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Explanation of Parameters


      9 SEP 2008  (253)

     ot  = 13:11:24.87   +/-   1.29              BANDA SEA                       
     lat =      -6.387   +/-    8.8
     lon =     130.137   +/-    8.1              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =       157.7   +/-   14.0   

     220 km (140 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
     370 km (230 miles) SE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
     675 km (420 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     2580 km (1610 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   25 of  33    se = 1.01    FE=280                            A   

     error ellipse = (207.3, 60.5, 23.6; 56.8, 26.2, 13.7;320.5, 12.6,  7.5)

 mb = 4.8 ( 21)  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
 KAKA ePn     13:12:58.30  -2.1    6.7 161 L:8.0+0 .45 6.1X g:4.8+0 .70 5.5X KAKA
      eS      13:14:08.01  S res =  -7.5X  b:1.5+2 .68 5.5 
 KAPI qP      13:13:52.39   2.0   10.4 277 g:5.2-2 .95 3.7X b:1.1+2 1.2 5.3  KAPI
 FITZ ePn     13:14:12.07  -4.6X  12.4 200 g:2.8-1 1.0 4.6X b:3.1+0 .90 3.8X FITZ
      eS      13:16:18.76  S res = -15.8X
 WB2  eP      13:14:32.86  -4.7X  14.1 163                                   WB2 
      eS      13:17:01.36  S res = -12.6X
 COEN eP      13:14:47.10  -0.3   14.9 121 g:1.9+0 .95 5.6X b:4.7+2 .48 6.1X COEN
      eS      13:17:14.88  S res = -17.9X
 PMG  eP      13:15:16.01   1.9   17.1 101 g:8.3-2 1.0 4.3X b:3.5+1 .55 4.9  PMG 
 MBWA eP      13:15:21.74   0.1   17.8 213 g:5.5-2 .95 4.1X b:2.4+1 .63 4.7  MBWA
      eS      13:18:21.13  S res = -17.2X
 KKM  eP      13:15:30.22  -0.1   18.6 311 g:8.5-2 .80 4.4X b:5.4+1 .50 5.2  KKM 
 CTAO eP      13:15:54.21   0.8   20.7 133 g:3.1-2 .90 4.0X b:3.1+1 .90 4.8  CTAO
 KSM  eP      13:15:58.40  -0.7   21.3 291 g:2.2-2 .80 3.9X b:2.2+1 .80 4.7  KSM 
 FORT eP      13:16:28.09  -0.1   24.3 184 g:1.6-1 .65 5.0X b:1.6+2 .65 5.7  FORT
      e       13:16:40.68  depth =  50.6X
 BBOO eP      13:16:50.59  -0.3   26.9 169 g:1.5-1 .90 4.9X b:1.2+2 .65 5.7  BBOO
 STKA eP      13:16:56.81   0.0   27.5 159 g:8.9-3 1.0 3.6X b:6.0-2 .43 2.6X STKA
 ARMA eP      13:17:31.37   1.1   31.3 142                                   ARMA
 CHTO eP      13:18:41.30  -0.4   39.7 310 b:1.5+1 .60 4.9                   CHTO
 MAJO eP      13:19:10.42  -1.2   43.4   9 b:4.4+0 .70 4.2                   MAJO
 KZA  eP      13:22:17.18   0.8   69.4 319 b:1.8+1 .95 4.9                   KZA 
 TKM2 eP      13:22:17.71   0.4   69.6 320 b:1.4+1 .73 4.9                   TKM2
 KBL  eP      13:22:22.36  -0.4   70.5 310 b:1.2+1 .90 4.7                   KBL 
 AML  eP      13:22:23.55   0.9   70.4 319 b:3.7+1 1.1 5.1                   AML 
 EKS2 eP      13:22:24.41   0.9   70.6 319 b:2.8+1 1.1 5.0                   EKS2
 ZAA0 eP      13:22:24.97  -0.9   71.1 334                                   ZAA0
 KURK eP      13:22:31.38  -0.3   72.1 328 b:9.8+0 .90 4.5                   KURK
 KKAR eP      13:22:37.36   0.1   73.0 319 b:1.1+1 .98 4.5                   KKAR
 BRVK eP      13:23:03.70  -0.3   77.7 328 b:6.8+0 1.0 4.3                   BRVK
 ABKAReP      13:23:27.07  -0.8   82.1 322 b:3.6+0 .65 4.3                   ABKA
 ARU  eP      13:23:42.62  -1.1   85.3 328 b:4.5+0 .80 4.3                   ARU 



 Generated 2008 SEP  9 at 13:41 UTC

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


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