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Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake: Nepal

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sat Apr 25th 2015 06:11:26 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.8 mww) located in Nepal. Seismic region India - Tibet - Szechwan -yunan.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 12,735.9 km.

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Details

Time:Sat Apr 25th 2015 06:11:26 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.8 mww
Location:(28.1473,84.7079)
Depth:15.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:33829,114306
nass,ndef:87,0
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
KNW_HHZ114.894°339.21°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:22.6084 UTC-10.942iasp91dbp:rt:15115704715
BCCC_HHZ114.928°339.11°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:22.6727 UTC-10.857iasp91dbp:rt:15115704716
RDM_HHZ114.933°339.07°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:21.0923 UTC-1-0.744iasp91dbp:rt:15115704712
RRSP_HHZ114.945°339.17°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:24.7769 UTC-12.887iasp91dbp:rt:15115704724
TMSP_HHZ114.992°339.22°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:20.965 UTC-1-1.136iasp91dbp:rt:15115704711
SMER_HHZ114.997°338.74°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:25.9832 UTC-13.863iasp91dbp:rt:15115704728
CRY_HHZ115.026°339.16°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:24.4498 UTC-12.2iasp91dbp:rt:15115704720
WMC_HHZ115.037°339.22°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:24.4705 UTC-12.172iasp91dbp:rt:15115704721
PFO_HHZ115.064°339.42°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:25.4939 UTC-13.073iasp91dbp:rt:15115704726
SND_HHZ115.075°339.27°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:24.5444 UTC-12.075iasp91dbp:rt:15115704723
SCI2_HHZ115.089°337.45°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:35.1417 UTC-112.612iasp91dbp:rt:15115704782
BZN_HHZ115.116°339.21°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:23.0324 UTC-10.383iasp91dbp:rt:15115704717
FRD_HHZ115.132°339.27°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:28.0625 UTC-15.341iasp91dbp:rt:15115704742
TFRD_HHZ115.132°339.27°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:27.8317 UTC-15.111iasp91dbp:rt:15115704739
TRO_HHZ115.157°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:31.5255 UTC-18.693iasp91dbp:rt:15115704762
JFN2_HHZ115.257°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:36.9409 UTC-113.663iasp91dbp:rt:15115704788
JFN4_HHZ115.257°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:38.1211 UTC-114.846iasp91dbp:rt:15115704792
JF00_HHZ115.258°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:28.0724 UTC-14.794iasp91dbp:rt:15115704743
JFS2_HHZ115.258°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:36.6463 UTC-113.367iasp91dbp:rt:15115704786
JFS3_HHZ115.258°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:33.1025 UTC-19.823iasp91dbp:rt:15115704771
JFS1_HHZ115.258°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:39.3042 UTC-116.025iasp91dbp:rt:15115704794
JFS4_HHZ115.258°339.44°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:39.0097 UTC-115.729iasp91dbp:rt:15115704793
TR02_HHZ115.258°339.43°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:36.9422 UTC-113.662iasp91dbp:rt:15115704789
TR03_HHZ115.264°339.42°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:34.8869 UTC-111.578iasp91dbp:rt:15115704781
TR04_HHZ115.274°339.42°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:21.745 UTC-1-1.605iasp91dbp:rt:15115704714
LVA2_HHZ115.278°339.28°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:23.3427 UTC-1-0.026iasp91dbp:rt:15115704718
HWB_HHZ115.463°338.86°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:34.0856 UTC-19.896iasp91dbp:rt:15115704777
CPE_HHZ115.547°338.71°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:28.6259 UTC-14.064iasp91dbp:rt:15115704747
SOL_HHZ115.547°338.57°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:33.3961 UTC-18.831iasp91dbp:rt:15115704773
MONP2_HHZ115.749°339.34°pPdiff2015-04-25 06:26:29.0135 UTC-13.554iasp91dbp:rt:15115704749

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