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Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake: Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Mar 2nd 2016 12:49:48 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.8 mww) located in Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia. Seismic region Sunda Arc.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 15,397.9 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Mar 2nd 2016 12:49:48 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.8 mww
Location:(-4.9082,94.275)
Depth:24.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:948575,960763
nass,ndef:38,0
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
RDM_HHZ139.249°307.92°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:07.2731 UTC23.904-5.493iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947226
BCCC_HHZ139.263°307.97°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:06.9189 UTC-1-5.873iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947448
KNW_HHZ139.286°308.15°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:07.8073 UTC22.226-5.026iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947227
RRSP_HHZ139.307°308.06°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:06.8523 UTC-1-6.019iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947447
GVAR1_HHZ139.319°308.11°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:09.4532 UTC15.365-3.44iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947229
CRY_HHZ139.361°307.98°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:09.9596 UTC-1-3.009iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947452
TMSP_HHZ139.365°308.1°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:10.1035 UTC-1-2.873iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947453
JORD_HHZ139.479°308°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:08.301 UTC-1-4.881iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947455
FRD_HHZ139.494°308.07°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:09.6046 UTC-1-3.603iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947456
PFO_HHZ139.515°308.35°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:07.8628 UTC-1-5.383iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947459
LVA2_HHZ139.609°307.99°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:10.0399 UTC-1-3.375iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947468
TR01_HHZ139.662°308.23°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:10.5465 UTC-1-2.964iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947469
TR03_HHZ139.664°308.2°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:07.8113 UTC-1-5.702iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947471
TR04_HHZ139.669°308.19°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:08.2308 UTC-1-5.292iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947470
MONP2_HHZ139.983°307.72°PKPdf2016-03-02 13:09:10.9863 UTC-1-3.101iasp91dbp:jtytell:160947475

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