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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sun Apr 3rd 2016 08:23:53 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.9 mww) located in Vanuatu Islands. Seismic region New Hebrides Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station SCI2 in the network is 9,507.9 km.

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Details

Time:Sun Apr 3rd 2016 08:23:53 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.9 mww
Location:(-14.3519,166.8205)
Depth:35.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:973236,987961
nass,ndef:71,0
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_HHZ86.363°250.33°P2016-04-03 08:36:29.8087 UTC-1-2.497iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974052
CPE_HHZ86.492°250.4°P2016-04-03 08:36:30.6772 UTC-1-2.262iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974056
SMER_HHZ86.632°250.34°P2016-04-03 08:36:31.0058 UTC-1-2.615iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974060
RDM_HHZ86.943°250.51°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.464 UTC12.64-1.673iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972879
BCCC_HHZ86.978°250.53°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.1622 UTC9.8224-2.144iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972881
CRY_HHZ87.008°250.58°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.6631 UTC10.412-1.791iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972891
RHIL_HHZ87.017°250.55°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.3547 UTC-1-2.144iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974071
MONP2_HHZ87.034°250.79°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.6709 UTC9.0629-1.909iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972895
BZN_HHZ87.039°250.62°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.5768 UTC8.3397-2.026iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972887
JORD_HHZ87.05°250.63°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.6296 UTC8.7637-2.026iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972889
WMC_HHZ87.06°250.61°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.4442 UTC8.9182-2.262iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972885
GVAR1_HHZ87.066°250.59°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.4719 UTC-1-2.262iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974075
TMSP_HHZ87.07°250.6°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.2586 UTC-1-2.497iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974076
LVA2_HHZ87.076°250.69°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.8724 UTC8.8324-1.909iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972883
KNW_HHZ87.078°250.58°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.2935 UTC9.7435-2.497iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972897
FRD_HHZ87.091°250.66°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.8288 UTC8.3164-2.026iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972893
SND_HHZ87.102°250.65°P2016-04-03 08:36:33.6445 UTC-1-2.262iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974078
TR04_HHZ87.198°250.76°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.228 UTC-1-2.145iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974084
TR03_HHZ87.204°250.76°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.1711 UTC-1-2.229iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974086
TR02_HHZ87.212°250.76°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.2097 UTC-1-2.229iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974087
TR01_HHZ87.216°250.77°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.2296 UTC-1-2.229iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974088
JFS4_HHZ87.223°250.77°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.434 UTC-1-2.06iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974090
JFN4_HHZ87.226°250.77°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.4486 UTC-1-2.06iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974091
TRO_HHZ87.239°250.75°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.6798 UTC9.177-1.892iasp91dbp:jtytell:160972876
PFO_HHZ87.242°250.73°P2016-04-03 08:36:34.524 UTC-1-2.06iasp91dbp:jtytell:160974095

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