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Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake: Off Coast Of Northern California

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Thu Dec 8th 2016 14:49:46 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.5 mwb) located in Off Coast Of Northern California. Seismic region California - Nevada Region.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 1,031.0 km.

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Details

Time:Thu Dec 8th 2016 14:49:46 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.5 mwb
Location:(40.4753,-126.1528)
Depth:12.1 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:1195408,1230582
nass,ndef:76,0
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
SMER_HHZ10.027°316.99°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:09.0227 UTC46.405-1.515iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288195
RDM_HHZ10.089°315.4°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:10.6109 UTC83.326-0.776iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288196
BCCC_HHZ10.099°315.23°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:10.8258 UTC95.626-0.694iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288197
RHIL_HHZ10.103°315.02°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:10.8602 UTC-1-0.721iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288325
KNW_HHZ10.109°314.69°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:11.1635 UTC74.225-0.502iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288200
RRSP_HHZ10.137°315.02°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:11.4181 UTC-1-0.63iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288328
GVAR1_HHZ10.146°314.87°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:11.34 UTC63.876-0.83iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288214
TMSP_HHZ10.194°314.99°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:12.3274 UTC-1-0.506iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288334
CRY_HHZ10.199°315.35°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:12.072 UTC122.78-0.83iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288199
WMC_HHZ10.23°315.15°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:12.6698 UTC-1-0.655iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288332
SND_HHZ10.282°315.06°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:13.3679 UTC83.751-0.666iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288202
BZN_HHZ10.293°315.45°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:13.4769 UTC21.766-0.709iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288235
JORD_HHZ10.32°315.46°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:13.8198 UTC5.6738-0.731iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288204
TFRD_HHZ10.329°315.26°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:14.0522 UTC-1-0.622iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288337
FRD_HHZ10.329°315.26°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:13.9659 UTC19.255-0.709iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288236
PFO_HHZ10.331°314.42°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:14.2099 UTC-1-0.491iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288339
TRO_HHZ10.413°314.68°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:15.4373 UTC52.005-0.386iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288211
LVA2_HHZ10.455°315.7°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:15.806 UTC14.613-0.593iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288209
CPE_HHZ10.486°318.91°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:16.7364 UTC34.139-0.091iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288213
TR01_HHZ10.491°315.03°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:16.2117 UTC-1-0.681iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288349
TR02_HHZ10.492°315.06°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:16.2297 UTC-1-0.681iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288350
TR03_HHZ10.495°315.11°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:16.1445 UTC-1-0.799iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288352
TR04_HHZ10.501°315.15°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:16.4331 UTC-1-0.593iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288354
MONP2_HHZ10.868°317.01°Pn2016-12-08 14:52:21.4046 UTC-1-0.649iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631288362

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