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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      7 MAY 2008  (128)

     ot  = 09:59:04.23   +/-   0.36              NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
     lat =      36.136   +/-    6.4
     lon =     141.718   +/-    6.2              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        35.0  (depth phases)

     115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
     125 km (80 miles) SE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan (pop 360,000)
     185 km (115 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan
     210 km (130 miles) SSE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
 
     Recorded (2 JMA) at Chiba, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Tochigi; (1 JMA)
     at Gumma, Miyagi and Saitama.

     nph =   49 of  66    se = 1.16    FE=228                            A   

     error ellipse = (139.9,  0.0,  8.9; 49.9,  0.0,  7.4;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.8 ( 33)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.1 (  7)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 MAJO ePn     09:59:47.37   0.0    2.9 279                                   MAJO
 ERM  qPn     10:00:28.90  -1.2    6.0  10                                   ERM 
      eSn     10:01:33.45  S res =  -3.8X
 YSS  ePn     10:01:33.70  -3.0   10.8   4 g:3.0-2 .85 3.6  b:2.6+1 .75 5.5X YSS 
 MDJ  ePn     10:02:04.58   4.7   12.5 316 g:6.8-2 1.3 3.8  b:6.8+1 1.3 5.6X MDJ 
 BJT  eP      10:03:37.31  -1.4   20.5 289 b:2.5+1 .52 4.8                   BJT 
 SSLB eP      10:03:50.85  -1.8   21.7 241 g:2.1-2 .85 3.9  b:2.1+1 .85 4.6  SSLB
 TPUB eP      10:03:55.90  -2.5   22.3 241 g:5.0-2 1.0 4.2  b:2.2+1 .55 4.8  TPUB
 YAK  eP      10:04:41.71  -0.8   27.0 347 g:4.2-2 .85 4.4  b:4.3+1 .55 5.3  YAK 
 ENH  eP      10:04:47.29  -0.3   27.5 267 g:1.0-1 1.1 4.6  b:3.8+1 .63 5.2  ENH 
      epP     10:04:56.78  depth =  33.6 
 ULN  eP      10:04:52.05  -0.4   28.1 306 g:3.7-2 1.2 4.2  b:3.7+1 1.2 4.9  ULN 
      epP     10:05:02.63  depth =  39.1 
 TLY  eP      10:05:19.32   0.1   31.1 312 b:4.8+1 1.4 5.1                   TLY 
 TIXI eP      10:06:02.09  -1.1   36.2 353 b:2.8+0 .65 4.3                   TIXI
 CHTO eP      10:06:46.94   0.3   41.3 257 b:1.7+1 1.2 4.6                   CHTO
      epP     10:06:57.20  depth =  35.1 
 ZAA0 eP      10:06:57.66   0.1   42.7 313                                   ZAA0
      epP     10:07:06.99  depth =  31.2 
 LSA  eP      10:06:58.75   1.7   42.5 276 b:3.3+1 1.0 5.0                   LSA 
 MK31 eP      10:07:14.62   0.0   44.8 303                                   MK31
      epP     10:07:26.66  depth =  43.4 
 KAPI eP      10:07:23.58   0.8   45.8 211 b:8.6+1 1.2 5.5                   KAPI
 KURK eP      10:07:29.09  -0.2   46.7 309                                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      10:07:58.44   1.1   50.3 299 b:1.6+1 .75 5.1                   TKM2
 UCH  eP      10:08:03.82  -1.1   51.2 299 b:9.0+0 .93 4.7                   UCH 
 AAK  eP      10:08:04.55   0.8   51.1 299 b:1.2+1 .80 4.9                   AAK 
 BRVK eP      10:08:04.83  -0.7   51.4 313 b:2.3+1 1.2 5.0                   BRVK
 EKS2 eP      10:08:07.65   0.2   51.6 299 b:8.3+0 1.0 4.6                   EKS2
      epP     10:08:17.73  depth =  33.6 
      esP     10:08:21.54  -0.6X
 AML  eP      10:08:10.85   1.4   51.8 299 b:1.9+1 .73 5.1                   AML 
 INK  eP      10:08:32.46   0.3   55.1  27 b:4.4+0 .75 4.6                   INK 
 WB2  eP      10:08:41.04   0.2   56.2 188                                   WB2 
 WRAB qP      10:08:41.06   0.3   56.2 188 b:2.1+1 1.0 5.1                   WRAB
 ARU  eP      10:08:47.47   0.0   57.2 319                                   ARU 
 KBL  eP      10:08:53.70   0.1   58.0 292 b:3.4+0 .60 4.6                   KBL 
 MBWA qP      10:09:10.44  -1.4   60.7 204 b:1.6+1 1.1 5.1                   MBWA
 RES  eP      10:09:29.22  -0.4   63.4  14 b:5.9+0 .90 4.7                   RES 
 STKA eP      10:09:57.63   0.1   67.7 180 b:7.0-1 .84 3.8                   STKA
      epP     10:10:08.51  depth =  35.5 
 FORT eP      10:09:59.19   0.8   67.8 193 b:1.9+1 .70 5.3                   FORT
      epP     10:10:09.11  depth =  31.8 
 ETW  eP      10:10:06.68  -0.2   69.1  46                                   ETW 
 NEW  eP      10:10:15.86   0.0   70.6  44 b:2.9+0 .83 4.4                   NEW 
      epP     10:10:26.65  depth =  35.2 
 KIV  qP      10:10:22.09  -0.5   71.7 311                                   KIV 
 SWMT eP      10:10:25.37  -3.7X  72.8  43                                   SWMT
 SLMT eP      10:10:31.80   0.1   73.2  43 b:1.2+0 .60 4.1                   SLMT
      epP     10:10:42.48  depth =  34.7X
 FFC  eP      10:10:37.60  -0.3   74.3  33 b:2.7+0 .74 4.3                   FFC 
 HRY  eP      10:10:39.58   0.7   74.4  43                                   HRY 
 LRM  eP      10:10:40.31   0.2   74.6  44                                   LRM 
      epP     10:10:50.70  depth =  33.4 
 EGMT epP     10:10:41.22 -10.5X  74.8  41                                   EGMT
 DLMT eP      10:10:41.53   0.5   74.8  45 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.7                   DLMT
 AKBB eP      10:10:42.32  -0.4   75.2 323                                   AKBB
 BOZ  eP      10:10:43.41   0.2   75.2  44 b:5.7+0 1.2 4.4                   BOZ 
      epP     10:10:54.03  depth =  34.3 
 IMW  eP      10:10:52.74   1.1   76.6  45 b:6.1+0 1.1 4.5                   IMW 
 DUG  eP      10:10:58.44   0.6   77.8  49 b:6.9+0 1.0 4.6                   DUG 
 BUR08eP      10:11:05.87   0.5   79.2 322                                   BUR0
 MSU  eP      10:11:06.33   0.5   79.2  50 b:1.6+0 .92 4.0                   MSU 
 KHC  eP      10:11:27.78  -0.2   83.4 329 b:2.5+0 .80 4.5                   KHC 
      epP     10:11:38.36  depth =  33.4 
 LPAZ ePKPbc  10:18:44.41   0.2  146.9  61                                   LPAZ



 Generated 2008 MAY 11 at 11:08 UTC

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


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