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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     18 AUG 2008  (231)

     ot  = 15:27:44.89   +/-   1.06              FIJI REGION                     
     lat =     -20.503   +/-   13.1
     lon =    -177.640   +/-   11.7                                       
     dep =       492.9   +/-   12.2   

     110 km (70 miles) E of Ndoi Island, Fiji (pop N/A)
     260 km (160 miles) WNW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     490 km (305 miles) ESE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     1950 km (1220 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   20 of  25    se = 1.23    FE=181                            B   

     error ellipse = (328.4, 34.0, 24.0; 85.8, 34.3, 16.5;207.3, 37.5, 15.7)

 mb = 4.1 (  1)  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
 MSVF eP      15:29:12.63   1.7    4.9 303                                   MSVF
 AFI  P       15:29:46.13  -1.7    8.6  41                                   AFI 
      S       15:31:21.86  S res =  -6.7X
 URZ  eP      15:31:26.18  -1.7   18.3 193                                   URZ 
      S       15:34:28.76  S res =  -1.1X
 HNR  P       15:32:21.37  -1.0   24.3 294                                   HNR 
 EIDS eP      15:33:05.23  -0.3   29.2 255                                   EIDS
 ARMA eP      15:33:08.38   1.0   29.4 244                                   ARMA
 CTAO eP      15:33:45.87   0.3   33.8 264                                   CTAO
 STKA eP      15:34:20.39  -0.5   38.1 244                                   STKA
 ASAR P       15:35:14.35  -0.3   44.8 257                                   ASAR
      PcP     15:36:46.35   0.1X
 WRA  P       15:35:14.60  -0.8   44.9 262                                   WRA 
 KAKA eP      15:35:40.98  -0.4   48.4 271                                   KAKA
 SBA  eP      15:36:50.34   1.9   57.9 184                                   SBA 
 QSPA eP      15:38:04.09   0.6   69.6 180 b:9.1+0 1.4 4.1                   QSPA
 MJAR P       15:38:09.80   0.9   70.4 323                                   MJAR
 TXAR P       15:39:38.83   2.2   86.8  57                                   TXAR
 MKAR PKPdf   15:45:21.33  -1.2  111.4 313                                   MKAR
 BVAR PKP     15:45:37.19  -0.2  119.3 320                                   BVAR
 ARCESPKP     15:45:55.67   0.2  129.0 350                                   ARCE
 AKASGPKP     15:46:20.15  -2.0X 143.2 331                                   AKAS
 BRTR PKPbc   15:46:32.75   0.3  147.1 313                                   BRTR
 TORD PKP     15:46:57.11  -0.9  172.7 175                                   TORD
      PKPab   15:48:26.48  -0.3X



 Generated 2008 SEP  1 at 17:03 UTC

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


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