26 AUG 2008 (239)
ot = 07:05:27.41 +/- 0.56 TONGA REGION
lat = -23.522 +/- 11.4
lon = -175.172 +/- 10.3
dep = 35.0 (geophysicist)
265 km (165 miles) S of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
485 km (300 miles) SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
555 km (345 miles) SSW of Neiafu, Tonga
1770 km (1100 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
nph = 13 of 22 se = 1.09 FE=174 B
error ellipse = (174.3, 0.0, 15.1; 84.3, 0.0, 13.6; 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
mb = 4.4 ( 3) ML = 0.0 ( 0) mblg = 3.4 ( 1) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
MSVF ePn 07:07:29.95 0.9 8.6 311 d:3.8+1 5.6X L:5.8-2 1.3 4.2X MSVF
g:3.6-2 1.0 3.4 b:8.4+1 1.3 5.7X
AFI ePn 07:07:49.72 -0.2 10.1 19 AFI
Sn 07:09:31.83 S res = -10.1X
RAR Pn 07:08:48.60 -0.6 14.4 84 RAR
CTA P 07:12:19.85 -4.7X 35.9 268 CTA
STKA P 07:12:46.20 -4.2X 39.0 248 STKA
LR 07:27:37.32
ASAR P 07:13:46.60 -4.7X 46.5 259 ASAR
WRA P 07:13:48.65 -5.7X 46.8 264 WRA
FITZ eP 07:14:55.17 -2.5 55.3 264 b:2.7+0 .88 4.3 FITZ
SBA eP 07:14:58.20 3.0X 55.1 185 b:3.7+0 1.0 4.4 SBA
QSPA eP 07:16:15.18 1.4 66.6 180 b:2.9+0 .76 4.4 QSPA
MAW P 07:17:31.04 0.4 79.6 199 MAW
PETK P 07:17:31.95 -0.2 79.9 344 PETK
TXAR P 07:18:10.80 3.7X 86.5 56 TXAR
LR 07:52:24.03
ILAR P 07:18:27.35 1.4 90.7 12 ILAR
CMAR P 07:18:40.86 0.5 93.6 288 CMAR
MKAR PKP 07:24:04.65 -0.3 115.2 312 MKAR
BVAR PKP 07:24:19.91 0.0 123.1 319 BVAR
AKASGPKPbc 07:25:05.68 -0.2 146.9 331 AKAS
BRTR PKPbc 07:25:15.90 -0.5 150.8 310 BRTR
Generated 2008 SEP 6 at 07:46 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
