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Explanation of Parameters


     10 MAY 2008  (131)

     ot  = 19:41:58.29   +/-   0.17              TAIWAN REGION                   
     lat =      24.027   +/-    3.7
     lon =     122.590   +/-    3.7              MAGNITUDE 5.6 (GCMT)     
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     100 km (60 miles) SE of Su-ao, Taiwan (pop 48,000)
     105 km (65 miles) E of Hua-lien, Taiwan (pop 108,000)
     160 km (100 miles) SE of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan (pop 2,641,000)
     170 km (105 miles) WSW of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
 
     Felt (III) at Taipei. Felt at Chang-hua, Chung-ho, Hsin-chu, Hsin-
     tien, I-lan, Lo-tung, Pan-chiao and T'ai-chung. Recorded (3 TAP)
     in I-lan; (2 TAP) in Chang-hua, Hua-lien, Nan-t'ou, T'ai-chung,
     T'ai-pei and T'ai-tung; (1 TAP) in Chia-i, Miao-li and P'eng-hu.
     Recorded (2 JMA) on Ishigaki-jima, Iriomote-jima and Yonaguni-
     jima, Ryukyu Islands.

     nph =  145 of 166    se = 1.03    FE=243                            A   

     error ellipse = (135.2,  0.0,  5.1; 45.2,  0.0,  4.5;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.3 (118)  ML = 5.0 (  6)  mblg = 4.5 ( 13)  md = 5.1 (  6)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 YULB ePn     19:42:22.49  -0.6    1.3 242 d:5.1+2     5.1  L:1.9+1 .45 4.5  YULB
      eSn     19:42:38.22  S res =  -2.8X  g:1.1+1 .80 5.0 
 YHNB ePn     19:42:23.73   1.4    1.3 300 d:4.7+2     5.0  L:1.1+2 1.0 5.2  YHNB
                                           g:9.7+1 1.0 5.8X
 SSLB ePn     19:42:25.35  -0.2    1.5 261 d:4.8+2     5.1  L:3.1+1 .50 4.9  SSLB
                                           g:1.4+1 .70 5.2 
 TATO ePn     19:42:25.69   2.1    1.4 313 d:3.6+2     4.8  L:8.9+1 .90 5.2  TATO
                                           g:6.8+1 .90 5.8X
 TWG  ePn     19:42:28.37  -1.6    1.8 230 d:5.0+2     5.2  L:1.5+1 .50 4.7  TWG 
                                           g:1.2+1 .90 5.1 
 TPUB ePn     19:42:32.38   1.1    1.9 248 d:4.2+2     5.1  L:3.2+1 .65 5.1  TPUB
                                           g:1.8+1 .65 5.5 
 INCN ePn     19:45:20.44   5.7X  13.9  14 g:3.6-1 1.1 4.7  b:3.6+2 1.1 6.1X INCN
 MAJO eP      19:46:13.59   0.8   18.3  44 b:2.8+1 .95 4.4                   MAJO
 KKM  eP      19:46:17.77  -1.5   18.9 200 g:9.9-2 1.0 4.4  b:2.1+2 1.2 5.2  KKM 
 CHTO eP      19:46:59.79   0.5   22.6 261 g:5.6-2 1.1 4.3  b:5.6+1 1.1 5.0  CHTO
 CM31 eP      19:47:00.66   0.2   22.7 260 g:2.8-2 .88 4.1  b:2.3+1 .80 4.7  CM31
 GUMO qP      19:47:11.24   2.8X  23.5 112                                   GUMO
 ERM  eP      19:47:17.00  -3.2   24.8  39 g:2.4-2 .80 4.1  b:1.9+1 .60 4.9  ERM 
 KSM  eP      19:47:25.04  -0.9   25.4 210 g:4.2-2 .90 4.3  b:1.4+2 1.4 5.5  KSM 
 ULN  eP      19:47:38.01  -0.7   26.8 336 g:4.8-2 1.0 4.3  b:6.1+1 1.1 5.2  ULN 
