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Explanation of Parameters


      6 SEP 2008  (250)

     ot  = 19:48:03.63   +/-   2.25              ROMANIA                         
     lat =      45.856   +/-    5.8
     lon =      26.478   +/-    6.1              MAGNITUDE 4.6 (GS)       
     dep =        31.2   +/-   18.5   

     75 km (45 miles) ENE of Brasov, Romania (pop 317,000)
     85 km (50 miles) NNW of Buzau, Romania (pop 149,000)
     115 km (70 miles) S of Piatra Neamt, Romania (pop 125,000)
     160 km (100 miles) N of BUCHAREST, Romania (pop 2,027,000)

     nph =   40 of  48    se = 1.34    FE=358                            B   

     error ellipse = (286.0, 78.9, 28.9; 19.4,  0.7,  8.9;109.6, 11.1,  7.7)

 mb = 4.6 ( 25)  ML = 4.1 (  4)  mblg = 3.7 ( 16)  md = 5.3 (  1)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 TIRR ePn     19:48:33.32  -1.3    2.0 135 d:5.1+2     5.3  L:2.9+0 .65 4.1  TIRR
      eSn     19:48:56.36  S res =  -1.7X  g:1.7+0 .65 4.4 
 BUR08ePn     19:48:37.38   2.1    2.0 334                                   BUR0
 KWP  ePn     19:49:12.52   2.2    4.6 327 d:4.3+2     6.2X L:2.4-1 1.3 4.1  KWP 
                                           g:1.5-1 1.0 3.6 
 PSZ  ePn     19:49:16.20   0.2    5.0 297 d:2.6+2     5.9X L:1.1-1 .65 3.9  PSZ 
                                           g:1.6-1 1.1 3.6 
 KIEV ePn     19:49:18.73  -0.1    5.2  20 d:3.4+2     6.2X L:2.7-1 .60 4.3  KIEV
      ePg     19:49:37.18                  g:2.6-1 .90 3.9  b:5.3+1 .50 5.3X
      eSg     19:50:42.31  S res =   7.4X
 MORC ePn     19:49:46.83   0.4    7.2 306 d:3.1+2     6.9X L:2.1-2 .85 3.6X MORC
                                           g:1.9-2 1.0 3.0  b:1.5+1 .85 5.0X
 SUW  ePn     19:50:01.51  -2.1    8.4 347 d:3.5+2     7.5X L:3.3-1 .75 5.0X SUW 
                                           g:3.5-1 1.0 4.4  b:6.9+1 .40 6.2X
 KHC  ePn     19:50:17.29   1.4    9.3 295 d:2.0+2     7.4X L:9.4-3 .85 3.6X KHC 
                                           g:6.8-3 .85 2.8  b:6.8+0 .85 4.9X
 CUC  ePn     19:50:24.18   2.3    9.8 237 d:9.3+1     6.9X L:2.2-2 .90 4.0X CUC 
      eSn     19:52:11.80  S res =   1.3X  g:1.7-2 .90 3.2  b:1.7+1 .90 5.3X
 AQU  ePn     19:50:24.86  -0.7   10.0 254                                   AQU 
 CEL  ePn     19:50:35.76  -2.0   10.9 230 g:1.4-2 1.0 3.2  b:1.4+1 1.0 5.1X CEL 
 OBN  ePn     19:50:39.61  -2.7   11.3  31 g:5.2-2 .85 3.8  b:3.3+1 .40 5.9X OBN 
 KIV  ePn     19:50:42.51  -5.3X  11.7  94 g:3.0-2 1.0 3.5  b:1.4+1 .60 5.3X KIV 
 CSS  ePn     19:50:54.33   1.0   12.1 152 g:3.7-2 1.3 3.5  b:3.7+1 1.3 5.4X CSS 
 GNI  ePn     19:51:30.68   3.7X  14.5 107 b:1.3+1 1.0 4.4X                  GNI 
 KONO ePn     19:52:00.05   0.0   17.1 330 b:2.0+1 .97 4.2                   KONO
 NAO01ePn     19:52:04.63  -1.5   17.6 334 g:2.2-2 .85 3.8  b:1.4+1 .70 4.2  NAO0
 ARU  eP      19:52:59.64  -0.9   22.5  50 g:4.7-2 .80 4.3  b:3.1+1 .50 5.0  ARU 
 ABKAReP      19:53:02.44  -0.3   22.7  69 g:2.4-2 .75 4.1  b:1.0+1 .48 4.6  ABKA
 ARE0 eP      19:53:11.51  -1.3   23.8 359                                   ARE0
 BRVK eP      19:54:01.82   1.6   29.0  60 g:8.3-3 .90 3.7  b:6.1+0 .70 4.4  BRVK
 KKAR eP      19:54:20.65   0.4   31.2  79 b:1.9+0 .55 4.1                   KKAR
 EKS2 eP      19:54:42.33   0.9   33.6  78 b:4.9+0 .70 4.5                   EKS2
 KBL  qP      19:54:45.04  -0.1   34.0  94 b:1.5+0 .68 4.0                   KBL 
 KURK eP      19:54:47.26  -0.8   34.4  63 b:3.1+0 .90 4.2                   KURK
      ePP     19:55:59.56  -3.6X
 AAK  eP      19:54:47.46   1.7   34.1  78 b:8.6+0 .80 4.7                   AAK 
 TKM2 eP      19:54:51.97   0.6   34.8  77 b:3.4+0 .95 4.3                   TKM2
 MK31 eP      19:55:18.32   0.9   37.9  68                                   MK31
 DBIC eP      19:56:34.33  -1.5   47.5 224 b:3.0+1 1.3 5.1                   DBIC
 TLY  eP      19:56:48.83   1.9   49.0  54 b:9.0+0 .93 4.8                   TLY 
 ULN  eP      19:57:15.55   0.3   52.7  57 b:1.2+0 .55 4.1                   ULN 
 PALK eP      19:58:09.62   0.1   60.3 112 b:9.6+0 .47 5.2                   PALK
 CHTO eP      19:58:38.08  -0.1   64.6  89 b:1.3+1 .80 5.1                   CHTO
 CM31 eP      19:58:39.83   0.0   64.9  89 b:1.3+1 .88 5.0                   CM31
 TSUM eP      19:58:41.56  -0.7   65.2 189 b:2.7+0 1.0 4.3                   TSUM
 COLD eP      19:58:55.79   1.5   67.2 359 b:1.9+0 .76 4.3                   COLD
 LBTB eP      19:59:15.36   0.0   70.5 181 b:1.0+1 .88 4.9                   LBTB
 TRF  eP      19:59:16.59  -1.4   71.0 358 b:1.7+1 1.5 4.9                   TRF 
 PPLA eP      19:59:19.34  -2.2   71.6 359 b:1.1+1 1.1 4.8                   PPLA
 YSS  eP      19:59:23.95   0.0   72.0  40 b:1.3+1 .98 4.9                   YSS 
 BOSA eP      19:59:36.38  -0.4   74.1 181 b:7.5+0 .95 4.7                   BOSA
 YHNB qP      19:59:48.14   0.5   76.0  69                                   YHNB
 SUR  qP      20:00:02.38   3.3X  78.0 185 b:8.2+0 .81 4.8                   SUR 



 Generated 2008 SEP  6 at 20:47 UTC

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


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