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              European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

                Rapid Determination of Source Parameters
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WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in 
an INFORMATION message.
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EARTHQUAKE on 13/09/2008 at 07:32 (UTC)
LOYALTY ISLANDS                        11 km NE Thogone

MAGNITUDE: mb 5.1 

Data provided by: GFZ  NEIC                                         

Latitude    =  21.31 S
Longitude   = 167.96 E
Origin Time =  07:32:17.3 (UTC)
Depth       =  80 Km
RMS         =   0.87 sec
Gap         = 105 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 9.9 Km
                        - Semi minor = 6.4 Km
                        - Azimuth of major axis =  39 degrees

Number of data used = 32

Preliminary location computed on Sat Sep 13 07:57:06 2008 (UTC)
Done by Julien VERGOZ

Comments :

Message number: 1103

All magnitudes estimations :
M 5.2 (GFZ)   M 5.1 (NEIC)                              


Sta       Phase     Date     Time       Res     Dist Azm    Net
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MSVF  m   Pn    2008/09/13 07:34:39.5   0.1    10.15  71   NEIC
HNR   m   Pn    2008/09/13 07:35:32.9  -0.1    14.10 325   NEIC
OUZ   m   Pn    2008/09/13 07:35:42.2   0.9    14.72 161   NEIC
EIDS  m   P     2008/09/13 07:35:58.0  -1.1    16.02 252   NEIC
ARMA  m   P     2008/09/13 07:36:15.1   0.4    17.26 235   NEIC
URZ   m   P     2008/09/13 07:36:31.0   0.1    18.65 157   NEIC
WPVZ  a   P     2008/09/13 07:36:36.8   1.7    18.99 161    GFZ
BKZ   a   P     2008/09/13 07:36:37.7  -0.1    19.25 159    GFZ
CTAO  m   P     2008/09/13 07:36:48.6  -0.9    20.35 269   NEIC
BFZ   a   P     2008/09/13 07:36:50.1  -1.5    20.56 161    GFZ
AFI   a   P     2008/09/13 07:36:51.5  -1.1    20.65  72    GFZ
KHZ   m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:01.4  -0.3    21.56 168   NEIC
CAN   m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:03.8   0.5    21.71 225   NEIC
RPZ   m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:11.2   0.3    22.50 174   NEIC
PMG   m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:18.3   0.0    23.26 297   NEIC
COEN  m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:32.5   0.3    24.71 283   NEIC
STKA  m   P     2008/09/13 07:37:42.1  -0.1    25.76 240   NEIC
WB2   m   P     2008/09/13 07:38:31.3  -2.1    31.46 266   NEIC
BAKI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:39:20.2   0.9    36.83 299    GFZ
TLE   a   P     2008/09/13 07:39:25.6   0.7    37.49 289    GFZ
FITZ  m   P     2008/09/13 07:39:44.5  -0.3    39.89 267   NEIC
MBWA  m   P     2008/09/13 07:40:24.5  -0.5    44.82 261   NEIC
KDI   a   P     2008/09/13 07:40:44.7   0.4    47.27 284    GFZ
SGSI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:40:54.8   1.5    48.42 295    GFZ
BMNI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:40:57.8  -0.6    49.08 277    GFZ
MTNI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:41:17.6   1.7    51.38 276    GFZ
KHKI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:41:21.0   0.4    51.99 276    GFZ
PWJI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:41:46.9  -0.4    55.64 274    GFZ
SBA   a   P     2008/09/13 07:41:53.6  -0.5    56.60 180    GFZ
STKI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:42:11.9   0.6    59.04 283    GFZ
LEM   a   P     2008/09/13 07:42:18.0   0.3    59.95 274    GFZ
CBJI  a   P     2008/09/13 07:42:22.3  -1.0    60.81 274    GFZ


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