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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      2 SEP 2008  (246)

     ot  = 03:14:38.22   +/-   1.37              BANDA SEA                       
     lat =      -6.577   +/-   10.5
     lon =     130.046   +/-   10.4              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =       164.4   +/-   20.6   

     215 km (130 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
     380 km (235 miles) SSE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
     655 km (410 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     2580 km (1600 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   17 of  17    se = 0.67    FE=280                            B   

     error ellipse = (196.0, 68.0, 33.1; 63.0, 15.0, 17.3;329.0, 14.0,  9.7)

 mb = 4.9 (  6)  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     03:16:11.31  -0.6    6.5 159                                   KAKA
 FITZ ePn     03:17:25.52  -1.7   12.3 200                                   FITZ
 PMG  ePn     03:18:29.04   0.4   17.2 100 b:8.1+1 1.0 5.0                   PMG 
 MBWA ePn     03:18:33.07  -0.6   17.6 213 b:3.7+1 .60 4.9                   MBWA
 KKM  eP      03:18:44.10   0.2   18.7 311 b:7.5+1 1.3 4.9                   KKM 
 CTAO eP      03:19:06.06   0.4   20.7 132 b:7.7+1 1.3 5.0                   CTAO
 KSM  eP      03:19:12.35   0.5   21.3 291 b:2.1+1 1.0 4.5                   KSM 
 FORT eP      03:19:39.93   0.7   24.2 184 b:6.0+1 .80 5.2                   FORT
 BBOO eP      03:20:02.13  -0.1   26.7 168 b:1.8+2 1.7 5.4                   BBOO
 STKA eP      03:20:08.32  -0.1   27.4 158 b:3.0+0 1.0 3.9                   STKA
 ARMA eP      03:20:43.11   0.8   31.2 142 b:1.2+1 .90 4.6                   ARMA
 CHTO eP      03:21:54.70  -0.2   39.8 310 b:2.2+1 .80 4.9                   CHTO
 ULN  eP      03:24:12.97  -0.1   57.9 341 b:1.7+1 .70 5.0                   ULN 
 MK31 eP      03:25:19.11   0.0   67.9 326                                   MK31
 AAK  eP      03:25:34.25   0.4   70.3 319                                   AAK 
 KURK eP      03:25:44.47  -0.6   72.2 328 b:9.1+0 .80 4.6                   KURK
 BRVK eP      03:26:16.67  -0.6   77.8 327                                   BRVK



 Generated 2008 SEP  2 at 03:30 UTC

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


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