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Phase Data

Explanation of Parameters


      1 DEC 2008  (336)

     ot  = 10:18:38.74   +/-   0.52              IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION         
     lat =      35.440   +/-    9.0
     lon =      46.109   +/-    4.3              MAGNITUDE 5.0 (GS)       
     dep =        10.0  (geophysicist)

     65 km (40 miles) E of As-Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (pop 364,000)
     85 km (50 miles) W of Sanandaj, Iran (pop 277,000)
     90 km (55 miles) S of Saqqez, Iran (pop 115,000)
     280 km (175 miles) NNE of BAGHDAD, Iraq

     nph =   42 of  46    se = 1.06    FE=346                            A   

     error ellipse = (181.2,  0.0, 11.8; 91.2,  0.0,  5.6;  0.0,  0.0,  0.0)

 mb = 5.0 ( 31)  ML = 4.7 (  1)  mblg = 3.9 (  4)  md = 0.0 (  0)  MS = 0.0 (  0)

 sta  phase     arrival     res   dist azm    amp  per mag     amp  per mag  sta
 GNI  ePn     10:19:55.27   3.7    4.8 347 d:2.2+2     5.7X L:7.4-1 .95 4.7  GNI 
                                           g:6.1-1 .95 4.2 
 KIV  qPn     10:20:46.03  -1.5    8.9 344 d:2.8+1     5.5X L:5.4-2 1.0 4.3X KIV 
                                           g:5.1-2 1.0 3.6  b:5.1+1 1.0 5.8X
 BR131qPn     10:21:14.06   0.8   10.8 297 g:1.7-2 .90 3.3  b:1.7+1 .90 5.4X BR13
 ABKARePn     10:22:37.64  -0.6   17.1  32                                   ABKA
 KBL  eP      10:22:59.98   1.3   18.8  86 b:1.6+1 1.1 4.1                   KBL 
 AKBB eP      10:23:04.80  -1.5   19.5 326                                   AKBB
 KIEV eP      10:23:05.27  -1.1   19.5 326 b:1.8+1 .70 4.5                   KIEV
 BUR08P       10:23:09.25   0.3   19.8 314                                   BUR0
 KKAR eP      10:23:16.04   0.9   20.3  61                                   KKAR
 OBN  eP      10:23:18.46  -0.9   20.8 344 b:1.9+2 .80 5.5                   OBN 
 TIR  ePn     10:23:26.75   0.6   21.4 294 b:1.4+2 1.1 5.3                   TIR 
      P       10:23:32.15   2.9X
 KWP  e       10:23:35.82   0.7   22.2 317 g:4.8-2 .95 4.2  b:4.8+1 .95 4.9  KWP 
 ARU  eP      10:23:39.00  -0.7   22.6  18 b:8.5+1 1.2 5.1                   ARU 
 EKS2 eP      10:23:40.12   0.6   22.6  63 b:7.0+0 .85 4.2                   EKS2
 AAK  eP      10:23:44.09  -1.0   23.1  63 b:3.3+1 1.0 4.8                   AAK 
      P       10:23:49.31   3.7X
 PSZ  eP      10:23:44.33  -0.2   23.1 311 b:5.0+1 1.0 5.0                   PSZ 
 NIL  eP      10:23:44.96   7.5X  22.4  87 b:6.8+1 1.0 5.1                   NIL 
 TKM2 eP      10:23:54.10   0.7   24.0  63 b:9.1+0 1.0 4.3                   TKM2
 OJC  eP      10:23:54.52  -0.1   24.1 316 b:1.5+1 .60 4.8                   OJC 
 CUC  eP      10:23:56.14  -0.5   24.3 290 b:6.0+1 1.2 5.1                   CUC 
 CEL  eP      10:23:56.45   0.1   24.3 286 b:7.3+1 .80 5.3                   CEL 
 SUW  eP      10:23:57.75  -0.3   24.5 326 b:1.7+2 1.1 5.6                   SUW 
 BRVK eP      10:23:58.20   0.1   24.5  37 b:9.8+0 .80 4.5                   BRVK
 MORC eP      10:24:04.77  -0.1   25.3 313 b:2.2+1 .90 4.9                   MORC
 DPC  eP      10:24:13.81   0.3   26.2 314 b:3.4+1 1.0 5.0                   DPC 
 AQU  eP      10:24:15.52   1.4   26.3 295 b:7.6+1 1.0 5.3                   AQU 
 KHC  eP      10:24:24.33  -0.4   27.4 310 b:4.6+1 1.7 4.9                   KHC 
 KURK eP      10:24:28.87  -0.3   28.0  47 b:5.2+0 .80 4.4                   KURK
 MK31 P       10:24:40.70  -0.4   29.3  56                                   MK31
 TUE  eP      10:24:44.04  -0.3   29.6 303 b:5.3+1 1.8 5.1                   TUE 
 KEST eP      10:24:47.18   1.4   29.8 281                                   KEST
 SENINeP      10:24:56.02  -0.6   31.0 303 b:8.0+1 1.8 5.3                   SENI
 BNI  eP      10:24:58.05  -1.2   31.3 300 b:4.5+1 .90 5.4                   BNI 
 ZAA0 P       10:25:10.95   0.5   32.6  43                                   ZAA0
 TAM  P       10:25:53.04   1.1   37.4 261 b:3.0+1 1.1 5.0                   TAM 
 ESLA P       10:26:08.80  -0.8   39.5 292 b:1.7+0 .75 3.8X                  ESLA
 ULN  P       10:27:02.38  -0.5   46.1  55 b:1.3+1 1.0 4.9                   ULN 
 CHTO P       10:27:26.23  -1.8   49.3  95 b:2.3+1 1.0 5.1                   CHTO
 DBIC P       10:28:07.52  -1.1   54.7 251 b:1.1+1 .78 5.0                   DBIC
 YHNB P       10:29:17.16   0.3   64.6  77 b:3.1+1 1.0 5.4                   YHNB
 COLA P       10:30:43.69  -1.0   79.4   6 b:1.5+1 1.0 4.9                   COLA
 MENT P       10:30:57.50   0.7   81.6   5                                   MENT
 SML  P       10:31:01.94   1.2   82.4   7 b:2.0+0 .66 4.4                   SML 
 BAR  P       10:33:14.32   3.9X 110.3 345                                   BAR 



 Generated 2008 DEC  1 at 10:41 UTC

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


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