      ePcP    19:51:01.17  -0.3X
      eScP    19:54:38.53  -3.2X
 YSS  eP      19:47:47.60  -1.7   28.0  30 g:4.4-2 1.0 4.3  b:5.8+1 1.1 5.3  YSS 
      ePcP    19:51:04.60   0.5X
 KULM eP      19:47:51.86   0.9   28.2 232 g:2.2-2 1.0 4.0  b:3.5+1 1.2 5.0  KULM
 TLY  eP      19:48:16.99  -0.7   31.2 337 b:3.6+1 .90 5.3                   TLY 
      ePcP    19:51:12.41   0.1X
 KAKA eP      19:49:11.92  -2.5   37.7 164 b:1.0+2 .80 5.7                   KAKA
 YAK  eP      19:49:16.47  -2.2   38.3   5 b:7.4+1 .80 5.5                   YAK 
 PEA0BqP      19:49:24.83  -2.3   39.3  33                                   PEA0
 MK31 eP      19:49:27.67  -0.1   39.3 315                                   MK31
 PET  qP      19:49:27.98  -2.8   39.7  34                                   PET 
 ZAA0 eP      19:49:40.75  -1.2   41.1 327                                   ZAA0
      eScP    19:55:22.94  -8.6X
 FITZ eP      19:49:48.55  -1.1   42.0 176 b:1.1+2 1.4 5.4                   FITZ
 COEN eP      19:49:57.43   1.2   42.8 150 b:5.3+2 1.1 6.2                   COEN
 KURK eP      19:49:57.45  -0.6   43.0 320 b:5.0+1 1.1 5.2                   KURK
 TKM2 eP      19:49:58.54   1.4   42.9 308 b:1.7+2 1.0 5.7                   TKM2
 AAK  eP      19:50:04.30   1.2   43.6 307 b:6.5+1 1.0 5.4                   AAK 
 UCH  eP      19:50:04.55   1.7   43.5 307 b:2.8+2 1.1 6.0                   UCH 
      eScP    19:55:41.79  -0.5X
 EKS2 eP      19:50:08.33   1.0   44.1 307 b:3.9+1 .88 5.3                   EKS2
      eScP    19:55:40.09  -4.2X
 AML  iPc     19:50:08.98   1.5   44.1 306 b:1.7+2 1.0 5.8                   AML 
      eScP    19:55:42.73  -1.9X
 MBWA eP      19:50:12.44  -1.6   45.0 184 b:2.3+1 .83 5.1                   MBWA
      e       19:50:25.56   7.2X
 WRAB iPd     19:50:15.27  -0.2   45.2 164 b:9.5+1 .90 5.7                   WRAB
 TIXI iPc     19:50:33.01  -2.3   47.8   3 b:4.5+1 1.1 5.5                   TIXI
 KBL  iPc     19:50:34.07   0.9   47.4 296 b:2.7+2 1.4 6.1                   KBL 
      ePP     19:52:29.43   4.8X
      eScP    19:55:56.87  -1.2X
 BRVK iPc     19:50:42.04  -0.5   48.7 321 b:2.9+1 .85 5.4                   BRVK
      ePcP    19:52:05.35  -2.4X
      eScP    19:55:59.22  -3.6X
 CTAO eP      19:50:50.80   1.3   49.5 150 b:2.6+1 .90 5.2                   CTAO
 BILL eP      19:51:00.31  -2.7   51.4  19 b:8.0+0 .75 4.7                   BILL
 ABKARePc     19:51:25.92   0.0   54.5 314 b:1.8+1 .50 5.3                   ABKA
      eScP    19:56:23.01  -4.9X
 FORT eP      19:51:27.97  -0.1   54.7 174 b:3.0+2 1.1 6.2                   FORT
 ARU  iPc     19:51:35.78  -1.1   56.0 323 b:4.1+1 .85 5.5                   ARU 
 EIDS eP      19:51:39.93   0.4   56.3 149 b:1.6+1 .65 5.2                   EIDS
 NWAO qP      19:51:43.60   0.4   56.9 185 b:5.5+1 1.3 5.4                   NWAO
 STKA ePd     19:51:54.95   0.3   58.5 161 b:1.8+1 .73 5.2                   STKA
