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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     17 AUG 2008  (230)

     ot  = 18:41:42.35   +/-   0.55              NORTHERN COLOMBIA               
     lat =       6.725   +/-    7.9
     lon =     -72.927   +/-    8.7                                       
     dep =       169.2   +/-    7.2   

     50 km (30 miles) SSE of Bucaramanga, Colombia (pop 553,000)
     110 km (70 miles) ESE of Barrancabermeja, Colombia (pop 187,000)
     135 km (85 miles) SSW of Cucuta, Colombia (pop 682,000)
     265 km (165 miles) NNE of BOGOTA, Colombia

     nph =   17 of  21    se = 0.69    FE=099                            A   

     error ellipse = (129.9, 27.5, 17.5;260.5, 51.3,  8.8; 25.9, 24.9,  8.4)

 mb = 4.0 (  3)  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
 ROSC eP      18:42:23.36   0.6    2.3 217                                   ROSC
      S       18:42:52.46  S res =  -1.5X
 SDV  eP      18:42:32.49   0.2    3.1  46 d:1.5+2     4.7X L:5.6-1 .30 4.0X SDV 
                                           g:1.6-1 .65 3.6X
 BCIP eP      18:43:20.59  -5.3X   7.3 290                                   BCIP
 OTAV eP      18:43:41.31  -1.2    8.5 221 d:4.1+1     5.7X L:5.9-3 .70 3.2X OTAV
                                           g:3.5-3 .70 2.5X b:3.5+0 .70 4.0 
 PCRV P       18:43:48.19   0.7    8.9  67                                   PCRV
 MTDJ eP      18:44:32.51   0.6   12.3 339                                   MTDJ
 JTS  eP      18:44:38.98   5.5X  12.4 287                                   JTS 
 SJG  P       18:44:40.83  -1.5   13.1  30                                   SJG 
 WVT  eP      18:47:55.48   0.2   32.3 337 b:2.7+0 .25 4.5                   WVT 
 TXAR P       18:48:33.15   0.1   36.7 312                                   TXAR
      PcP     18:50:52.84   0.5X
 ULM  P       18:49:59.08  -0.7   47.4 340                                   ULM 
 SCHQ P       18:50:05.45  -0.3   48.2   5                                   SCHQ
 MOOW eP      18:50:16.22  -0.1   49.6 324 b:2.0+0 1.0 3.7                   MOOW
 BOZ  eP      18:50:28.59   0.0   51.2 326                                   BOZ 
 NVAR P       18:50:33.00   0.6   51.7 315                                   NVAR
 YKA  P       18:51:53.79   0.1   63.4 340                                   YKA 
 ILAR P       18:53:16.90   0.0   77.1 335                                   ILAR
 ASAR PKPbc   19:01:12.10   0.3  149.2 234                                   ASAR
 WRA  PKPbc   19:01:15.30   0.4  150.5 241                                   WRA 



 Generated 2008 AUG 31 at 19:04 UTC

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


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