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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     30 APR 2008  (121)

     ot  = 22:34:11.97   +/-   1.06              NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
     lat =      36.043   +/-    9.7
     lon =     140.240   +/-    6.0                                       
     dep =        57.9   +/-    7.5   

     40 km (25 miles) SSW of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
     60 km (40 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan (pop 7,967,000)
     115 km (70 miles) ESE of Maebashi, Honshu, Japan (pop 284,000)
     130 km (80 miles) SSW of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan (pop 360,000)
 
     Felt (II) at Tokyo. Also felt at Machida and Yokosuka. Recorded
     (4 JMA) at Chiba; (3 JMA) Ibaraki; (2 JMA) at Kanagawa, Shizuoka
     and Tokyo; (1 JMA) Saitama, Tochigi and Yamanashi.

     nph =   64 of  84    se = 0.96    FE=228                            A   

     error ellipse = (332.5, 25.8, 17.3;185.2, 60.1,  9.8; 69.5, 14.0,  6.3)

 mb = 4.6 ( 29)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 0.0 (  0)  md = 4.5 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 MJAR Pn      22:34:37.96  -1.6    1.7 287                                   MJAR
      Sn      22:35:06.16  S res =   5.7X
 MAJO ePn     22:34:39.45  -0.1    1.7 287 d:2.2+2     4.5  L:1.8+0 .50 3.7X MAJO
                                           g:1.4+0 .85 4.2X
 ERM  ePn     22:35:43.80   0.5    6.4  20 d:1.6+2     6.0X L:9.1-2 .70 4.1X ERM 
      eS      22:37:00.91  S res =   6.2X  g:5.6-2 .75 3.5X b:4.4+1 .75 5.1X
 INCN qPn     22:36:47.42   0.8   11.0 282                                   INCN
 YSS  ePn     22:36:47.72   0.4   11.1   9                                   YSS 
 YHNB qP      22:38:38.41   0.7   19.8 240                                   YHNB
 NACB qP      22:38:39.98   0.6   20.0 239                                   NACB
 SSLB qP      22:38:47.84   0.8   20.7 239 g:1.9-1 1.3 4.6X b:6.6+1 .60 5.1  SSLB
 PETK P       22:38:51.78   1.2   21.0  30                                   PETK
 PET  qP      22:38:54.01  -0.1   21.4  32                                   PET 
 ENH  eP      22:39:37.16  -5.2X  26.3 266 g:1.7-2 .75 4.0X b:1.4+1 .63 4.7  ENH 
 ULN  eP      22:39:48.72  -1.1   27.2 306 b:3.8+0 .70 4.1                   ULN 
 SONM P       22:39:52.58  -1.0   27.6 306                                   SONM
      LR      22:51:29.83                                  
 BILL eP      22:40:59.62  -0.9   35.2  17 b:2.5+0 1.0 4.1                   BILL
 TIXI eP      22:41:09.42   1.1   36.2 354 b:3.3+0 .50 4.5                   TIXI
 CMAR P       22:41:37.30  -6.7X  40.3 255                                   CMAR
      PcP     22:43:42.60  -3.9X
 ZALV P       22:41:56.20  -0.2   41.9 313                                   ZALV
      PcP     22:43:48.75  -2.3X
      LR      23:00:13.13                                  
 MKAR P       22:42:11.35  -1.0   43.9 303                                   MKAR
      LR      23:01:23.83                                  
 MK31 eP      22:42:12.39   0.0   43.9 303                                   MK31
 KURK eP      22:42:26.97  -0.8   45.8 309 b:2.4+1 .70 5.2                   KURK
 RSO  qP      22:42:47.47   0.4   48.3  38                                   RSO 
 KDAK P       22:42:47.50  -0.9   48.5  41                                   KDAK
 TKM2 eP      22:42:55.21   0.1   49.3 299 b:7.1+0 .65 4.8                   TKM2
 AAK  eP      22:42:59.70  -1.9   50.1 299 b:4.2+0 .90 4.5                   AAK 
      ePcP    22:44:20.61   0.3X
 MCK  qP      22:43:00.59   0.7   50.0  33                                   MCK 
 UCH  qP      22:43:02.51  -0.2   50.2 298                                   UCH 
 BVAR P       22:43:04.39   0.1   50.5 313                                   BVAR
      PcP     22:44:21.31  -0.1X
 COLA qP      22:43:04.42   1.3   50.4  32                                   COLA
