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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      9 SEP 2008  (253)

     ot  = 13:53:52.80   +/-   1.84              FIJI REGION                     
     lat =     -19.666   +/-   18.3
     lon =    -177.918   +/-   24.2              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =       470.2   +/-   17.3   

     135 km (85 miles) NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji (pop N/A)
     325 km (200 miles) WNW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
     420 km (260 miles) ESE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     2040 km (1260 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   10 of  12    se = 1.27    FE=181                            C   

     error ellipse = (276.5, 25.1, 40.0; 19.7, 26.0, 31.0;149.0, 52.4, 20.1)

 mb = 4.7 ( 10)  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
 MSVF eP      13:55:12.03   0.2    4.3 296 d:1.2+2     5.0X L:7.4-2 .60 3.5X MSVF
                                           g:5.8-2 1.0 3.1X
 AFI  eP      13:55:44.46  -6.5X   8.2  47 d:1.5+1     4.7X L:7.8-2 .40 4.3X AFI 
                                           g:1.1-1 1.0 3.8X b:3.9+1 .40 5.1 
 URZ  eP      13:57:41.33  -2.7X  19.0 192 g:2.2-2 .88 3.8X b:1.7+1 .34 5.0  URZ 
 SNZO eP      13:58:13.31  -1.9   22.5 195                                   SNZO
 STKA eP      14:00:32.12   0.7   38.2 243 b:4.5+0 .85 4.0                   STKA
 BBOO eP      14:01:09.73   0.1   43.0 243 b:7.4+1 .50 5.4                   BBOO
 KAKA eP      14:01:48.35  -0.6   48.1 270 b:2.5+1 .45 4.9                   KAKA
 FORT eP      14:02:00.42  -0.4   49.7 246 b:2.9+1 .55 4.9                   FORT
 FITZ eP      14:02:26.88   0.3   53.2 262 b:6.0+0 .43 4.2                   FITZ
 SBA  eP      14:03:05.83   2.1   58.7 184 b:3.8+0 .83 3.9                   SBA 
 CASY eP      14:03:43.27  -0.2   64.7 205 b:1.3+1 .93 4.6                   CASY
 COLA eP      14:05:48.04  -0.5   87.4  12 b:4.9+0 .60 4.4                   COLA



 Generated 2008 SEP  9 at 14:38 UTC

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


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