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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      3 MAR 2009  ( 62)

     ot  = 16:21:49.05   +/-   0.33              EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA          
     lat =      31.846   +/-    7.3
     lon =     104.830   +/-    6.2              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)       
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     40 km (25 miles) N of Mianyang, Sichuan, China (pop 396,000)
     115 km (70 miles) SW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China (pop 257,000)
     300 km (190 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
     1380 km (850 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

     nph =   37 of  37    se = 1.09    FE=307                            A   

     error ellipse = (214.8,  0.0, 10.8;124.8,  0.0,  6.4;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.0 ( 28)  ML = 4.8 (  1)  mblg = 3.6 (  4)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 ENH  ePn     16:22:54.02  -0.5    4.3 110 L:1.4+0 .65 4.8  g:1.6+0 1.0 4.5  ENH 
 CHTO ePn     16:25:08.14   0.3   14.0 204                                   CHTO
 SSLB ePn     16:25:39.95   1.1   16.4 115 g:2.0-2 1.2 3.5  b:1.5+2 .90 5.1  SSLB
 TPUB ePn     16:25:41.42   2.3   16.4 117 g:2.0-2 1.2 3.5  b:4.2+1 .80 4.6  TPUB
 NACB ePn     16:25:45.21   2.7   16.6 113 g:3.0-2 1.2 3.7  b:6.3+1 1.0 4.7  NACB
 TLY  eP      16:26:21.30   1.4   19.8 358 b:4.3+0 .90 3.8X                  TLY 
 JNU  eP      16:26:41.91  -1.5   22.0  80 b:1.6+1 1.0 4.4                   JNU 
 EKS2 eP      16:27:29.79   0.0   26.8 303 b:4.8+1 2.5 4.7                   EKS2
 KURK eP      16:27:31.98   0.7   27.0 322 b:2.0+1 1.3 4.7                   KURK
 KKAR eP      16:27:52.18   0.8   29.3 302                                   KKAR
 BRVK eP      16:28:22.08   0.8   32.7 321 b:1.6+1 1.5 4.7                   BRVK
 KAPI eP      16:29:16.71  -1.7   39.3 156 b:5.6+1 1.7 5.0                   KAPI
 ARU  eP      16:29:26.50   0.8   40.2 322 b:2.7+1 .90 4.9                   ARU 
 KIV  eP      16:30:38.55  -0.7   49.4 303 b:3.6+1 1.2 5.3                   KIV 
 COEN eP      16:31:44.29  -1.5   58.5 135 b:7.5+1 .75 5.9                   COEN
 OJC  eP      16:32:18.13   0.3   63.3 314 b:2.5+1 1.1 5.3                   OJC 
 PSZ  eP      16:32:24.54   2.1   64.0 312                                   PSZ 
 MORC eP      16:32:27.37  -0.5   64.8 314 b:8.8+0 .80 5.0                   MORC
 DPC  eP      16:32:30.88  -0.5   65.3 315 b:1.6+1 .90 5.2                   DPC 
 COLD eP      16:32:38.74  -0.1   66.5  24 b:5.4+0 .68 4.9                   COLD
 GRFO eP      16:32:51.90  -0.4   68.6 316 b:1.7+1 .90 5.2                   GRFO
 RSO  eP      16:32:52.45   0.5   68.6  31                                   RSO 
 TIP  eP      16:32:56.15  -0.9   69.4 304                                   TIP 
 PMR  eP      16:32:56.81  -1.2   69.6  29 b:1.3+1 .72 5.2                   PMR 
 FUORNeP      16:33:03.79  -0.5   70.5 313 b:2.6+1 1.3 5.2                   FUOR
 EGAK eP      16:33:04.79  -1.6   71.0  24 b:3.2+1 2.0 5.1                   EGAK
 BFO  eP      16:33:06.75   0.2   70.9 315 b:8.7+0 1.0 4.8                   BFO 
 INK  eP      16:33:06.97  -1.1   71.3  20 b:8.6+0 .85 4.9                   INK 
 TUE  eP      16:33:07.75  -0.3   71.1 313 b:1.1+1 .70 5.1                   TUE 
 EIDS eP      16:33:11.84  -1.4   72.0 137 b:1.8+1 .85 5.2                   EIDS
 KMBO eP      16:33:12.21   0.4   71.7 257                                   KMBO
 SENINeP      16:33:16.12   0.2   72.4 314 b:8.1+0 .80 4.9                   SENI
 RES  eP      16:33:18.27   0.2   72.9   5 b:1.0+1 1.0 4.9                   RES 
 BNI  eP      16:33:21.95   0.1   73.5 313 b:5.6+1 2.0 5.3                   BNI 
 SKAG eP      16:33:38.33   0.0   76.4  27                                   SKAG
 LSZ  eP      16:34:35.21   0.1   87.0 250 b:1.9+1 1.3 5.2                   LSZ 
 FFC  eP      16:34:51.46  -0.6   90.7  15 b:9.0+0 .90 5.1                   FFC 



 Generated 2009 MAR  8 at 13:48 UTC

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


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