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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 AUG 2008  (234)

     ot  = 22:15:59.22   +/-   3.30              SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA     
     lat =      -4.742   +/-    6.6
     lon =     101.873   +/-    7.4                                       
     dep =        26.6   +/-   25.2   

     115 km (70 miles) SSW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 262,000)
     375 km (230 miles) WSW of Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
     400 km (250 miles) SSW of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
     560 km (350 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   17 of  17    se = 0.64    FE=274                            B   

     error ellipse = (193.0, 84.2, 39.2; 67.9,  3.4, 11.7;337.7,  4.8,  9.1)

 mb = 3.9 (  3)  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
 COCO ePn     22:18:06.50   0.1    8.9 214                                   COCO
 KKM  qPn     22:20:06.66   0.3   17.9  53                                   KKM 
 CMAR P       22:21:04.55  -0.1   23.2 353                                   CMAR
 QIZ  qP      22:21:19.51  -0.5   24.9  18                                   QIZ 
 FITZ eP      22:21:36.68  -0.4   26.8 122 b:7.0-1 .34 3.7                   FITZ
 WRA  P       22:22:51.27   1.3   35.0 118                                   WRA 
 ASAR P       22:22:59.62  -0.1   36.2 124                                   ASAR
 STKA qP      22:24:18.98  -1.2   45.9 131                                   STKA
 GUMO qP      22:24:23.86   0.0   46.4  66                                   GUMO
 KBL  eP      22:24:49.83  -0.6   49.8 324 b:9.5-1 .42 4.2                   KBL 
 SONM P       22:25:10.51   0.4   52.5   4                                   SONM
 MKAR P       22:25:22.70   0.5   54.2 343                                   MKAR
 KURK P       22:25:54.10  -0.7   58.8 343                                   KURK
 ZALV P       22:26:04.47  -0.2   60.2 348                                   ZALV
 ABKAReP      22:26:36.71   0.3   64.9 331 b:4.8-1 .55 3.8                   ABKA
 BRTR P       22:27:48.20   0.7   76.5 313                                   BRTR
 TXAR PKPbc   22:35:36.47   0.2  145.6  42                                   TXAR



 Generated 2008 SEP 12 at 01:51 UTC

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


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