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Explanation of Parameters


      6 SEP 2008  (250)

     ot  = 23:02:02.97   +/-   0.40              KEP. TANIMBAR REGION, INDONESIA 
     lat =      -7.352   +/-    6.6
     lon =     130.836   +/-    9.4              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        35.0  (geophysicist)

     90 km (55 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia (pop N/A)
     410 km (255 miles) WSW of Dobo, Aru Islands, Indonesia
     565 km (350 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
     2670 km (1650 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

     nph =   27 of  40    se = 1.28    FE=281                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 67.9,  0.0, 13.0;157.9,  0.0,  7.7;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.9 ( 18)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.5 (  8)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 KAKA ePn     23:03:25.34   2.4    5.5 164 L:9.9+0 .80 6.0X g:6.6+0 .80 5.5  KAKA
      eSn     23:04:24.09  S res =  -1.2X  b:2.0+2 .90 5.6X
 FITZ ePn     23:04:48.60  -0.6   11.8 205 g:2.9-1 .88 4.6  b:2.3+0 .68 4.5X FITZ
      eS      23:06:50.72  S res =  -9.3X
 WB2  ePn     23:05:02.75  -2.2   13.0 165                                   WB2 
      eS      23:07:16.69  S res = -11.4X
 COEN ePn     23:05:13.52  -2.5   13.8 119 g:7.0-1 1.0 5.0  b:3.0+2 .80 6.1X COEN
      eS      23:07:35.89  S res = -12.0X
 PMG  ePn     23:05:49.19   0.1   16.3  98 g:1.8-2 .95 3.6                   PMG 
      eS      23:08:28.15  S res = -20.6X
 MBWA ePn     23:06:02.47  -1.0   17.4 217 g:3.6-2 .85 4.0  b:3.6+1 .85 4.5  MBWA
 CTAO P       23:06:30.82   2.6   19.6 132 g:2.7-2 1.0 3.9  b:2.7+1 1.0 4.5  CTAO
 FORT P       23:07:10.28   0.8   23.5 186 g:1.0-1 .70 4.7  b:1.0+2 .70 5.4  FORT
 BBOO P       23:07:30.48  -0.3   25.8 170 g:7.7-2 1.0 4.5  b:7.7+1 1.0 5.2  BBOO
 SSLB e       23:08:28.41  -1.4   32.4 343                                   SSLB
 JOW  P       23:08:44.80   0.6   34.1 356 b:8.7+0 .85 4.7                   JOW 
 CM31 P       23:09:39.65   0.0   40.6 310 b:3.4+0 .63 4.2                   CM31
 MAJO P       23:10:07.22  -1.5   44.2   9 b:1.1+1 .95 4.7                   MAJO
      e       23:10:15.37  depth =  27.2X
 ULN  P       23:11:58.63   0.3   58.9 342 b:1.7+1 .90 5.2                   ULN 
 MK31 P       23:13:04.95   0.2   69.0 327                                   MK31
 TKM2 P       23:13:16.70   0.5   70.8 320 b:1.0+1 .65 5.0                   TKM2
 XMAS         23:13:19.96  -4.9X  72.2  85                                   XMAS
 AAK  P       23:13:20.60   1.0   71.3 320 b:9.8+0 .70 4.9                   AAK 
 KBL  P       23:13:21.72   0.2   71.6 310 b:9.2+0 .68 4.9                   KBL 
 AML  P       23:13:22.60   1.1   71.6 319 b:1.5+1 .65 5.1                   AML 
 EKS2 P       23:13:23.50   1.1   71.8 319 b:1.2+1 .68 5.0                   EKS2
 KURK P       23:13:30.02  -0.5   73.2 328 b:1.7+1 .95 5.0                   KURK
 KKAR P       23:13:36.17   0.1   74.2 319 b:7.6+0 .93 4.7                   KKAR
 BRVK P       23:14:01.98  -0.5   78.9 328 b:1.0+1 .85 4.9                   BRVK
 ABKARP       23:14:25.55  -0.6   83.3 321 b:2.8+0 .83 4.4                   ABKA
 ARU  eP      23:14:40.16  -1.6   86.4 328 b:3.4+0 .60 4.8                   ARU 
 PPLA qP      23:15:02.47   0.8   90.6  27                                   PPLA
 HOOD         23:16:09.77  -8.5X 107.5  45                                   HOOD
 ANMO         23:17:22.21   4.3X 120.8  54                                   ANMO
              23:20:41.21
              23:21:20.21
 JCT  ePKPdf  23:21:05.69   0.9  127.4  57                                   JCT 
 PQI  P       23:21:30.56   7.1X 137.6  19                                   PQI 
      e       23:21:44.38   9.4X



 Generated 2008 SEP  6 at 23:24 UTC

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


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