 ARMA eP      19:52:11.60   0.2   60.9 151 b:2.7+1 .78 5.4                   ARMA
 CAN  eP      19:52:33.80   1.1   64.1 156 b:2.3+1 .85 5.4                   CAN 
 TTA  eP      19:52:39.33   1.0   65.0  30 b:2.8+1 .96 5.4                   TTA 
 SVW2 eP      19:52:40.38  -0.2   65.4  32                                   SVW2
 GNI  iPc     19:52:46.05   1.0   65.9 305 b:8.7+1 1.1 5.8                   GNI 
 CHUM ePd     19:52:49.49   1.2   66.6  29 b:2.1+1 .82 5.4                   CHUM
 KIV  iPc     19:52:50.24   0.7   66.7 309 b:9.0+1 .95 5.9                   KIV 
 PPLA ePd     19:52:50.70   1.0   66.7  30 b:1.9+1 .78 5.3                   PPLA
 RSO  eP      19:52:50.98   0.8   66.8  32                                   RSO 
 COLD eP      19:52:51.88   0.7   67.0  25 b:1.3+1 1.0 5.0                   COLD
 KDAK eP      19:52:52.23  -0.8   67.3  35 b:4.6+1 1.0 5.6                   KDAK
 BPAW iPd     19:52:52.88   1.0   67.1  28 b:4.1+1 1.2 5.5                   BPAW
 KTH  eP      19:52:53.59   1.0   67.2  29 b:1.3+1 .80 5.2                   KTH 
 TRF  eP      19:52:54.60   0.0   67.5  29 b:2.0+1 1.0 5.3                   TRF 
 MCK  eP      19:52:57.38  -0.5   68.1  29 b:4.2+1 1.2 5.5                   MCK 
 COLA qP      19:52:58.94  -0.5   68.3  27 b:1.8+1 .90 5.3                   COLA
 PMR  eP      19:52:58.99  -0.7   68.4  31 b:1.3+1 .72 5.2                   PMR 
 OBN  eP      19:52:59.50  -0.7   68.4 322 b:6.2+1 1.2 5.7                   OBN 
 SPB4 eP      19:53:08.76  -0.4   69.9 348                                   SPB4
 TAU  qP      19:53:13.68   1.3   70.4 161                                   TAU 
 EGAK eP      19:53:17.52   0.7   71.1  27 b:1.4+1 .75 5.2                   EGAK
 MALT iPc     19:53:18.31   0.8   71.1 304 b:7.7+1 .90 5.8                   MALT
 DAWY iPd     19:53:23.16   0.6   72.1  27                                   DAWY
 INK  eP      19:53:26.69  -0.5   72.9  22 b:2.6+1 .98 5.3                   INK 
 AKBB iPc     19:53:31.93  -1.2   73.8 319                                   AKBB
 BR131iPc     19:53:36.03  -0.2   74.3 307 b:6.7+1 1.0 5.6                   BR13
 SKAG iPc     19:53:43.26   0.7   75.5  31 b:6.7+1 1.2 5.6                   SKAG
 SUW  eP      19:53:46.23  -0.4   76.2 323 b:1.3+2 1.1 5.9                   SUW 
 TIRR eP      19:53:47.46  -0.6   76.4 313 b:2.2+1 1.2 5.1                   TIRR
 SIT  eP      19:53:48.65   0.7   76.4  33 b:9.1+1 1.0 5.8                   SIT 
 ISP  iPc     19:53:52.05  -0.9   77.2 306 b:1.2+2 1.3 5.8                   ISP 
 BUR08iPc     19:53:52.79  -0.8   77.4 317                                   BUR0
 CRAG eP      19:53:58.56   0.6   78.2  34 b:8.1+1 1.1 5.7                   CRAG
 DLBC ePc     19:54:00.32   1.1   78.4  31                                   DLBC
 NAO01eP      19:54:02.73  -0.6   79.2 332 b:2.2+1 .98 5.1                   NAO0
