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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      8 APR 2009  ( 98)

     ot  = 19:48:12.09   +/-   0.72              SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS           
     lat =     -23.694   +/-    7.7
     lon =     179.815   +/-   10.9              MAGNITUDE 4.7 (GS)       
     dep =       524.7   +/-    8.2   

     370 km (230 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
     580 km (360 miles) ESE of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
     630 km (395 miles) SSE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
     1545 km (950 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   26 of  34    se = 0.93    FE=171                            B   

     error ellipse = (267.5,  8.6, 16.9;167.4, 49.4, 13.9;  4.6, 39.4, 10.1)

 mb = 4.7 ( 12)  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
 RAO  eP      19:49:48.55   0.1    5.9 160 d:1.6+1     3.8X L:2.2+0 .28 5.3X RAO 
                                           g:3.7-1 .65 4.3X b:1.0+3 .28 6.4X
 MSVF eP      19:49:51.13  -0.1    6.2 344 d:1.3+2     5.8X L:7.5-2 .65 3.9X MSVF
                                           g:5.5-2 .80 3.4X b:4.3+1 .65 4.6 
 OUZ  eP      19:50:58.93   1.2   12.7 204 g:2.3-1 .98 4.5X b:2.3+2 .98 5.6  OUZ 
 URZ  eP      19:51:14.62  -4.0X  14.7 188 g:4.0-1 .82 4.9X b:3.1+2 .56 6.1X URZ 
 KHZ  eP      19:52:01.53  -2.1   19.4 194 g:5.0-2 .82 4.2X b:2.6+2 1.5 5.6  KHZ 
 RPZ  eP      19:52:19.87  -0.6   21.2 198 g:3.1-2 .64 4.2X b:2.6+1 .48 5.1  RPZ 
 STKA eP      19:54:17.86   0.4   34.6 248 b:2.7+0 1.3 3.7X                  STKA
 COEN eP      19:54:27.91  -0.3   35.9 279                                   COEN
 AS31 eP      19:55:16.69   0.0   41.9 260                                   AS31
 WRAB eP      19:55:18.89  -0.5   42.2 266 b:9.5+0 1.0 4.3                   WRAB
 SBA  eP      19:56:51.63   1.4   54.6 183 b:3.8+1 .95 4.7                   SBA 
      ePcP    19:57:46.20   0.9X
 MAJO eP      19:58:40.14  -0.4   71.6 326 b:1.5+1 .90 4.5                   MAJO
 UNV  eP      19:59:15.87  -0.5   78.1   8                                   UNV 
 ISA  eP      19:59:42.90   0.6   83.0  46 b:3.4+0 .78 3.9                   ISA 
 SNAA eP      19:59:49.73  -1.3   84.9 179 b:6.1+0 .45 4.5                   SNAA
      epP     20:01:45.61  depth = 526.9X
 PLCA qP      20:00:09.54   0.6   88.5 134 b:7.0+1 1.9 5.2                   PLCA
 TRF  eP      20:00:13.77  -1.4   90.0  13 b:8.1+0 .94 4.6                   TRF 
 CHTO eP      20:00:14.92   1.5   89.4 291 b:5.3+0 1.3 4.3                   CHTO
 KKAR ePKPdf  20:06:01.60  -0.6  119.6 307                                   KKAR
 KBL  ePKPdf  20:06:03.00   0.3  119.6 297                                   KBL 
 KIEV ePKP    20:06:48.60  -0.1  144.7 327                                   KIEV
      eSKPbc  20:09:39.72   1.3X
 AK02 ePKPdf  20:06:48.63  -0.2  144.7 327                                   AK02
      eSKPbc  20:09:39.64   1.1X
 AK01 ePKP    20:06:48.65  -0.1  144.7 327                                   AK01
      eSKPbc  20:09:39.77   1.3X
 SUW  ePKPdf  20:06:49.44   0.3  145.0 336                                   SUW 
      eSKPbc  20:09:39.44   0.4X
 BR131ePKPbc  20:06:57.00   0.0  147.3 307                                   BR13
 BUR08ePKPbc  20:07:01.83   1.7  148.7 326                                   BUR0
 KHC  ePKPbc  20:07:08.59   0.1  152.4 340                                   KHC 
      ePKPab  20:07:21.99   0.8X



 Generated 2009 APR  8 at 20:50 UTC

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


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