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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      1 MAY 2008  (122)

     ot  = 23:13:44.24   +/-   1.57              NEAR N COAST OF NEW GUINEA, PNG.
     lat =      -3.626   +/-    5.7
     lon =     144.111   +/-    7.2              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        54.3   +/-   15.0   

     50 km (30 miles) E of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG (pop 25,000)
     245 km (150 miles) N of Mount Hagen, New Guinea, PNG
     730 km (455 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
     2805 km (1740 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

     nph =   51 of  62    se = 0.98    FE=200                            A   

     error ellipse = (213.0, 70.9, 24.2; 84.8, 12.1, 10.4;351.6, 14.6,  5.9)

 mb = 4.7 ( 21)  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
 COEN ePn     23:16:09.69   0.2   10.3 185                                   COEN
 KAKA ePn     23:17:04.33  -4.5X  14.7 231 g:1.0-1 1.0 4.2X                  KAKA
      eSn     23:19:45.43  S res =  -4.9X
 CTAO ePn     23:17:31.98  -0.2   16.5 173 b:1.2+1 .86 4.0                   CTAO
 CTA  Pn      23:17:34.35   2.2   16.5 173                                   CTA 
 WRAB ePn     23:17:58.74  -1.7   18.8 210 b:4.9+1 1.1 4.6                   WRAB
 WRA  P       23:17:59.01  -0.6   18.8 210                                   WRA 
 DAV  qP      23:18:26.53  -0.4   21.3 300                                   DAV 
 ASAR P       23:18:35.00  -1.5   22.2 205                                   ASAR
      PcP     23:22:32.35   0.9X
 EIDS eP      23:18:40.88   0.2   22.6 163 g:2.6-2 1.0 3.9X b:2.8+1 1.0 4.6  EIDS
 FITZ eP      23:18:44.13  -1.7   23.1 230 b:2.7+1 1.1 4.6                   FITZ
 KAPI eP      23:18:56.58  -0.6   24.3 266 b:3.2+0 .42 4.2                   KAPI
 STKA eP      23:19:31.81  -0.1   28.2 185 b:4.8+0 1.4 3.9                   STKA
 MBWA eP      23:19:44.13   1.2   29.4 232 b:1.4+0 .46 3.9                   MBWA
 FORT eP      23:19:56.65   0.2   31.0 208 b:2.2+1 .90 4.9                   FORT
 CAN  qP      23:20:05.66   1.4   31.9 172                                   CAN 
 KSM  eP      23:20:24.26  -0.4   34.2 278                                   KSM 
 NACB eP      23:20:33.59  -0.4   35.3 323                                   NACB
 YHNB qP      23:20:39.17   0.8   35.8 323                                   YHNB
 MJAR P       23:21:15.26  -1.4   40.3 353                                   MJAR
      LR      23:37:05.46                                  
 MAJO qP      23:21:17.29   0.7   40.3 353                                   MAJO
 RAO  P       23:21:48.12   0.7   44.1 129                                   RAO 
 KULM qP      23:21:49.23   0.0   44.3 281                                   KULM
 AFI  P       23:21:51.65  -0.8   44.7 106                                   AFI 
 ENH  eP      23:22:11.69  -0.5   47.2 318 b:5.1+0 .55 4.7                   ENH 
 CMAR P       23:22:31.46   0.9   49.6 298                                   CMAR
 CHTO eP      23:22:31.67   0.2   49.7 298 b:1.8+1 1.5 4.9                   CHTO
 CM31 eP      23:22:32.06   1.5   49.6 298                                   CM31
 BJT  eP      23:22:35.95  -0.6   50.4 332                                   BJT 
 PETK P       23:23:29.13   0.1   57.7  10                                   PETK
      LR      23:43:45.17                                  
 LSA  eP      23:23:50.24   0.5   60.5 307 b:1.6+1 1.2 5.0                   LSA 
 ULN  eP      23:23:50.98   1.0   60.7 332 b:1.6+1 1.3 5.0                   ULN 
 SONM P       23:23:52.60   0.7   61.0 332                                   SONM
      LR      23:50:19.03                                  
 BILL eP      23:25:07.69  -1.2   73.2   9 b:3.7+0 .82 4.4                   BILL
 MKAR P       23:25:14.00   0.7   73.8 321                                   MKAR
      LR      23:59:14.13                                  
 MK31 eP      23:25:14.20   0.9   73.8 321                                   MK31
 CHGN eP      23:25:20.52  -3.2X  75.7  29                                   CHGN
 SBA  eP      23:25:20.79   0.6   75.1 175                                   SBA 
 ZALV P       23:25:22.13  -0.5   75.5 328                                   ZALV
      LR      23:55:51.54                                  
 KURK eP      23:25:35.20   0.6   77.6 324 b:4.1+1 2.0 5.1                   KURK
 AAK  eP      23:25:36.51   1.3   77.6 315 b:8.8+0 .95 4.7                   AAK 
 KBL  eP      23:25:47.51   0.1   79.8 306 b:4.6+0 .80 4.5                   KBL 
 BVAR P       23:26:05.04   0.5   83.2 324                                   BVAR
 MAW  eP      23:26:05.23   0.2   83.3 202 b:9.0-1 .65 3.9                   MAW 
 BRVK eP      23:26:05.37   0.5   83.2 324 b:6.2+1 1.5 5.4                   BRVK
 COLA qP      23:26:08.11  -0.9   84.1  23 b:6.5+0 .90 4.7                   COLA
 ARU  eP      23:26:39.11  -1.1   90.5 326 b:7.0+0 1.1 4.9                   ARU 
 INK  eP      23:26:39.54  -0.4   90.5  22 b:6.3+0 1.1 4.9                   INK 
 YKA  P       23:27:15.60  -0.6   98.4  27                                   YKA 
 GERESPKP     23:32:26.04   0.2  118.3 325                                   GERE
 SCHQ PKP     23:32:34.47  -0.3  123.1  21                                   SCHQ
 TORD PKP     23:33:05.68  -5.4X 141.7 287                                   TORD
      PKP     23:33:10.55  -0.5X
 LPAZ ePKPdf  23:33:10.13  -2.8  142.5 123                                   LPAZ
 CPUP PKP     23:33:15.20   1.2  143.7 146                                   CPUP
 DBIC PKPbc   23:33:26.85  -0.4  149.0 277                                   DBIC



 Generated 2008 MAY 18 at 21:39 UTC

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


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