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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     20 AUG 2008  (233)

     ot  = 23:53:48.76   +/-   0.58              TAIWAN REGION                   
     lat =      21.183   +/-    6.7
     lon =     120.251   +/-   10.3                                       
     dep =        35.0  (geophysicist)

     155 km (95 miles) S of Kao-hsiung, Taiwan (pop 1,475,000)
     195 km (120 miles) SSW of T'ai-tung, Taiwan
     450 km (280 miles) SSW of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan
     730 km (455 miles) N of MANILA, Philippines

     nph =   12 of  18    se = 0.67    FE=243                            A   

     error ellipse = (108.1,  0.0, 14.1;198.1,  0.0,  8.1;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.2 (  2)  ML = 2.9 (  5)  mblg = 3.1 (  5)  md = 3.5 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TWG  ePn     23:54:18.10   0.8    1.8  25 d:7.0+1     3.5  L:1.7-1 .55 2.7  TWG 
                                           g:1.7-1 1.0 3.2 
 TPUB ePn     23:54:22.44   0.5    2.1   9 d:7.5+1     3.7X L:1.9-1 .85 3.0  TPUB
      eSn     23:54:56.95  S res =   9.7X  g:1.7-1 .95 3.3 
 YULB ePn     23:54:25.30  -0.3    2.4  24 d:8.3+1     3.9X L:9.5-2 .55 2.8  YULB
      eSn     23:55:00.21  S res =   6.3X  g:6.6-2 .95 2.9 
 SSLB ePn     23:54:29.26  -0.1    2.7  14 d:1.0+2     4.2X L:1.1-1 .70 3.0  SSLB
                                           g:6.6-2 .70 3.1 
 NACB ePn     23:54:36.04  -0.9    3.2  22                                   NACB
 YHNB ePn     23:54:42.59   0.1    3.6  16 d:7.8+0     2.3X L:6.3-2 .70 3.3  YHNB
                                           g:5.3-2 1.0 3.0 
 SONM P       23:59:48.16   4.2X  28.8 340                                   SONM
      LR      00:13:15.40                                  
 MKAR P       00:01:26.30   6.5X  40.0 319                                   MKAR
 ZALV P       00:01:44.22   5.1X  42.3 329                                   ZALV
 WRA  P       00:01:45.13  -0.9   43.1 160                                   WRA 
 AAK  eP      00:01:51.18   0.5   43.7 310 b:1.7+0 .42 4.2                   AAK 
 AML  qP      00:01:54.25  -0.3   44.2 309                                   AML 
 ASAR P       00:02:13.95   1.0   46.5 163                                   ASAR
 KBL  qP      00:02:14.58  -0.3   46.7 298 b:1.2+0 .36 4.3                   KBL 
 KIV  qP      00:04:37.15   0.0   66.8 310                                   KIV 



 Generated 2008 SEP 10 at 03:07 UTC

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


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