17 APR 2009 (107)
ot = 18:10:56.14 +/- 0.51 LOYALTY ISLANDS
lat = -20.239 +/- 8.7
lon = 168.161 +/- 8.3
dep = 10.0 (geophysicist)
140 km (85 miles) WSW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu (pop 700)
145 km (90 miles) NNE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (pop N/A)
275 km (170 miles) S of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
1740 km (1080 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
nph = 23 of 40 se = 0.95 FE=188 A
error ellipse = (215.2, 0.0, 12.0;125.2, 0.0, 10.3; 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
mb = 4.6 ( 13) ML = 4.1 ( 1) mblg = 3.9 ( 3) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 0.0 ( 0)
sta phase arrival res dist azm amp per mag amp per mag sta
DZM ePn 18:11:34.91 -1.1 2.4 221 d:2.3+2 4.8X L:1.7+0 .40 4.1 DZM
Sn 18:12:03.28 S res = -2.5X g:1.2+0 .85 4.2
eSn 18:12:03.79 S res = -2.0X
ARMA ePn 18:15:12.36 5.2X 18.0 233 b:1.9+1 1.2 4.1 ARMA
URZ P 18:15:25.46 1.4 19.6 159 URZ
CTAO ePn 18:15:36.72 -0.8 20.6 267 g:3.6-2 1.2 4.0 b:2.5+1 .97 4.5 CTAO
CTA P 18:15:38.69 3.4X 20.6 267 CTA
pP 18:15:48.15 depth = 36.4X
RPZ P 18:16:07.27 0.5 23.5 175 RPZ
STKA eP 18:16:34.69 1.2 26.5 239 g:5.1-3 1.2 3.3 b:5.1+0 1.2 4.1 STKA
e 18:16:45.13 4.0X
pP 18:16:45.55 depth = 41.0X
WRAB eP 18:17:19.92 -0.6 31.7 265 b:7.3+0 1.1 4.5 WRAB
WRA P 18:17:20.19 -0.4 31.7 265 WRA
pP 18:17:30.16 depth = 35.5X
pPcP 18:20:24.09
AS31 eP 18:17:22.09 0.0 31.9 258 AS31
e 18:17:32.03 5.6X
ASAR P 18:17:22.25 0.1 31.9 258 ASAR
pP 18:17:32.38 depth = 36.2X
pPcP 18:20:24.03
FITZ eP 18:18:34.58 2.0 40.1 266 b:2.0+1 1.2 4.7 FITZ
e 18:18:43.36 6.4X
MBWA eP 18:19:13.64 0.2 45.2 260 b:5.0+0 .76 4.5 MBWA
NWAO qP 18:19:26.87 0.2 46.9 243 b:1.4+1 .87 5.1 NWAO
VNDA eP 18:20:43.68 -0.7 57.4 182 b:2.5+0 .93 4.2 VNDA
SBA eP 18:20:46.78 0.6 57.7 180 b:1.1+1 .89 4.9 SBA
KSM qP 18:21:07.29 -0.4 60.6 284 b:5.5+0 .80 4.7 KSM
e 18:21:18.53 6.4X
QSPA eP 18:22:05.77 -1.0 69.8 180 b:1.3+1 1.2 4.9 QSPA
CHTO qP 18:22:56.71 0.6 78.1 295 b:2.4+0 .84 4.3 CHTO
SONM P 18:23:44.28 0.5 87.4 324 SONM
SNAA eP 18:23:45.02 -1.8 88.1 183 b:1.2+1 1.3 5.1 SNAA
NVAR P 18:23:57.33 0.0 90.2 49 NVAR
ILAR P 18:24:01.24 -1.1 91.5 18 ILAR
YKA P 18:24:51.46 1.4X 102.0 28 YKA
GERESPKP 18:30:34.52 1.0 144.9 330 GERE
TORD PKP 18:31:01.35 -0.4 165.2 244 TORD
PKPab 18:31:58.65 -0.5X
pPKPab 18:32:08.15 5.7X
Generated 2009 MAY 1 at 18:26 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
