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Magnitude 3.8 NEW JERSEY

2003 August 26 18:24:18 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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

Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     26 AUG 2003  (238)

     ot  = 18:24:18.40   +/-   0.00         NEW JERSEY
     lat =      40.606   +/-    0.0
     lon =     -75.106   +/-    0.0              MAGNITUDE 3.5 (PAL)
     dep =         3.0  (geophysicist)

     10 km (10 miles) SE of Phillipsburg, New Jersey (pop 15,000)
     15 km (10 miles) SE of Easton, Pennsylvania (pop 26,000)
     55 km (35 miles) NW of TRENTON, New Jersey (pop 85,000)
     75 km (45 miles) N of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (pop 1,517,000)

     nph =   15 of  17    se = 0.00    FE=473                            held

     error ellipse = (  0.0,  0.0,  0.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 0.0 (  0)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.8 (  9)  md = 3.1 (  3)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 BRNJ eP      18:24:26.28  -0.5    0.4  79                                   BRNJ
      eS      18:24:31.76  S res =  -1.1X
 PAL  eP      18:24:35.80  -2.1    1.0  66 d:1.9+2     3.1  g:1.3+0 1.0 3.8  PAL
 BINY eP      18:24:48.72  -0.7    1.7 338 d:2.1+2     3.2  g:4.7-1 .85 3.7  BINY
 SDMD eP      18:24:48.79  -1.6    1.8 229 d:1.9+2     3.0                   SDMD
 SSPA eP      18:24:53.78  -1.4    2.1 272                                   SSPA
 CBN  eP      18:25:04.81  -2.5    3.0 217 d:9.9+1     2.2X g:9.7-1 .63 4.4  CBN
 ACCN eP      18:25:05.67  -1.7    3.0  21 d:1.2+1    -0.4X                  ACCN
 HRV  eP      18:25:08.81  -2.7    3.3  53 d:1.9+2     3.0X g:2.2-1 .95 3.6  HRV
 WES  eP      18:25:09.89  -2.8    3.4  57 d:1.8+2     2.9X g:1.5-1 .73 3.5  WES
 NCB  eP      18:25:12.64  -1.2    3.4  11 d:1.2+1    -0.4X g:1.5+0 1.0 4.4  NCB
 MCWV eP      18:25:14.88  -3.6    3.8 257 d:6.7+1     1.8X g:1.8-1 .63 3.7  MCWV
 HNH  eP      18:25:16.67  -1.6    3.7  33 d:3.3+1     0.9X                  HNH
 MIV  eP      18:25:17.15   0.1    3.7  18 d:1.9+2     3.1X                  MIV
 MSNY qP      18:25:28.71   1.2    4.4   2 d:8.1+1     2.0X                  MSNY
 ACSO qP      18:25:50.63   0.1    6.0 269 d:3.3+0    -2.0X g:7.0-2 1.1 3.4  ACSO
 BLA  eLg     18:27:01.19  80.0X   5.4 232 g:2.3-1 .79 4.0                   BLA



 Generated 2003 AUG 27 at 13:56 UTC


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