 PSZ  eP      19:54:10.10  -0.8   80.5 318 b:3.3+1 1.1 5.2                   PSZ 
 RPZ  eP      19:54:12.02   0.2   80.7 147 b:7.3+1 1.0 5.6                   RPZ 
 MORC eP      19:54:13.75  -0.2   81.1 321 b:2.1+1 1.2 5.0                   MORC
 RUE  eP      19:54:18.84   0.6   82.0 324 b:2.8+1 .95 5.3                   RUE 
 SUMG eP      19:54:22.11  -0.6   82.8 354 b:2.2+1 1.0 5.3                   SUMG
 KHC  iPc     19:54:27.16  -0.3   83.7 321 b:3.8+1 1.2 5.5                   KHC 
 GEC2 eP      19:54:27.56  -0.4   83.8 321 b:9.1+3 1.2 7.9X                  GEC2
 ABPO eP      19:54:34.34   0.0   85.0 247 b:1.8+1 .88 5.3                   ABPO
 STU  eP      19:54:39.02  -1.8   86.4 323 b:9.0+0 .60 5.1                   STU 
 TIP  eP      19:54:41.11  -0.7   86.5 311 b:5.1+1 1.3 5.5                   TIP 
 KMBO eP      19:54:41.77   0.9   86.2 267 b:2.8+1 1.2 5.3                   KMBO
 PGC  eP      19:54:42.66   0.1   86.7  37 b:3.1+0 1.2 4.4                   PGC 
 BFO  eP      19:54:43.68  -0.7   87.1 322 b:2.9+1 1.4 5.3                   BFO 
 AQU  eP      19:54:44.79  -0.2   87.2 315 b:1.4+2 1.2 6.1                   AQU 
 WLF  eP      19:54:46.45   0.0   87.5 324 b:8.2+1 1.1 5.9                   WLF 
 ECH  eP      19:54:46.57  -1.2   87.8 323 b:2.9+1 1.2 5.4                   ECH 
 CEL  eP      19:54:47.43   0.6   87.5 311 b:7.9+1 1.2 5.9                   CEL 
 GNW  eP      19:54:47.88   0.6   87.7  38 b:2.2+1 1.2 5.3                   GNW 
 RPW  eP      19:54:48.55   0.1   87.9  37 b:1.2+1 1.2 5.1                   RPW 
 JCW  eP      19:54:48.94   0.9   87.8  37                                   JCW 
 ESK  eP      19:54:49.91  -0.9   88.5 332 b:1.5+1 .95 5.3                   ESK 
 COR  eP      19:54:52.42  -1.4   89.1  41 b:3.8+1 1.1 5.6                   COR 
 LON  eP      19:54:52.84   0.6   88.7  38 b:2.8+1 1.0 5.5                   LON 
 EDM  eP      19:54:54.44   0.5   89.1  30                                   EDM 
 ETW  eP      19:54:54.64   0.7   89.1  37 b:4.8+1 1.1 5.7                   ETW 
 BNI  eP      19:54:57.00  -0.7   89.9 320 b:3.2+1 1.1 5.4                   BNI 
      ePP     19:58:20.19  -9.5X
 CASY eP      19:54:58.87  -0.8   90.5 185 b:1.5+1 1.2 5.1                   CASY
 OD2  eP      19:54:59.21   0.7   90.1  37 b:2.9+1 1.2 5.4                   OD2 
 RSW  eP      19:54:59.75   0.6   90.2  38 b:2.6+1 1.0 5.4                   RSW 
 HAWA eP      19:55:00.10   0.9   90.2  38 b:6.0+1 1.2 5.7                   HAWA
 NEW  eP      19:55:00.84   0.8   90.4  35 b:5.6+1 1.1 5.7                   NEW 
 HUMO eP      19:55:00.97   1.1   90.4  42 b:8.7+0 1.0 5.0                   HUMO
 SSB  eP      19:55:01.97  -0.8   91.0 321 b:2.3+1 1.1 5.4                   SSB 
 YBH  eP      19:55:03.76   0.7   91.0  43 b:1.3+1 1.2 5.1                   YBH 
 LNOR eP      19:55:05.73   1.8   91.2  38 b:1.1+1 1.2 5.1                   LNOR
