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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 AUG 2008  (234)

     ot  = 22:24:27.75   +/-   0.64              NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA        
     lat =      42.544   +/-    8.4
     lon =      81.210   +/-    5.5                                       
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     150 km (90 miles) S of Yining, Xinjiang, China (pop 230,000)
     175 km (110 miles) NNE of Aksu, Xinjiang, China
     235 km (145 miles) E of Karakol (Przhevalsk), Kyrgyzstan
     2940 km (1830 miles) WNW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

     nph =   22 of  46    se = 1.10    FE=332                            A   

     error ellipse = (164.5,  0.0, 11.3; 74.5,  0.0,  6.7;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 3.9 (  4)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 2.6 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TKM2 ePn     22:25:30.55  -0.8    4.2 277                                   TKM2
      ePg     22:25:46.22  -1.1X
      eSg     22:26:37.60  S res =  -3.5X
 MK31 ePn     22:25:35.21   1.7    4.3  10                                   MK31
      ePg     22:25:46.99  -3.4X
      eSn     22:26:23.51  S res =  -0.4X
 MKAR Pn      22:25:35.22   1.7    4.3  10                                   MKAR
      Pg      22:25:46.45  -4.0X
      Sn      22:26:29.10  S res =   5.2X
      Lg      22:26:47.65
 AAK  ePn     22:25:41.62  -0.8    5.0 273                                   AAK 
      Pg      22:25:55.13  -7.6X
      Sn      22:26:40.78  S res =   0.9X
      Lg      22:27:02.53
      eSg     22:27:03.88  S res =  -3.1X
      LR      22:28:01.27                                  
 UCH  ePn     22:25:45.43   2.6    5.0 269                                   UCH 
      ePg     22:25:59.54  -3.4X
      eSn     22:26:39.58  S res =  -1.0X
 EKS2 ePn     22:25:51.02   1.4    5.5 274 d:2.5+2     6.1X b:1.2+1 .60 4.7X EKS2
      ePg     22:26:06.83  -6.0X
      eSg     22:27:22.47  S res =  -1.4X
 AML  ePn     22:25:51.58   0.3    5.6 268                                   AML 
      ePg     22:26:12.82  -1.9X
      eSg     22:27:25.40  S res =  -1.7X
 KURK Pn      22:26:29.17   0.2    8.4 349                                   KURK
      Sn      22:28:04.38  S res =   1.0X
      Lg      22:28:53.17
 ZAA0 ePn     22:27:13.09  -1.0   11.7  11                                   ZAA0
      eSn     22:29:25.15  S res =   0.9X
 ZALV Pn      22:27:13.27  -0.8   11.7  11                                   ZALV
      Sn      22:29:25.76  S res =   1.5X
      Lg      22:30:42.46
 BRVK qPn     22:27:29.32  -0.5   12.8 329                                   BRVK
 ABKARePn     22:28:15.39  -0.3   16.2 302 g:1.6-3 .83 2.6  b:9.8-1 .63 3.1  ABKA
 AKTK P       22:28:34.17  -0.8   17.8 304                                   AKTK
 SONM P       22:28:44.55   0.6   18.5  65                                   SONM
 ARU  eP      22:29:00.95  -0.5   20.1 322 b:2.9+0 .93 3.6                   ARU 
 ENH  qP      22:29:57.98  -0.3   25.7 109                                   ENH 
 BJT  eP      22:30:03.62   0.4   26.3  84 b:5.8+0 1.2 4.1                   BJT 
 GNI  eP      22:30:12.59  -0.5   27.4 277 b:6.2+0 .99 4.3                   GNI 
 HIA  eP      22:30:12.84  -0.5   27.4  62                                   HIA 
 BRTR P       22:31:24.13  -1.2   35.6 282                                   BRTR
 ARCESP       22:31:54.10   0.2   39.0 333                                   ARCE
 ILAR P       22:35:16.60  -1.2   66.6  20                                   ILAR
 TORD P       22:35:58.38  -3.1X  73.5 273                                   TORD



 Generated 2008 SEP 12 at 02:51 UTC

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


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