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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


     21 APR 2009  (111)

     ot  = 10:25:44.64   +/-   0.92              ALABAMA                         
     lat =      33.011   +/-   10.7
     lon =     -87.145   +/-    5.0              MAGNITUDE 3.8 (GS)       
     dep =         5.0  (geophysicist)

     40 km (25 miles) SW of Alabaster, Alabama (pop 22,000)
     45 km (30 miles) ESE of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (pop 77,000)
     65 km (40 miles) SSW of Birmingham, Alabama (pop 242,000)
     105 km (65 miles) NW of MONTGOMERY, Alabama (pop 201,000)
 
     mbLg 3.8 (GS).

     nph =   15 of  28    se = 1.05    FE=507                            A   

     error ellipse = (  3.6,  0.0, 14.1; 93.6,  0.0,  6.5;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 0.0 (  0)  ML = 0.0 (  0)  mblg = 3.8 (  8)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 LRAL ePg     10:25:47.04  -0.2    0.1  79                                   LRAL
      eSg     10:25:49.75  S res =   0.8X
 OXF  ePn     10:26:24.89   0.2    2.4 309 d:2.9+2     3.4X g:4.4-1 .80 3.8  OXF 
      eSg     10:27:00.43  S res =  -1.6X
 SWET ePn     10:26:25.05   0.1    2.4  24                                   SWET
      eSg     10:27:00.52  S res =  -1.9X
 VBMS ePn     10:26:31.30  -0.9    3.0 255 g:1.0-1 .75 3.3                   VBMS
 WVT  ePn     10:26:34.93  -0.1    3.2 350 d:3.9+2     3.7X g:2.8-1 .65 3.8  WVT 
      eSn     10:27:12.79  S res =  -0.4X
 GOGA ePn     10:26:34.98   0.6    3.1  82                                   GOGA
      ePn     10:26:35.16   0.8X
 HALT ePn     10:26:36.55  -2.0    3.4 329 d:1.8+2     3.0X                  HALT
      eSg     10:27:35.95  S res =   1.6X
 CPCT ePn     10:26:36.65   0.2    3.3  41                                   CPCT
 GNAR ePn     10:26:43.54  -0.1    3.8 322                                   GNAR
      ePn     10:26:43.75   0.2X
 HBAR ePn     10:26:47.42   2.8    3.9 312 d:1.7+2     2.9X                  HBAR
 PARMOePn     10:26:49.61  -0.1    4.2 330                                   PARM
 TZTN ePn     10:26:54.40  -0.5    4.6  39 g:1.8-1 .77 3.8                   TZTN
 UALR ePn     10:26:55.90   0.1    4.7 294 g:1.5-1 .70 3.7                   UALR
      eSn     10:27:08.04  S res = -42.3X
 USIN ePn     10:26:59.53  -0.3    5.0 355 g:3.7-1 1.2 3.9                   USIN
      eSn     10:27:11.67  S res = -45.9X
 JSC  P       10:27:01.28   0.0    5.1  74 d:3.2+2     3.5X                  JSC 
 MIAR ePn     10:27:07.60  -0.5X   5.6 288 d:2.7+2     3.4X g:7.0-2 .75 3.5  MIAR
      P       10:27:16.19  -6.1X
 COW          10:27:10.07   4.0X   5.4  84                                   COW 
 CNNC ePn     10:27:42.32   0.9X   8.0  71 g:1.5-1 .73 4.1                   CNNC



 Generated 2009 APR 21 at 10:38 UTC

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


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