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Magnitude 3.6 NEAR THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS

2003 July 22 11:41:15 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     22 JUL 2003  (203)

     ot  = 11:41:15.66   +/-   0.00         NEAR THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS
     lat =      42.772   +/-    0.0
     lon =     -70.023   +/-    0.0              MAGNITUDE 3.6 (WES)
     dep =        11.0   +/-    0.0

     55 km (35 miles) ENE of Gloucester, Massachusetts (pop 30,000)
     70 km (45 miles) ESE of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (pop 20,000)
     85 km (50 miles) ENE of Lynn, Massachusetts (pop 89,000)
     95 km (60 miles) ENE of BOSTON, Massachusetts (pop 589,000)

     Felt on Cape Ann.

     nph =    9 of  10    se = 0.00    FE=476                            held

     error ellipse = (155.8, 65.8,  0.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0; 24.0,  9.8,  0.0)

 mb = 0.0 (  0)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.8 (  6)  md = 3.3 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 HRV  eP      11:41:36.35  -0.9    1.2 257 d:1.8+2     3.3  g:6.8-1 .65 3.8  HRV
      eS      11:41:51.15  S res =  -1.9X
 MIV  eP      11:42:00.05  -2.1    2.9 298 d:3.5+2     3.9X                  MIV
 NCB  eP      11:42:05.71  -2.4    3.3 293 d:3.5+2     3.9X g:2.9-1 .75 3.8  NCB
 PAL  eP      11:42:05.89  -3.7    3.4 240 d:5.3+1     2.1X g:2.0-1 .63 3.7  PAL
 BRNJ eP      11:42:17.50  -0.5    4.0 240 d:5.4+1     2.1X                  BRNJ
 BINY eP      11:42:22.31  -2.2    4.4 265 d:2.1+2     3.4X g:2.0-1 .63 3.9  BINY
 SSPA eP      11:42:45.28  -4.9    6.3 253 d:1.6+1     1.0X g:1.7-2 .90 2.9  SSPA
 CBN  eLg     11:44:31.50  87.8    7.2 233 d:2.5+1     1.4X g:1.1-1 .63 4.0  CBN
 ALLY eLg     11:45:06.25  117.    7.6 265 d:3.6+1     1.7X                  ALLY



 Generated 2003 JUL 23 at 17:57 UTC


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