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Explanation of Parameters


      6 MAY 2009  (126)

     ot  = 12:54:06.14   +/-   1.16              SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS    
     lat =     -22.393   +/-    6.9
     lon =     170.873   +/-    6.7              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)       
     dep =        78.7   +/-   12.0   

     120 km (75 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia (pop N/A)
     325 km (200 miles) ESE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
     455 km (285 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia
     1650 km (1020 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   34 of  38    se = 1.01    FE=189                            A   

     error ellipse = ( 81.7, 76.3, 18.8;327.6,  5.7, 11.4;236.3, 12.4,  8.5)

 mb = 5.0 ( 19)  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
 DZM  ePn     12:55:00.82  -5.9X   4.1 274 d:2.6+2     5.6X L:2.9-1 .45 4.1X DZM 
      eSn     12:55:47.55  S res =  -6.2X  g:2.4-1 .85 3.8X
 MSVF ePn     12:56:03.55   1.3    8.2  57                                   MSVF
 OUZ  ePn     12:57:00.25  -7.4X  13.0 170                                   OUZ 
 FUNA ePn     12:57:44.96  -0.9   15.9  31                                   FUNA
 HNR  ePn     12:57:53.44  -0.8   16.6 319 b:1.5+2 1.0 5.1                   HNR 
 URZ  ePn     12:57:55.66   0.6   16.7 163 b:8.9+1 1.3 4.8                   URZ 
 AFI  eP      12:58:14.72  -1.6   18.5  66 b:5.3+1 .90 4.8                   AFI 
 ARMA eP      12:58:23.33   1.8   19.0 241 b:6.3+1 1.4 4.7                   ARMA
 CAN  eP      12:59:05.01   0.3   23.0 231 g:2.2-2 1.1 3.9X b:4.1+1 1.3 4.7  CAN 
 CTAO eP      12:59:05.15   0.1   23.1 271                                   CTAO
 PMG  eP      12:59:32.86  -0.4   26.2 296 b:1.6+1 .84 4.6                   PMG 
 STKA eP      12:59:46.24  -0.3   27.6 244 b:3.2+0 1.1 3.8X                  STKA
 COEN eP      12:59:46.56   0.4   27.6 283 b:1.7+2 1.0 5.6                   COEN
 TAU  eP      12:59:52.40   0.0   28.3 218                                   TAU 
 BBOO eP      13:00:29.86   1.1   32.4 244 b:4.3+2 1.0 6.2X                  BBOO
 WRAB eP      13:00:41.18  -2.3   34.1 267 b:8.2-1 .49 3.9X                  WRAB
 AS31 eP      13:00:41.25  -1.3   34.0 261                                   AS31
 MBWA eP      13:02:31.59  -0.7   47.3 261 b:1.3+1 .87 4.9                   MBWA
 NWAO eP      13:02:38.29  -0.7   48.2 245 b:2.0+1 1.1 5.0                   NWAO
 KAPI eP      13:03:09.90  -0.2   52.3 281 b:1.6+1 .96 5.0                   KAPI
 SBA  eP      13:03:32.88   0.1   55.5 181 b:2.3+2 3.0 5.7                   SBA 
 KKM  eP      13:04:08.81   0.5   60.5 291 b:4.3+1 1.3 5.4                   KKM 
 KSM  eP      13:04:29.52   0.5   63.6 284 b:4.0+1 .95 5.4                   KSM 
 QSPA eP      13:04:54.06  -0.7   67.7 180 b:1.7+1 1.1 4.9                   QSPA
 IPM  eP      13:05:29.48  -0.1   73.3 282 b:3.8+1 1.1 5.2                   IPM 
 CHTO eP      13:06:16.05   1.5   81.3 294 b:2.5+1 1.4 4.9                   CHTO
 SNAA eP      13:06:36.07  -1.9   86.1 182 b:1.5+1 1.0 5.0                   SNAA
      ePP     13:10:04.79   6.3X
 GAMB eP      13:06:42.56   0.6   87.0   8 b:4.6+0 1.0 4.5                   GAMB
 ULN  eP      13:06:58.92   0.6   90.3 323 b:1.7+1 1.1 5.2                   ULN 
 MORC ePKPbc  13:13:35.66   0.2  145.5 329                                   MORC
 PSZ  ePKPbc  13:13:36.36   0.8  145.6 325                                   PSZ 
 KHC  ePKPbc  13:13:42.56   0.6  147.8 332                                   KHC 
 BFO  ePKPbc  13:13:48.97   0.0  150.6 336                                   BFO 
 WLF  ePKPbc  13:13:49.46   1.5  150.2 340                                   WLF 
 TUE  ePKPbc  13:13:52.15   0.4  151.7 332                                   TUE 
 AQU  ePKPbc  13:13:53.02  -0.8  152.6 322                                   AQU 



 Generated 2009 MAY  7 at 06:03 UTC

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


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