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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     24 FEB 2009  ( 55)

     ot  = 00:46:40.38   +/-   1.76              CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE      
     lat =      -0.192   +/-   17.9
     lon =     -18.490   +/-   25.2              MAGNITUDE 4.9 (GS)       
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     975 km (600 miles) NNW of Ascension Island
     1080 km (670 miles) SW of Bonthe, Sierra Leone
     1125 km (700 miles) SSW of FREETOWN, Sierra Leone
     2010 km (1250 miles) ENE of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

     nph =   15 of  22    se = 0.87    FE=406                            B   

     error ellipse = ( 61.0,  0.0, 36.8;151.0,  0.0, 17.7;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.9 ( 22)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.8 (  3)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TSUM eP      00:54:16.71   0.0   40.1 120 b:7.0+0 .90 4.3                   TSUM
 MTE  eP      00:54:29.53   0.7   41.6  12 b:1.3+1 .80 4.7                   MTE 
      epP     00:54:43.58  depth =  11.7X
 PAB  eP      00:54:30.24   1.4   41.6  16 b:2.2+1 1.2 4.8                   PAB 
 ANWB eP      00:54:58.68  -6.8X  46.2 294 b:1.4+2 1.1 5.8                   ANWB
 LSZ  eP      00:55:24.10   0.3   48.5 110 b:1.0+1 .90 4.9                   LSZ 
 TIP  eP      00:55:40.30  -0.5   50.8  35 b:1.6+1 1.0 4.9                   TIP 
 AQU  eP      00:55:44.78   1.0   51.2  30 b:2.6+1 1.0 5.1                   AQU 
 SENINeP      00:55:47.06  -0.2   51.6  22 b:1.3+2 2.9 5.3                   SENI
 BFO  eP      00:56:02.26   0.3   53.6  21 b:8.8+0 1.0 4.7                   BFO 
 KMBO eP      00:56:18.58   0.3   55.8  91 b:9.2+0 1.5 4.6                   KMBO
 KHC  eP      00:56:20.83  -0.9   56.4  24 b:1.8+1 1.7 4.8                   KHC 
 LCO  eP      00:56:22.68  -7.3X  57.5 235 b:1.3+2 2.0 5.6                   LCO 
 DPC  eP      00:56:35.81  -0.9   58.5  25 b:7.9+0 1.0 4.8                   DPC 
 MORC eP      00:56:36.62  -0.6   58.6  26 b:8.8+0 1.1 4.8                   MORC
 SUW  eP      00:57:13.42  -0.6   64.0  25 b:4.2+1 1.1 5.5                   SUW 
 KIEV eP      00:57:18.61  -0.9   64.9  31 b:9.1+0 .80 5.0                   KIEV
 BLO  epP     00:58:27.22  12.0X  73.3 311                                   BLO 
 ECSD eP      00:58:58.55   0.0   81.6 314 b:8.5+0 1.1 4.7                   ECSD
 GDL2 eP      00:59:26.55   1.9X  86.7 302                                   GDL2
 ISCO epP     00:59:38.70   4.3X  88.0 309                                   ISCO
 MTUM epP     01:00:28.11   6.6X  98.2 307                                   MTUM



 Generated 2009 FEB 24 at 01:08 UTC

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


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