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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     27 APR 2009  (117)

     ot  = 15:39:47.43   +/-   1.37              SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS    
     lat =     -22.383   +/-   15.1
     lon =     171.278   +/-    9.3              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)       
     dep =        81.2   +/-   11.9   

     80 km (50 miles) W of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia (pop N/A)
     350 km (215 miles) WSW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
     495 km (310 miles) E of NOUMEA, New Caledonia
     1635 km (1020 miles) NNW of Auckland, New Zealand

     nph =   22 of  34    se = 1.11    FE=189                            B   

     error ellipse = (338.4, 13.7, 24.9;161.3, 76.3, 18.0; 68.6,  0.7, 11.9)

 mb = 4.5 (  6)  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  Pn      15:40:51.72  -1.4    4.5 273 L:1.1-1 .33 3.7X                  DZM 
      Sn      15:41:43.62  S res =  -0.6X
 MSVF eP      15:41:40.36   1.1    7.9  55 d:8.6+1     6.1X L:1.5-1 1.3 4.5X MSVF
                                           g:2.2-1 1.3 4.0X b:2.2+2 1.3 5.7X
 CTAO eP      15:44:50.20   0.6   23.4 271 b:1.9+1 .92 4.5                   CTAO
 CTA  P       15:44:50.38   0.8   23.4 271                                   CTA 
      LR      15:52:21.51                                  
 RAO  LR      15:45:04.67         11.9 127                                   RAO 
 PMG  eP      15:45:17.65   0.3   26.5 295 g:1.1-2 .70 3.8X                  PMG 
 STKA qP      15:45:31.71   1.1   28.0 244                                   STKA
      LR      15:55:26.47                                  
 AS31 eP      15:46:26.47  -0.3   34.4 260                                   AS31
 ASAR P       15:46:26.80   0.0   34.4 260                                   ASAR
      LR      15:59:36.67                                  
 WRAB eP      15:46:26.85  -0.9   34.5 267 b:3.4+0 .34 4.7                   WRAB
 WRA  P       15:46:27.13  -0.7   34.5 267                                   WRA 
 URZ  LR      15:48:28.95         16.6 164                                   URZ 
 SBA  eP      15:49:13.94   0.0   55.6 181 b:4.5+0 1.0 4.4                   SBA 
 AFI  LR      15:49:22.38         18.2  65                                   AFI 
 KKM  eP      15:49:52.66   0.9   60.8 291 b:1.2+1 .60 5.2                   KKM 
 MJAR P       15:50:27.97   0.0   66.4 331                                   MJAR
 PETK P       15:51:25.70  -0.2   76.1 352                                   PETK
      LR      16:23:03.87                                  
 RPZ  LR      15:51:28.63         21.3 180                                   RPZ 
 CHTO eP      15:51:58.46   1.1   81.7 294 b:4.9+0 1.0 4.4                   CHTO
 CMAR P       15:51:58.70   2.2   81.5 294                                   CMAR
 NVAR P       15:52:35.48  -0.3   89.5  48                                   NVAR
 ULN  eP      15:52:40.44   0.1   90.5 323 b:1.9+0 .90 4.3                   ULN 
 SONM P       15:52:41.68  -0.3   90.9 322                                   SONM
 ILAR P       15:52:47.15  -2.6   92.7  17                                   ILAR
 GERESPKPbc   15:59:23.30  -0.6  148.2 331                                   GERE
 TORD PKP     15:59:43.39  -0.8  166.5 229                                   TORD
      PKPab   16:00:45.45  -0.9X
 VNDA LR      16:10:45.46         55.4 182                                   VNDA
 KSAR LR      16:22:13.74         72.2 325                                   KSAR



 Generated 2009 MAY 11 at 15:56 UTC

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


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