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Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake: New Ireland Region, P.n.g.

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sat Dec 17th 2016 10:51:12 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.9 mww) located in New Ireland Region, P.n.g.. Seismic region Bismarck And Solomon Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station SCI2 in the network is 10,110.8 km.

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Details

Time:Sat Dec 17th 2016 10:51:12 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.9 mww
Location:(-4.5091,153.4495)
Depth:103.2 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:1204256,1239955
nass,ndef:60,0
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
SOL_HHZ91.859°265.83°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:09.6891 UTC-10.075iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296548
CPE_HHZ91.982°265.91°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:10.5551 UTC-10.395iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296552
RDM_HHZ92.248°266.08°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.0866 UTC-1-0.254iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296562
BCCC_HHZ92.28°266.1°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.3331 UTC-1-0.149iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296563
CRY_HHZ92.336°266.14°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.7873 UTC-10.059iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296567
RRSP_HHZ92.34°266.14°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.9052 UTC-10.159iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296543
KNW_HHZ92.367°266.16°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.6321 UTC-1-0.234iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296568
GVAR1_HHZ92.368°266.16°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.1843 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296569
WMC_HHZ92.389°266.17°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:11.7311 UTC-1-0.23iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296570
BZN_HHZ92.389°266.17°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.0832 UTC-10.118iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296571
JORD_HHZ92.406°266.18°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.0621 UTC-10.021iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296572
SND_HHZ92.438°266.21°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.3087 UTC-10.126iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296576
FRD_HHZ92.444°266.21°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.3819 UTC-10.177iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296579
TFRD_HHZ92.444°266.21°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.2826 UTC-10.077iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296580
LVA2_HHZ92.468°266.23°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.5938 UTC-10.28iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296582
MONP2_HHZ92.554°266.28°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:13.2888 UTC-10.593iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296584
TR04_HHZ92.584°266.3°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.8788 UTC-10.051iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296594
TR03_HHZ92.587°266.3°P2016-12-17 11:04:12.5445 UTC-10.199iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296595
TR02_HHZ92.593°266.31°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:12.8701 UTC-10.003iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296596
TR01_HHZ92.596°266.31°PcP2016-12-17 11:04:13.0332 UTC-10.152iasp91dbp:jtytell:1631296597

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