  ( 81)

     ot  = 17:43:32.94   +/-   1.15              FIJI REGION                     
     lat =     -18.175   +/-   12.5
     lon =    -178.375   +/-    8.7              MAGNITUDE 4.2 (GS)       
     dep =       567.1   +/-   14.5   

     275 km (170 miles) N of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     305 km (190 miles) SE of Lambasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji
     340 km (210 miles) E of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     2175 km (1350 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   31 of  35    se = 1.15    FE=181                            B   

     error ellipse = (156.8, 61.7, 22.9;332.4, 28.3, 20.1; 63.3,  1.8, 10.9)

 mb = 4.2 ( 20)  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
 AFI  eP      17:45:27.58  -0.2    7.6  57                                   AFI 
      eS      17:47:00.42  S res =  -1.3X
 RAO  qP      17:45:53.82  -7.7X  11.0 178                                   RAO 
 URZ  eP      17:47:30.11  -1.5   20.4 190 b:7.0+0 .60 4.5                   URZ 
 HNR  qP      17:47:55.07   2.0   22.8 290 b:4.7+1 1.0 5.1                   HNR 
 EIDS eP      17:48:45.99  -3.7X  29.2 250 b:9.7+0 .64 4.6                   EIDS
 CTA  P       17:49:26.52   0.7   33.4 261                                   CTA 
 CTAO eP      17:49:26.53   0.7   33.4 261 b:1.7+1 .66 4.8                   CTAO
 STKA P       17:50:09.50   1.8   38.5 241                                   STKA
 WRAB eP      17:50:54.74  -1.0   44.6 260 b:1.7+1 .63 4.7                   WRAB
 WRA  P       17:50:54.95  -0.9   44.6 260                                   WRA 
 KAKA eP      17:51:18.28  -0.6   47.7 269 b:1.4+2 .54 5.7X                  KAKA
 FITZ eP      17:51:57.30  -0.6   53.0 261 b:3.7+0 .47 4.0                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      17:52:32.64  -0.1   58.0 256 b:1.3+1 .58 4.4                   MBWA
 NWAO eP      17:52:36.17  -3.6X  59.1 242 b:6.8+2 1.6 5.7X                  NWAO
 MJAR P       17:53:35.15  -1.9   68.1 323                                   MJAR
 TGY  P       17:53:36.11   0.1   67.9 294                                   TGY 
 KKM  eP      17:53:39.99  -1.9   68.8 284 b:4.4+0 .46 4.3                   KKM 
 KSM  eP      17:54:05.20   0.4   72.8 277 b:2.1+1 .90 4.7                   KSM 
 PETK P       17:54:10.43  -0.2   73.9 345                                   PETK
 CMB  eP      17:54:33.93   0.4   78.0  43 b:2.3+0 .85 3.6                   CMB 
 ISA  eP      17:54:34.28   0.9   78.0  46 b:6.4+0 .90 4.1                   ISA 
 KDAK P       17:54:36.15  -0.2   78.7  14                                   KDAK
 NVAR P       17:54:42.97   0.8   79.6  44                                   NVAR
 MOD  eP      17:54:46.27   0.8   80.3  40 b:6.6+0 .65 4.2                   MOD 
 ELK  eP      17:54:59.40   0.7   82.8  43 b:2.0+0 .80 3.7                   ELK 
 PMSA qP      17:55:00.66  -0.9   83.6 157                                   PMSA
 KULM eP      17:55:00.82   0.5   83.1 278 b:6.2+0 .94 4.1                   KULM
 MAW  qP      17:55:03.59   1.7   83.6 200 b:3.9+0 1.1 3.9                   MAW 
 MCK  eP      17:55:06.48  -1.1   84.8  13 b:1.1+1 1.1 4.4                   MCK 
 NEW  qP      17:55:09.95  -2.4   85.7  36                                   NEW 
 ANMO eP      17:55:15.93   0.6   86.2  51 b:3.3+0 1.0 4.0                   ANMO
 BW06 eP      17:55:21.53   0.2   87.5  43 b:1.4+0 .60 3.9                   BW06
 SDCO eP      17:55:24.98   0.7   88.1  49 b:1.7+0 .98 3.9                   SDCO
 CHTO eP      17:55:29.47   0.5   89.1 290 b:2.4+0 .77 4.2                   CHTO



 Generated 2008 APR  3 at 15:15 UTC

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


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