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Earthquake Activity


Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters

     23 MAY 2004  (144)

     ot  = 09:22:05.31   +/-   0.42              NEW MEXICO
     lat =      32.533   +/-    4.2
     lon =    -104.563   +/-    4.1              MAGNITUDE 4.0 (GS)
     dep =         5.0  (geophysicist)

     35 km (20 miles) WNW of Carlsbad, New Mexico (pop 25,000)
     35 km (25 miles) SSW of Artesia, New Mexico (pop 10,000)
     200 km (125 miles) ENE of El Paso, Texas
     370 km (230 miles) SSE of SANTA FE, New Mexico

     nph =   13 of  40    se = 0.64    FE=496                            A

     error ellipse = (220.0,  0.0,  5.8;130.0,  0.0,  5.0;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 4.0 (  2)  ML = 4.4 (  5)  mblg = 3.8 ( 19)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 GDL2 eP      09:22:12.97   0.5    0.4 153                                   GDL2
 CLNB ePc     09:22:17.91   0.3    0.6 115                                   CLNB
 CPRX ePc     09:22:18.70  -1.4    0.8  50                                   CPRX
 MNTX iPc     09:22:25.24  -0.9    1.1 220 L:1.4+0 .55 3.2X g:7.7-1 .73 3.8  MNTX
 BNM  eP      09:22:45.40   0.4    2.4 314                                   BNM
 LENM eP      09:22:47.86  -0.2    2.6 310 d:3.7+2     5.3X                  LENM
 ANMO ePn     09:22:52.61   0.5    2.9 327 L:2.1+0 .53 4.4  g:8.0-1 .68 4.2  ANMO
      eS      09:23:30.37  S res =  -2.6X
 JCT  ePn     09:23:15.34   0.4    4.6 115 L:3.0+0 .48 5.2  g:1.9+0 .65 4.9X JCT
 TUC  ePn     09:23:24.52  -0.2    5.3 269 d:3.9+2     6.4X L:1.8-1 .75 4.2  TUC
                                           g:1.1-1 .75 3.7
 WMOK ePn     09:23:24.86  -0.3    5.3  64 L:7.1-1 .58 4.8  g:6.5-1 .98 4.3  WMOK
 SDCO qPn     09:23:25.28   0.5    5.3 352 L:1.7-1 .83 4.1  g:1.2-1 .83 3.7  SDCO
 WUAZ ePn     09:23:41.36   1.1X   6.4 300 d:4.3+2     6.9X L:2.4-1 .63 4.5X WUAZ
                                           g:2.5-1 1.0 4.0
 PV01 qPn     09:23:43.05   1.5X   6.5 331                                   PV01
 PV10 qPn     09:23:47.67   0.6X   6.9 329                                   PV10
 ISCO ePn     09:23:53.14   0.2    7.3 354 L:5.5-2 .98 4.0X g:4.7-2 .98 3.4  ISCO
 CBKS ePn     09:23:54.09   0.2    7.4  31 L:4.2-1 .48 4.9X g:2.2-1 .90 4.1  CBKS
 HKT  ePn     09:24:00.52  -0.4X   7.9 107 d:2.5+2     7.0X L:1.8-1 .95 4.6X HKT
                                           g:1.5-1 .95 4.0
 SRU  ePn     09:24:04.88   0.4X   8.2 325                                   SRU
 MVU  qPn     09:24:13.49   2.5X   8.6 316 d:2.3+2     7.2X L:5.1-2 1.1 4.2X MVU
                                           g:3.9-2 1.0 3.4
 MSU  ePn     09:24:13.63   2.9X   8.6 316 d:2.9+2     7.4X                  MSU
 NEN  ePn     09:24:17.04   0.0X   9.1 293 d:2.6+2     7.5X                  NEN
 KSU1 ePn     09:24:17.32  -1.3X   9.2  42 d:4.0+2     7.9X                  KSU1
 LDFC ePn     09:24:20.23   2.3X   9.1 289 d:9.1+1     6.6X                  LDFC
 MIAR ePn     09:24:20.61  -0.7X   9.4  75 d:5.2+2     8.2X L:2.6-1 .68 5.0X MIAR
                                           g:2.2-1 .88 4.3
 NLU  qPn     09:24:24.09   0.2X   9.6 323 d:8.4+1     6.7X                  NLU
 DAU  qPn     09:24:24.89   1.4X   9.5 327 d:3.4+1     5.9X                  DAU
 MPU  qPn     09:24:26.97   5.4X   9.4 325 d:3.3+1     5.8X                  MPU
 PFO  eP      09:24:30.05  -0.2X  10.0 279 L:2.7-2 .65 4.2X g:1.5-2 .65 3.3  PFO
 UALR ePn     09:24:35.03  -0.5X  10.4  74 g:4.3-2 1.1 3.6                   UALR
 CCM  ePn     09:24:56.68  -2.9X  12.2  59 g:2.2-1 1.1 4.4                   CCM
 TPH  eP      09:24:59.72   6.3X  11.7 302 g:9.9-3 1.3 2.9                   TPH
 MCMT qPn     09:25:23.87   1.2X  13.9 335                                   MCMT
 CMB  qPn     09:25:24.90   0.0X  14.0 297 g:5.6-3 1.1 2.9  b:5.6+0 1.1 4.3X CMB
 WCI  ePn     09:25:46.25  -4.1X  15.9  64 g:9.4-3 .65 3.5  b:2.4+0 .50 3.6  WCI
 BLO  ePn     09:25:47.20  -4.5X  16.0  61 g:1.2-1 .80 4.5  b:1.5+1 .51 4.4  BLO
 CHMT qPn     09:25:48.94   0.0X  15.8 338                                   CHMT
 MSO  qPn     09:25:49.06  -1.8X  16.0 336 g:3.9-3 .80 3.0                   MSO
 LON  eP      09:26:33.43   1.4X  19.4 322                                   LON
 RPW  eP      09:26:41.15  -1.9X  20.4 326                                   RPW



 Generated 2004 MAY 23 at 16:59 UTC

 

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