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Magnitude 4.5 VIRGINIA

2003 December 09 20:59:14 UTC

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

Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      9 DEC 2003  (343)

     ot  = 20:59:14.60   +/-   0.64              VIRGINIA
     lat =      37.607   +/-    7.5
     lon =     -77.963   +/-    7.5              MAGNITUDE 4.5 (GS)
     dep =         5.0  (geophysicist)

     45 km (30 miles) W of RICHMOND, Virginia (pop 197,000)
     50 km (30 miles) NE of Farmville, Virginia (pop 6,000)
     65 km (40 miles) NW of Petersburg, Virginia (pop 38,000)
     65 km (40 miles) SE of Charlottesville, Virginia (pop 40,000)

     nph =   12 of  40    se = 0.86    FE=492                            A

     error ellipse = (135.1,  0.0, 12.7; 45.1,  0.0,  5.7;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 3.6 (  2)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 4.6 ( 17)  md = 0.9 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 CBN  eP      20:59:31.20   1.4    0.8  38                                   CBN
 SDMD eP      20:59:49.26  -0.2    2.0  26                                   SDMD
 BLA  qP      20:59:52.24   2.8X   2.0 259 d:3.3+1     0.9  g:1.2+1 .75 5.2  BLA
 ELN  eP      20:59:53.70   0.6    2.3 261                                   ELN
 FWV  eP      20:59:54.27   1.0    2.3 270                                   FWV
 MCWV eP      20:59:56.98   0.1    2.5 325                                   MCWV
 MVL  eP      20:59:58.68  -0.8    2.7  27                                   MVL
 LUPA eP      21:00:12.37   0.1    3.6  33 d:3.1+2     3.7X                  LUPA
 BRNJ eP      21:00:19.01   0.5    4.1  40 d:4.2+2     4.0X                  BRNJ
 JSC  eP      21:00:20.82  -0.8    4.3 220                                   JSC
 ALLY eP      21:00:21.98  -1.2    4.4 338 d:4.3+2     4.1X                  ALLY
 PAL  eP      21:00:26.13  -0.6    4.6  42 d:5.0+2     4.3X g:9.8-1 .63 4.6  PAL
 BINY eP      21:00:27.93  -1.8X   4.8  18 g:6.1-1 .73 4.4                   BINY
 COW  eP      21:00:28.79  -0.1    4.8 209 d:3.5+2     3.8X                  COW
 RGRS P       21:00:34.90   2.4X   5.0 202 d:2.6+2     3.4X                  RGRS
 ACSO e       21:00:36.01   8.0X   4.7 305 d:3.1+2     3.7X g:2.3+0 .85 4.8  ACSO
 CPCT P       21:00:42.26   0.2X   5.7 250                                   CPCT
 GOGA qP      21:00:47.08  -1.0X   6.1 229 g:1.3+0 .65 4.9                   GOGA
 QUA2 P       21:00:49.16  -2.0X   6.4  41 d:5.4+2     4.3X                  QUA2
 BRYW P       21:00:52.41  -1.7X   6.6  47 d:4.4+2     4.1X g:5.8-1 .90 4.5  BRYW
                                           b:4.7+1 .63 5.6X
 ACCN P       21:00:53.25  -1.9X   6.6  28 d:5.8+2     4.4X                  ACCN
 HRV  P       21:00:57.05  -2.3X   6.9  43 d:4.7+2     4.2X g:4.0-1 .95 4.3  HRV
                                           b:4.4+1 .80 5.7X
 NCB  P       21:00:57.24  -2.5X   7.0  23 g:3.4-1 .63 4.4  b:4.2+0 .30 5.1X NCB
 WES  P       21:00:58.19  -1.8X   7.0  45 d:4.6+2     4.1X g:3.4-1 .73 4.4  WES
                                           b:2.1+1 .35 5.7X
 MIV  P       21:01:01.50  -2.7X   7.3  26                                   MIV
 SWET P       21:01:03.40   5.1X   6.9 252                                   SWET
 BLO  P       21:01:04.24   5.3X   6.9 286 d:3.1+2     3.7X g:7.2-1 .70 4.7  BLO
                                           b:3.7+1 .35 5.9X
 HNH  P       21:01:05.89  -0.8X   7.5  34 d:5.2+2     4.3X g:5.9-1 1.0 4.5  HNH
                                           b:8.8+0 .60 5.1X
 FFD  P       21:01:06.09  -2.2X   7.6  37 d:5.3+2     4.3X                  FFD
 LBNH P       21:01:18.29   3.4X   8.0  33 d:5.6+2     4.4X g:4.1-1 .80 4.5  LBNH
                                           b:8.4+0 .45 5.3X
 PLAL P       21:01:19.89  -2.4X   8.6 255 d:4.8+2     4.2X g:4.6-1 .70 4.7  PLAL
                                           b:1.7+1 .40 5.7X
 LRAL P       21:01:22.20  -1.5X   8.7 241 d:5.5+2     4.4X g:8.6-1 .75 4.9  LRAL
                                           b:2.5+1 .28 6.1X
 SIUC P       21:01:29.56   2.4X   8.9 274 d:5.9+1     1.6X g:8.0-2 .75 3.9  SIUC
                                           b:2.0+1 .45 5.8X
 OXF  e       21:01:35.39  -3.4X   9.8 255 d:4.1+2     4.0X g:1.4+0 1.1 5.1  OXF
                                           b:3.6+1 .38 6.2X
 CCM  P       21:01:45.27  -3.8X  10.5 276 b:8.6+0 .45 5.5X                  CCM
 JFWS P       21:01:46.32  -6.3X  10.8 303 g:3.4-1 .63 4.7  b:5.9+0 .40 5.3X JFWS
 MIAR P       21:02:19.19  -3.4X  13.0 261 g:4.6+1 .75 6.9X b:5.4+0 .30 5.2X MIAR
 WMOK P       21:03:13.32  -2.0X  17.0 267 b:1.1+0 .38 3.3                   WMOK
 ANMO P       21:04:29.56   7.2X  23.1 272 g:4.1-3 .83 3.3X b:1.3+0 .38 3.8  ANMO
 BNM  P       21:04:29.73   3.9X  23.4 270                                   BNM



 Generated 2003 DEC  9 at 21:20 UTC


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