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Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake: North Of Ascension Island

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Mon Aug 29th 2016 04:29:57 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.1 mww) located in North Of Ascension Island. Seismic region Atlantic Ocean.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station USGCB in the network is 10,791.3 km.

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Details

Time:Mon Aug 29th 2016 04:29:57 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.1 mww
Location:(-0.0406,-17.8261)
Depth:10.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:1104584,1130230
nass,ndef:50,0
Authoritative:y

Proximity to Population Centers

Event and active stations

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

Seismic waveforms for closest station

Closest station with identified signal. Not filtered.

Seismic waveforms for vertical channels in network

Subset of several stations close to the event. Not filtered.

Signal description at some stations

STA_CHANS-E DeltaS-E AzimuthPhase TimeSignal/NoiseTime ResidualV. ModelAutharid
JFN4_HHZ97.171°85.29°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.1357 UTC-113.338iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170010
JFS4_HHZ97.174°85.28°pP2016-08-29 04:43:46.9983 UTC-113.189iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170011
TR01_HHZ97.182°85.28°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.1336 UTC-113.288iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170013
TRO_HHZ97.183°85.26°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.788 UTC-113.934iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170014
TR02_HHZ97.185°85.28°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.247 UTC-113.387iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170015
TR03_HHZ97.191°85.28°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.6223 UTC-113.735iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170016
TR04_HHZ97.194°85.28°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.6362 UTC-113.735iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170017
PFO_HHZ97.204°85.23°pP2016-08-29 04:43:47.831 UTC-113.884iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170022
MONP2_HHZ97.232°85.34°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.1054 UTC-114.032iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170026
LVA2_HHZ97.311°85.21°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.3574 UTC-113.934iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170027
TFRD_HHZ97.333°85.16°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.4552 UTC-113.934iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170030
FRD_HHZ97.333°85.16°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.4056 UTC-113.884iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170029
SND_HHZ97.337°85.15°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.3742 UTC-113.834iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170031
JORD_HHZ97.37°85.14°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.6229 UTC-113.934iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170034
WMC_HHZ97.386°85.11°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.4961 UTC-113.735iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170035
BZN_HHZ97.387°85.13°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.6477 UTC-113.884iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170036
TMSP_HHZ97.387°85.1°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.8 UTC-114.033iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170037
GVAR1_HHZ97.405°85.08°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.5792 UTC-113.735iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170038
KNW_HHZ97.405°85.07°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.4812 UTC-113.636iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170039
CRY_HHZ97.439°85.08°pP2016-08-29 04:43:48.8807 UTC-113.884iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170040
RHIL_HHZ97.458°85.05°pP2016-08-29 04:43:49.2637 UTC-114.182iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170041
CPE_HHZ97.804°84.96°pP2016-08-29 04:43:50.2121 UTC-113.584iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170050
SMER_HHZ97.808°84.85°pP2016-08-29 04:43:49.7849 UTC-113.137iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621170051

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