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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Apr 6th 2016 06:58:50 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.9 mwp) 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 9,514.4 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Apr 6th 2016 06:58:50 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.9 mwp
Location:(-14.1101,166.5675)
Depth:33.7 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:975252,989399
nass,ndef:63,0
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_HHZ86.424°250.67°P2016-04-06 07:11:24.5824 UTC-1-4.662iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976035
CPE_HHZ86.553°250.74°P2016-04-06 07:11:25.7501 UTC8.7139-4.127iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975692
SMER_HHZ86.689°250.68°P2016-04-06 07:11:26.629 UTC9.6928-3.913iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975690
RDM_HHZ87°250.85°P2016-04-06 07:11:27.8211 UTC10.507-4.234iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975698
BCCC_HHZ87.035°250.87°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.3106 UTC8.9435-3.913iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975706
CRY_HHZ87.066°250.92°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.1401 UTC8.5335-4.234iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975704
RHIL_HHZ87.074°250.89°P2016-04-06 07:11:27.8602 UTC-1-4.555iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976047
RRSP_HHZ87.092°250.91°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.6966 UTC-1-3.806iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976049
MONP2_HHZ87.096°251.12°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.0354 UTC10.48-3.485iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975713
BZN_HHZ87.097°250.96°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.1844 UTC10.05-4.341iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975694
JORD_HHZ87.108°250.97°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.9871 UTC10.999-3.592iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975701
WMC_HHZ87.118°250.95°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.6761 UTC8.4006-2.95iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975711
GVAR1_HHZ87.123°250.93°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.4167 UTC-1-4.234iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976052
TMSP_HHZ87.128°250.94°P2016-04-06 07:11:27.6908 UTC-1-4.983iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976053
KNW_HHZ87.135°250.92°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.365 UTC11.835-4.341iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975714
LVA2_HHZ87.135°251.03°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.116 UTC15.453-3.592iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975702
FRD_HHZ87.149°251°P2016-04-06 07:11:28.6506 UTC9.6554-4.127iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975696
SND_HHZ87.16°250.99°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.7702 UTC-1-3.057iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976055
TR04_HHZ87.257°251.1°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.4923 UTC-1-3.806iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976062
TR03_HHZ87.263°251.1°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.7334 UTC-1-3.592iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976063
TR02_HHZ87.271°251.1°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.986 UTC-1-3.378iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976065
TR01_HHZ87.275°251.11°P2016-04-06 07:11:29.7915 UTC7.8776-3.592iasp91dbp:jtytell:160975720
JFS4_HHZ87.282°251.11°P2016-04-06 07:11:30.2557 UTC-1-3.164iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976067
JFN4_HHZ87.285°251.11°P2016-04-06 07:11:30.0562 UTC-1-3.378iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976068
PFO_HHZ87.3°251.07°P2016-04-06 07:11:30.34 UTC-1-3.164iasp91dbp:jtytell:160976073

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