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Explanation of Parameters


      8 MAY 2008  (129)

     ot  = 09:48:40.28   +/-   0.50              OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 
     lat =      35.941   +/-   10.9
     lon =     142.099   +/-    7.0              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     155 km (95 miles) ESE of Mito, Honshu, Japan (pop 246,000)
     165 km (100 miles) SE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
     215 km (135 miles) E of TOKYO, Japan
     245 km (155 miles) SE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan

     nph =   30 of  42    se = 0.99    FE=229                            A   

     error ellipse = (157.0,  0.0, 15.2; 67.0,  0.0,  7.7;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.7 ( 30)  ML = 3.8 (  1)  mblg = 3.8 (  5)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 MAJO ePn     09:49:32.01   1.3    3.2 282 L:3.2-1 1.3 3.8  g:2.8-1 .80 3.7  MAJO
 ERM  ePn     09:50:06.52  -4.2X   6.1   7 g:2.4-1 1.3 3.9                   ERM 
 SSLB eP      09:53:32.11  -1.8   21.9 242 g:6.0-3 .75 3.4  b:5.0+0 .65 4.1  SSLB
 YULB eP      09:53:33.18  -0.7   21.9 241 g:1.3-2 .90 3.7  b:1.3+1 .60 4.5  YULB
 TPUB eP      09:53:38.19  -1.4   22.5 242 g:1.6-2 .70 3.9  b:1.4+1 .55 4.6  TPUB
 ULN  eP      09:54:35.68   0.4   28.4 306 b:1.8+1 .70 5.0                   ULN 
 TLY  eP      09:55:03.15   1.3   31.5 312 b:1.7+1 .70 5.1                   TLY 
 CHTO eP      09:56:29.50   1.1   41.6 257 b:9.3+0 .90 4.5                   CHTO
 ZAA0 P       09:56:39.82  -0.3   43.1 313                                   ZAA0
 MK31 eP      09:56:56.90  -0.3   45.2 303                                   MK31
 KSM  eP      09:57:00.06   2.3   45.2 228 b:1.6+1 .60 5.1                   KSM 
 KURK eP      09:57:11.10  -0.7   47.0 309 b:2.5+1 .90 5.3                   KURK
 AAK  eP      09:57:45.83  -0.4   51.5 299 b:6.1+0 .60 4.7                   AAK 
 BRVK eP      09:57:47.25  -0.6   51.8 313 b:7.2+0 .90 4.6                   BRVK
 INK  eP      09:58:11.75  -0.4   55.1  27 b:3.7+0 .60 4.6                   INK 
 WRAB eP      09:58:26.49   7.1X  56.1 189 b:3.4+1 1.7 5.1                   WRAB
 ARU  eP      09:58:29.05  -0.6   57.5 319 b:2.1+1 1.0 5.1                   ARU 
 ABKARe       09:58:39.70  -0.8   59.1 311 b:8.5+0 .70 5.0                   ABKA
 RES  eP      09:59:08.86  -1.3   63.5  14 b:4.2+0 .70 4.7                   RES 
 SUMG eP      10:00:02.84   0.0   71.8   0                                   SUMG
 KIV  eP      10:00:05.76   1.2   72.0 311 b:1.7+1 .90 5.1                   KIV 
 SLMT eP      10:00:10.71  -0.4   73.1  44                                   SLMT
 BMO  P       10:00:11.45   5.6X  72.3  47 b:2.2+0 1.0 4.2                   BMO 
 SWMT P       10:00:12.79   4.3X  72.7  44 b:3.4+0 1.0 4.4                   SWMT
 FFC  eP      10:00:16.68  -1.0   74.3  33                                   FFC 
 HRY  eP      10:00:18.26   0.0   74.4  43                                   HRY 
 LRM  eP      10:00:19.39  -0.1   74.5  44                                   LRM 
 EGMT eP      10:00:20.31   0.0   74.7  41 b:7.6+0 1.2 4.6                   EGMT
 DLMT eP      10:00:20.50   0.1   74.7  45 b:4.2+0 1.0 4.4                   DLMT
 BOZ  eP      10:00:22.51  -0.1   75.1  44 b:3.6+1 2.7 4.9                   BOZ 
 DCID1eP      10:00:26.33  -4.9X  76.6  46 b:5.7+0 .60 4.8                   DCID
 IMW  eP      10:00:32.00   0.9   76.5  45 b:4.2+0 1.2 4.4                   IMW 
 TPAW eP      10:00:37.74   5.3X  76.8  46 b:6.6+0 1.3 4.5                   TPAW
 REDW eP      10:00:39.99   6.8X  76.9  46 b:6.0+0 1.3 4.5                   REDW
 JLU          10:00:42.26   1.7   78.2  48                                   JLU 
 DUG  P       10:00:43.59   6.4X  77.7  49 b:2.8+0 .80 4.4                   DUG 
 ARUT P       10:00:48.21   5.2X  78.7  51 b:1.1+1 .92 4.9                   ARUT
 SRU  eP      10:00:48.68   0.1   79.7  49 b:3.8+0 .66 4.5                   SRU 
 BR131eP      10:00:50.59   0.6   80.0 312                                   BR13
 CCUT eP      10:00:51.30   7.1X  78.9  52 b:5.7+0 1.4 4.4                   CCUT
 GEC2 e       10:01:06.49  -4.0X  83.9 329 b:7.0+2 .83 6.9X                  GEC2
 MCWV e       10:02:08.91   3.8X  95.4  31 b:9.2+0 .45 5.5                   MCWV



 Generated 2008 MAY  8 at 10:08 UTC

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


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