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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      8 MAY 2008  (129)

     ot  = 17:04:32.20   +/-   0.87              FIJI REGION                     
     lat =     -20.290   +/-    8.3
     lon =    -177.856   +/-    7.7              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =       543.1   +/-    9.9   

     95 km (60 miles) ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (pop N/A)
     290 km (180 miles) WNW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     460 km (285 miles) ESE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     1965 km (1220 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   54 of  69    se = 0.82    FE=181                            A   

     error ellipse = (144.6, 42.4, 16.3;308.9, 46.5, 14.4; 47.3,  7.9,  7.8)

 mb = 4.5 ( 12)  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
 AFI  eP      17:06:35.14  -0.8    8.6  43 d:3.6+1     5.6X L:7.3-2 .70 4.4X AFI 
      eS      17:08:12.24  S res =  -5.1X  g:4.4-2 .70 3.6X b:4.4+1 .70 4.8 
 URZ  P       17:08:13.91  -0.3   18.4 193                                   URZ 
 RPZ  P       17:09:14.22  -0.1   25.1 199                                   RPZ 
 CTAO eP      17:10:28.54   0.3   33.6 264                                   CTAO
 CTA  P       17:10:28.83   0.5   33.6 264                                   CTA 
 STKA eP      17:11:05.35   1.2   38.0 244 b:3.1+0 1.1 3.8                   STKA
 WB2  eP      17:11:56.91  -0.9   44.8 262                                   WB2 
 WRA  P       17:11:57.41  -0.5   44.8 262                                   WRA 
      PcP     17:13:28.58   0.2X
      S       17:17:52.08  S res =  -3.6X
 ASAR P       17:11:57.65   0.3   44.7 257                                   ASAR
      PcP     17:13:28.40   0.2X
      S       17:17:51.75  S res =  -3.0X
 WRAB eP      17:11:57.88   0.1   44.8 262 b:1.0+1 .70 4.5                   WRAB
 FITZ P       17:13:00.29   0.1   53.2 262                                   FITZ
 MBWA eP      17:13:33.20  -0.6   58.0 257                                   MBWA
 NWAO eP      17:13:37.78   0.5   58.6 243                                   NWAO
 SBA  eP      17:13:37.89   4.8X  58.1 184                                   SBA 
 MJAR P       17:14:49.63  -0.6   70.1 324                                   MJAR
 KSM  eP      17:15:10.27  -0.2   73.5 278 b:4.6+0 .55 4.2                   KSM 
 YSS  eP      17:15:22.76   0.5   75.8 333                                   YSS 
 PETK P       17:15:23.65  -0.4   76.1 345                                   PETK
 PEA0BeP      17:15:23.88  -0.1   76.1 345                                   PEA0
 MDJ  eP      17:15:47.74   0.4   80.4 325 b:1.1+1 .80 4.4                   MDJ 
 KDAK P       17:15:49.33   1.5   80.6  13                                   KDAK
 NVAR P       17:15:51.45   1.8   80.8  43                                   NVAR
 MAW  qP      17:15:54.68   0.5   81.8 200                                   MAW 
 TTA  eP      17:16:09.36   0.7   84.7  10 b:3.3+0 .84 4.0                   TTA 
 BMRM eP      17:16:11.60   0.1   85.3  16                                   BMRM
 TRF  eP      17:16:14.83  -1.2   86.2  12 b:9.8+0 .74 4.6                   TRF 
 ENH  eP      17:16:16.26   0.5   86.0 304 b:1.9+1 1.1 4.7                   ENH 
 MCK  eP      17:16:17.87  -0.4   86.7  12 b:6.1+0 .74 4.4                   MCK 
 TXAR P       17:16:21.77   2.2   86.8  57                                   TXAR
 COLA eP      17:16:23.10  -0.8   88.0  12 b:7.6+0 .75 4.6                   COLA
 PDAR P       17:16:29.50   1.2   88.7  43                                   PDAR
 DAWY eP      17:16:30.22   0.3   89.2  16                                   DAWY
 EGAK eP      17:16:30.87   0.4   89.4  15 b:7.3+0 1.0 4.6                   EGAK
 CMAR P       17:16:36.60   1.3   90.2 290                                   CMAR
 CHTO eP      17:16:36.87   1.0   90.3 290 b:7.3+0 .80 4.7                   CHTO
 INK  eP      17:16:51.00  -0.8   94.0  15                                   INK 
 SONM P       17:17:00.75   0.7   95.7 319                                   SONM
 YKA  P       17:17:01.04  -1.0   96.3  25                                   YKA 
 ZALV PKPdf   17:22:01.52  -1.0  110.4 321                                   ZALV
 MK31 qPKiKP  17:22:03.06  -1.2  111.2 313                                   MK31
 MKAR PKPdf   17:22:03.28  -1.0  111.2 313                                   MKAR
 KURK ePKiKP  17:22:08.46  -0.9  113.9 317                                   KURK
 BVAR PKP     17:22:18.51  -0.6  119.0 320                                   BVAR
 ARU  ePKPdf  17:22:29.75  -0.9  125.1 326                                   ARU 
 AKTK PKP     17:22:34.03  -0.5  127.0 318                                   AKTK
 ARCESPKP     17:22:36.80  -0.5  128.7 350                                   ARCE
 FINESPKP     17:22:46.42  -3.9X 135.6 344                                   FINE
 NOA  PKP     17:22:47.67  -8.7X 138.8 353                                   NOA 
 AKASGPKP     17:23:00.43  -3.5X 142.9 331                                   AKAS
 AKBB ePKPpre 17:23:00.43  -3.5X 142.9 331                                   AKBB
 MALT ePKPdf  17:23:05.75  -0.5  143.9 308                                   MALT
 KWP  ePKPbc  17:23:12.50   0.0  146.4 336                                   KWP 
      ePKPab  17:23:15.18   0.2X
 BR131ePKPbc  17:23:13.30  -0.7  146.8 313                                   BR13
 BRTR PKPbc   17:23:13.55  -0.4  146.8 313                                   BRTR
 BUR08ePKPbc  17:23:14.35   0.3  146.9 331                                   BUR0
 GERESPKP     17:23:16.81   0.8  150.0 345                                   GERE
      PKPbc   17:23:21.69   0.0X
 KHC  ePKPbc  17:23:21.25   0.2  149.8 345                                   KHC 
      ePKPab  17:23:29.00   0.3X
 GRF  ePKP    17:23:21.30   5.8X 149.8 348                                   GRF 
 GEC2 ePKPbc  17:23:21.87   0.2  150.0 345                                   GEC2
 TORD PKP     17:23:39.20  -1.1  172.9 176                                   TORD
      PKPab   17:25:11.97   1.6X



 Generated 2008 MAY 27 at 12:48 UTC

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


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