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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     22 AUG 2008  (235)

     ot  = 00:25:47.18   +/-   4.11              NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN  
     lat =      34.898   +/-    5.1
     lon =     139.962   +/-    7.6                                       
     dep =         7.9   +/-   26.2   

     85 km (55 miles) SSE of TOKYO, Japan (pop 7,967,000)
     145 km (90 miles) E of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan (pop 474,000)
     155 km (95 miles) SE of Kofu, Honshu, Japan (pop 201,000)
     170 km (105 miles) SSW of Mito, Honshu, Japan

     nph =   18 of  22    se = 0.45    FE=230                            B   

     error ellipse = (287.2, 79.0, 41.3; 66.0,  8.3,  9.5;157.1,  7.1,  7.2)

 mb = 4.3 (  5)  ML = 3.3 (  1)  mblg = 3.6 (  1)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 MJAR Pn      00:26:23.74   0.0    2.2 319                                   MJAR
      Pg      00:26:30.84   2.0X
      Sn      00:26:48.80  S res =  -2.0X
 MAJO ePn     00:26:24.09   0.4    2.2 319 d:9.3+1     3.9X L:4.0-1 .65 3.3  MAJO
      e       00:26:33.99                  g:2.9-1 .80 3.6 
      qSn     00:26:50.16  S res =  -0.7X
 INCN qPn     00:28:25.30  -0.5   11.1 287                                   INCN
 NACB eP      00:30:10.71  -0.7   19.2 241 b:1.4+1 .72 4.3                   NACB
 BJT  qP      00:30:16.05   0.8   19.5 292                                   BJT 
 SSLB qP      00:30:19.37   0.2   19.9 241                                   SSLB
 GUMO qP      00:30:38.37   0.0   21.7 167                                   GUMO
 MKAR P       00:33:57.60   0.2   44.3 304                                   MKAR
 KURK eP      00:34:13.07  -0.5   46.4 310 b:9.5-1 .37 4.2                   KURK
 PMR  qP      00:34:49.24  -0.2   51.0  36                                   PMR 
 MCK  eP      00:34:49.58  -0.1   51.1  33 b:1.8+0 .44 4.3                   MCK 
 AML  eP      00:34:51.05  -0.4   51.2 299 b:7.9-1 .49 3.9                   AML 
 ILAR P       00:34:56.05  -0.1   51.9  31                                   ILAR
 FITZ qP      00:35:14.78  -0.2   54.4 197                                   FITZ
 WRA  P       00:35:17.84   0.2   54.8 186                                   WRA 
 KBL  eP      00:35:34.64   0.3   57.1 292 b:1.4+0 .49 4.3                   KBL 
 ASAR P       00:35:44.80   0.7   58.5 187                                   ASAR
 MBWA qP      00:35:47.12  -0.1   59.0 202                                   MBWA



 Generated 2008 SEP 12 at 06:32 UTC

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


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