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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      8 FEB 2009  ( 39)

     ot  = 20:49:25.09   +/-   1.57              ECUADOR                         
     lat =      -2.494   +/-    6.6
     lon =     -78.986   +/-   10.3              MAGNITUDE 4.8 (GS)       
     dep =        88.5   +/-    4.0   

     45 km (25 miles) N of Cuenca, Ecuador (pop 277,000)
     100 km (60 miles) SSW of Riobamba, Ecuador (pop 124,000)
     110 km (65 miles) ESE of Guayaquil, Ecuador (pop 1,985,000)
     255 km (160 miles) SSW of QUITO, Ecuador

     nph =   41 of  64    se = 0.77    FE=107                            A   

     error ellipse = (251.0,  4.0, 16.4;341.0,  4.0,  9.2;117.0, 83.0,  5.9)

 mb = 4.8 ( 41)  ML = 4.5 (  4)  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
 OTAV ePn     20:50:10.96   3.0    2.8  11 L:2.7+0 1.0 4.4                   OTAV
 ROSC ePn     20:51:30.96   2.9    8.7  32                                   ROSC
 NNA  ePn     20:51:39.00  -1.9    9.7 167                                   NNA 
 SDV  ePn     20:52:39.18  -1.2   14.1  36                                   SDV 
 LPAZ ePn     20:53:22.00  -0.1   17.3 142 b:8.8+0 .70 4.1                   LPAZ
 MTDJ eP      20:53:56.68  -1.2   20.7   3 b:3.0+2 1.6 5.4                   MTDJ
 LVC  eP      20:54:16.46   0.1   22.3 154 b:2.3+0 1.2 3.4                   LVC 
 LRAL eP      20:56:17.90  -1.0   36.2 348 b:7.1+0 .65 4.7                   LRAL
 SWET eP      20:56:35.25  -0.1   38.1 350 b:1.0+1 1.0 4.7                   SWET
 PLAL eP      20:56:35.50  -1.2   38.3 347 b:1.1+1 1.2 4.6                   PLAL
 CPCT eP      20:56:35.94   0.4   38.1 352                                   CPCT
 PLCA eP      20:56:41.86   0.2   38.8 169 b:2.2+1 1.2 4.9                   PLCA
 TZTN eP      20:56:43.18  -0.5   39.1 354 b:4.9+1 1.8 5.1                   TZTN
 WCI  eP      20:56:59.45  -0.8   41.1 351 b:1.4+1 1.1 4.7                   WCI 
 SIUC eP      20:57:00.08  -0.4   41.1 347 b:2.7+1 1.0 5.0                   SIUC
 FVM  eP      20:57:04.25  -0.5X  41.7 346 b:1.5+1 .90 4.8                   FVM 
 OLIL eP      20:57:05.34  -1.4   41.9 349 b:1.6+1 .90 4.9                   OLIL
 ACSO eP      20:57:13.00  -0.2   42.7 355 b:1.4+1 .90 4.8                   ACSO
 SSPA eP      20:57:15.14  -0.1   43.0   1 b:1.7+1 1.1 4.8                   SSPA
 ANMO eP      20:57:35.47   1.1X  45.3 327 b:1.6+1 .90 4.9                   ANMO
 SCIA eP      20:57:39.66  -0.4   46.1 345 b:2.9+1 1.2 5.0                   SCIA
 SDCO eP      20:57:49.76   2.1X  47.0 331 b:1.4+1 1.1 4.8                   SDCO
 WUAZ eP      20:57:59.49   0.4   48.5 324 b:3.1+1 1.0 5.2                   WUAZ
      epP     20:58:20.31  depth =  -0.2 
 TUC  epP     20:57:59.50  -0.8X  45.9 321                                   TUC 
 ECSD eP      20:57:59.64  -0.7   48.7 343 b:9.5+0 1.2 4.6                   ECSD
 MVCO epP     20:58:18.55   0.9X  48.1 328                                   MVCO
 RSSD eP      20:58:21.90  -0.5   51.6 337 b:7.1+0 .90 4.7                   RSSD
      epP     20:58:43.89  depth =  -0.2 
 ISCO epP     20:58:22.67   0.5X  48.7 332                                   ISCO
 SMCO epP     20:58:24.30   0.7   48.8 331                                   SMCO
 PV04 epP     20:58:26.73   0.7X  49.2 328                                   PV04
 AGMN eP      20:58:30.02  -0.5   52.7 345 b:1.8+1 1.2 5.0                   AGMN
 HWUT eP      20:58:33.68   1.0   53.0 329 b:7.8+0 .90 4.7                   HWUT
      epP     20:58:53.96  depth =  -0.5 
 PFO  epP     20:58:36.16   1.0X  50.4 318                                   PFO 
 SRU  epP     20:58:36.89   0.3X  50.6 328                                   SRU 
 RWWY epP     20:58:39.74   0.5X  50.9 332                                   RWWY
 REDW eP      20:58:41.46   1.8X  53.9 331 b:1.2+1 1.2 4.8                   REDW
 FLWY eP      20:58:41.60  -1.4X  54.4 332 b:2.1+1 1.5 4.9                   FLWY
      epP     20:59:05.26  depth =   0.3X
 LKWY eP      20:58:42.32  -2.5X  54.6 332 b:6.1+0 .95 4.6                   LKWY
 RRI2 eP      20:58:42.74   1.4   54.1 331 b:8.5+0 .90 4.8                   RRI2
 GSC  epP     20:58:44.69   0.0X  51.7 320                                   GSC 
 MPU  epP     20:58:45.95   0.0X  51.8 328                                   MPU 
 JLU  epP     20:58:49.58   1.1X  52.2 328                                   JLU 
 DUG  epP     20:58:52.75   1.2X  52.6 327                                   DUG 
 ISA  epP     20:58:55.14   0.8X  53.0 319                                   ISA 
 BOZ  eP      20:58:55.31   0.6   56.0 332 b:4.3+0 .85 4.5                   BOZ 
 MFID eP      20:58:59.22   1.4   56.5 328 b:9.6+0 1.0 4.8                   MFID
      epP     20:59:20.25  depth =   0.4 
 HVU  epP     20:59:00.73   0.9X  53.7 328                                   HVU 
 MOOW epP     20:59:02.56  -0.7X  54.2 331                                   MOOW
 EGMT eP      20:59:02.79   0.9   57.0 335 b:1.1+1 1.1 4.8                   EGMT
 MTUM epP     20:59:03.30   0.8X  54.1 321                                   MTUM
 SCHQ eP      20:59:08.35  -0.2   58.0   8 b:1.2+1 1.0 4.9                   SCHQ
 WALA eP      20:59:20.27   0.5   59.6 334 b:3.0-1 .75 3.4                   WALA
      epP     20:59:41.57  depth =  -0.3X
 FFC  eP      20:59:23.39   0.3   60.1 344 b:1.4+1 1.4 4.9                   FFC 
 DBIC eP      21:00:54.80  -0.3   74.6  82 b:3.2+1 1.0 5.1                   DBIC
 SUMG eP      21:01:20.97   0.5   79.2  11 b:3.0+2 3.0 5.6                   SUMG
 PAB  eP      21:01:23.94  -0.2   79.8  49 b:2.8+2 2.9 5.6                   PAB 
 INK  eP      21:01:24.57   0.7   79.9 342 b:1.6+1 1.3 4.7                   INK 
 EGAK eP      21:01:29.46   0.9   80.7 337 b:2.0+2 3.0 5.5                   EGAK



 Generated 2009 FEB  8 at 21:08 UTC

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


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