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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake: Alaska Peninsula

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sat Apr 2nd 2016 05:50:00 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.2 mb) located in Alaska Peninsula. Seismic region Alaska - Aleutian Arc.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 3,952.3 km.

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Details

Time:Sat Apr 2nd 2016 05:50:00 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.2 mb
Location:(57.0255,-157.8965)
Depth:17.9 km
Author:USGS:ak
evid,orid:972419,987986
nass,ndef:72,0
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_HHZ36.232°323.07°pP2016-04-02 05:57:05.5161 UTC-1-1.797iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974120
RDM_HHZ36.257°322.82°pP2016-04-02 05:57:06.1743 UTC56.146-1.35iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972063
KNW_HHZ36.258°322.7°pP2016-04-02 05:57:05.8889 UTC31.762-1.648iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972061
RHIL_HHZ36.261°322.76°pP2016-04-02 05:57:06.1597 UTC-1-1.4iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974121
BCCC_HHZ36.262°322.79°pP2016-04-02 05:57:06.0201 UTC51.588-1.549iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972062
RRSP_HHZ36.294°322.76°pP2016-04-02 05:57:06.5405 UTC-1-1.304iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974124
GVAR1_HHZ36.299°322.74°pP2016-04-02 05:57:06.3517 UTC-1-1.533iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974125
TMSP_HHZ36.349°322.77°pP2016-04-02 05:57:07.126 UTC-1-1.19iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974127
CRY_HHZ36.364°322.83°pP2016-04-02 05:57:07.1728 UTC46.273-1.266iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972066
WMC_HHZ36.389°322.8°pP2016-04-02 05:57:07.386 UTC39.709-1.267iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972064
SND_HHZ36.437°322.8°pP2016-04-02 05:57:07.8754 UTC21.899-1.191iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972067
BZN_HHZ36.458°322.87°pP2016-04-02 05:57:08.0152 UTC32.95-1.229iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972069
PFO_HHZ36.467°322.7°pP2016-04-02 05:57:07.7475 UTC26.074-1.573iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972065
JORD_HHZ36.485°322.88°pP2016-04-02 05:57:08.2791 UTC32.695-1.191iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972071
FRD_HHZ36.488°322.84°pP2016-04-02 05:57:08.0806 UTC31.437-1.42iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972068
TRO_HHZ36.554°322.76°pP2016-04-02 05:57:08.9879 UTC40.918-1.077iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972073
LVA2_HHZ36.623°322.95°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.6096 UTC21.065-1.04iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972060
TR01_HHZ36.641°322.84°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.5693 UTC22.362-1.231iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972081
TR02_HHZ36.643°322.84°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.5099 UTC-1-1.307iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974145
JFN4_HHZ36.646°322.83°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.4208 UTC-1-1.422iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974146
JFS4_HHZ36.646°322.83°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.5004 UTC-1-1.345iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974147
TR03_HHZ36.646°322.85°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.5799 UTC-1-1.269iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974148
TR04_HHZ36.654°322.86°pP2016-04-02 05:57:09.7938 UTC-1-1.116iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974149
CPE_HHZ36.721°323.51°pP2016-04-02 05:57:10.2918 UTC-1-1.193iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974152
MONP2_HHZ37.06°323.27°pP2016-04-02 05:57:13.368 UTC-1-1.006iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974159

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