 WALA eP      19:55:06.50   1.0   91.5  33 b:2.6+0 1.2 4.4                   WALA
 FCC  eP      19:55:06.68  -0.9   92.1  18 b:1.9+0 1.0 4.4                   FCC 
 BSMT eP      19:55:07.47   0.3   91.9  35 b:2.6+1 1.2 5.5                   BSMT
 WDC  eP      19:55:07.62   1.2   91.7  44 b:1.2+1 1.2 5.1                   WDC 
 JTMT eP      19:55:09.18   0.6   92.2  34 b:9.3+0 .82 5.2                   JTMT
 YBMT eP      19:55:09.70   0.8   92.3  34 b:1.4+1 .96 5.3                   YBMT
 SWMT eP      19:55:09.96   0.0   92.5  35 b:2.4+1 1.3 5.4                   SWMT
 MOD  eP      19:55:10.02   0.5   92.4  42 b:1.7+1 .95 5.4                   MOD 
 BMO  eP      19:55:10.15   0.7   92.4  38 b:1.2+1 .88 5.3                   BMO 
 FFC  eP      19:55:10.33  -0.4   92.8  24 b:6.7+1 1.1 6.0                   FFC 
 SLMT eP      19:55:12.40   0.4   92.9  34 b:3.0+1 1.1 5.6                   SLMT
 MSO  eP      19:55:12.40   0.3   93.0  35 b:9.4+0 1.0 5.2                   MSO 
 WVOR eP      19:55:13.37   0.7   93.1  41 b:2.0+1 1.1 5.4                   WVOR
 CHMT eP      19:55:13.43  -0.2   93.3  35 b:8.4+0 1.2 5.0                   CHMT
 EGMT eP      19:55:17.91  -0.2   94.3  32 b:2.1+1 1.1 5.4                   EGMT
 CMB  eP      19:55:19.20  -0.3   94.6  45 b:1.1+1 1.0 5.2                   CMB 
      e       19:55:38.81  14.7X
 LRM  eP      19:55:19.27   0.3   94.4  35 b:6.3+1 1.2 5.9                   LRM 
 DLMT eP      19:55:20.16   0.3   94.6  36 b:8.3+0 .68 5.3                   DLMT
 MCMT eP      19:55:21.86   0.9   94.9  36 b:1.2+0 .70 4.4                   MCMT
 HLID eP      19:55:21.91   1.2   94.8  38 b:4.7+0 .78 5.0                   HLID
 N12A eP      19:55:24.94  -2.1   96.2  40 b:9.6+0 1.2 5.2                   N12A
 DGMT eP      19:55:28.68   0.2   96.6  29 b:1.1+1 .65 5.6                   DGMT
 IMW  eP      19:55:28.96   0.4   96.5  36 b:4.0+0 1.0 4.9                   IMW 
 M13A eP      19:55:30.66   2.9X  96.4  39 b:3.0+0 .85 4.8                   M13A
 HWUT eP      19:55:34.82   1.0   97.7  38 b:8.3+0 1.2 5.2                   HWUT
 RSSD eP      19:55:44.47   0.9   99.9  32 b:6.6+0 1.2 5.0                   RSSD
 JCT  ePKPdf  20:00:34.74  -0.2  112.3  39                                   JCT 
 SDV  ePKPdf  20:01:34.98  -1.8  144.8  23                                   SDV 
 ROSC ePKPbc  20:01:42.28   0.0  146.9  32                                   ROSC
 OTAV ePKPdf  20:01:43.88   0.8  148.4  43                                   OTAV
 RCBR ePKPbc  20:01:55.82  -0.1  152.5 308                                   RCBR
 LVC  qPKPdf  20:02:05.87  -1.0  169.3  85                                   LVC 
 LPAZ ePKPdf  20:02:06.70   0.5  167.3  55                                   LPAZ
      ePKPab  20:03:10.41  -0.6X



 Generated 2008 MAY 13 at 18:28 UTC

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


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