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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      8 MAY 2008  (129)

     ot  = 13:21:50.42   +/-   2.03              MARIANA ISLANDS REGION          
     lat =      12.155   +/-    6.9
     lon =     141.166   +/-   13.7              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        58.8   +/-   21.6   

     415 km (260 miles) WSW of HAGATNA, Guam
     440 km (275 miles) NE of Yap, Micronesia
     490 km (305 miles) WSW of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands
     1950 km (1210 miles) WNW of PALIKIR, Pohnpei, Micronesia

     nph =   17 of  17    se = 0.93    FE=210                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 94.2, 62.0, 37.1;279.2, 27.9, 13.7;188.1,  2.0, 10.5)

 mb = 4.9 ( 11)  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
 GUMO ePn     13:22:47.64   0.0    3.9  68 L:2.6-1 2.2 3.9X                  GUMO
 KAKA eP      13:27:16.92  -2.7   26.2 200 g:6.7-2 .85 4.6X b:6.7+1 .85 5.2  KAKA
 CTAO eP      13:28:16.46   1.4   32.4 171 b:1.5+1 .80 4.9                   CTAO
 WRAB eP      13:28:16.69   0.2   32.6 192 b:2.6+1 .80 5.1                   WRAB
 WB2  eP      13:28:16.81   0.3   32.6 192                                   WB2 
 CHTO eP      13:29:29.22  -0.1   41.1 285 b:6.3+0 1.0 4.3                   CHTO
 CM31 eP      13:29:29.89   0.7   41.1 284                                   CM31
 STKA eP      13:29:50.52   0.1   43.8 179 b:3.4+0 .85 4.1                   STKA
 FORT eP      13:29:56.70   0.5   44.5 196 b:3.8+1 .80 5.2                   FORT
 ULN  eP      13:30:05.63   0.8   45.6 328 b:3.8+0 .80 4.3                   ULN 
 YAK  eP      13:30:41.72  -0.5   50.5 353 b:4.4+1 1.0 5.4                   YAK 
 BILL eP      13:31:38.01  -0.2   58.2  11 b:1.8+1 .90 5.2                   BILL
 TIXI eP      13:31:49.55  -0.5   59.9 356 b:6.2+0 .90 4.7                   TIXI
 KURK eP      13:32:13.94   0.3   63.4 321                                   KURK
 KBL  eP      13:32:47.31  -0.1   68.5 302                                   KBL 
 INK  eP      13:33:37.02   0.1   77.1  22                                   INK 
 RES  eP      13:34:27.46  -0.3   86.8  13 b:5.3+0 1.0 4.7                   RES 



 Generated 2008 MAY  8 at 14:27 UTC

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


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