 BRVK eP      22:43:04.80   0.1   50.6 313 b:2.1+0 .45 4.5                   BRVK
 EKS2 eP      22:43:04.80  -0.5   50.6 299 b:2.8+0 .65 4.4                   EKS2
 AML  eP      22:43:07.62   0.4   50.8 298 b:1.7+1 .65 5.2                   AML 
 BMRM eP      22:43:17.33   0.6   52.2  37 b:5.0+0 .70 4.7                   BMRM
 EGAK qP      22:43:22.74  -1.7   53.3  32                                   EGAK
 FITZ eP      22:43:33.14  -8.6X  55.6 197 b:4.8+0 .65 4.7                   FITZ
 WRAB eP      22:43:34.38  -9.9X  55.9 187 b:1.3+1 .85 5.0                   WRAB
 WRA  P       22:43:34.73  -9.6X  56.0 187                                   WRA 
 INK  eP      22:43:42.61   0.7   55.7  27 b:4.8+0 1.0 4.5                   INK 
 HYT  eP      22:43:43.37   1.4   55.7  36                                   HYT 
 ARU  eP      22:43:47.63  -0.1   56.5 319 b:1.0+1 .50 5.1                   ARU 
 KBL  eP      22:43:51.16  -0.1   56.9 291                                   KBL 
 ABKAReP      22:43:56.94  -0.6   57.9 310 b:3.9+0 .50 4.8                   ABKA
 ASAR P       22:44:01.20  -9.2X  59.7 187                                   ASAR
 RES  eP      22:44:37.75   0.3   63.8  14                                   RES 
 ARCESP       22:44:42.38  -0.4   64.6 339                                   ARCE
      LR      23:16:18.26                                  
 YKA  P       22:44:45.74  -0.6   65.1  30                                   YKA 
 STKA P       22:44:53.17  -9.1X  67.6 179                                   STKA
 FINESP       22:45:12.73   0.3   69.2 332                                   FINE
      LR      23:17:28.92                                  
 KIV  eP      22:45:23.54   0.9   70.8 311 b:9.1+0 .85 4.7                   KIV 
 SUMG eP      22:45:28.09   0.6   71.7 360 b:3.9+0 .70 4.4                   SUMG
 SLMT eP      22:45:41.28  -0.7   74.1  43                                   SLMT
 AKASGP       22:45:43.20  -0.9   74.5 322                                   AKAS
 KIEV eP      22:45:43.75  -0.4   74.5 322 b:8.7+0 .70 4.8                   KIEV
 NOA  P       22:45:44.90  -0.4   74.7 337                                   NOA 
      LR      23:21:49.03                                  
 FFC  eP      22:45:46.10  -1.1   75.0  32 b:3.3+0 .80 4.3                   FFC 
 FCC  eP      22:45:48.01  -0.5   75.3  26                                   FCC 
 LRM  eP      22:45:49.90  -0.5   75.5  44                                   LRM 
 NVAR P       22:45:53.90  -1.3   76.3  52                                   NVAR
 MALT eP      22:45:57.31   0.6   76.6 308 b:1.7+0 .80 4.1                   MALT
 KWP  eP      22:46:06.15   0.1   78.4 324 b:2.3+1 1.0 5.1                   KWP 
 BRTR P       22:46:08.05  -0.7   78.8 311                                   BRTR
 PDAR P       22:46:08.95  -1.2   79.0  45                                   PDAR
 KOLS eP      22:46:10.60   0.7   79.1 324 b:6.6+0 1.7 4.3                   KOLS
 STHS eP      22:46:12.90   2.2   79.2 324 b:2.9+0 1.0 4.2                   STHS
 MORC eP      22:46:18.83   0.3   80.7 326                                   MORC
 PSZ  eP      22:46:19.66  -0.3   80.9 324                                   PSZ 
 VYHS eP      22:46:22.30   2.0   81.0 325 b:3.3+0 1.3 4.1                   VYHS
 CLL  iP      22:46:23.10   0.3   81.5 330 b:9.0+0 1.0 4.7                   CLL 
 GERESP       22:46:30.89  -0.3   83.0 328                                   GERE
 GRF  eP      22:46:35.10   2.0   83.4 329 b:8.0+0 1.0 4.7                   GRF 
 GRA1 eP      22:46:35.10   2.0   83.4 329 b:8.0+0 1.0 4.7                   GRA1
 TXAR P       22:47:10.48  -1.9   91.5  52                                   TXAR
 TORD PKP     22:52:46.30  -5.5X 117.3 313                                   TORD



 Generated 2008 MAY 29 at 23:14 UTC

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


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