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Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake: Near Coast Of Ecuador

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sat Apr 16th 2016 23:58:37 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.8 mww) located in Near Coast Of Ecuador. Seismic region Andean South America.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station USGCB in the network is 5,244.8 km.

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Details

Time:Sat Apr 16th 2016 23:58:37 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.8 mww
Location:(0.3715,-79.9398)
Depth:19.2 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:984629,999330
nass,ndef:79,0
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
MONP2_HHZ47.261°125.95°P2016-04-17 00:07:10.7893 UTC24.9671.731iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985289
JFN4_HHZ47.561°126.37°P2016-04-17 00:07:13.9882 UTC-12.597iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985326
JFS4_HHZ47.562°126.36°P2016-04-17 00:07:13.7891 UTC-12.393iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985327
TR04_HHZ47.563°126.32°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.2042 UTC-12.8iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985328
TR03_HHZ47.567°126.33°P2016-04-17 00:07:13.8321 UTC-12.393iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985329
TR02_HHZ47.568°126.35°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.2459 UTC-12.8iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985330
TR01_HHZ47.569°126.35°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.1481 UTC42.5552.698iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985295
LVA2_HHZ47.626°126.15°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.6456 UTC73.7622.749iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985288
TRO_HHZ47.636°126.41°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.7259 UTC71.6172.749iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985292
PFO_HHZ47.711°126.45°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.4429 UTC-11.884iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985342
CPE_HHZ47.726°125.27°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.4008 UTC-11.731iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985344
FRD_HHZ47.738°126.22°P2016-04-17 00:07:15.3109 UTC55.222.546iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985291
TFRD_HHZ47.738°126.22°P2016-04-17 00:07:14.8531 UTC-12.087iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985346
JORD_HHZ47.754°126.16°P2016-04-17 00:07:15.5332 UTC65.342.647iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985296
SND_HHZ47.779°126.25°P2016-04-17 00:07:15.3235 UTC-12.24iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985349
BZN_HHZ47.78°126.15°P2016-04-17 00:07:15.5837 UTC43.5322.495iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985298
WMC_HHZ47.833°126.2°P2016-04-17 00:07:15.3379 UTC-11.833iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985353
TMSP_HHZ47.865°126.23°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.2918 UTC-12.546iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985354
CRY_HHZ47.871°126.13°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.1869 UTC57.582.393iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985297
GVAR1_HHZ47.91°126.24°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.6413 UTC-12.546iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985357
RRSP_HHZ47.923°126.19°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.7951 UTC-12.597iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985359
KNW_HHZ47.941°126.27°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.8878 UTC-12.546iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985360
RHIL_HHZ47.957°126.18°P2016-04-17 00:07:17.0604 UTC-12.597iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985362
BCCC_HHZ47.968°126.12°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.2798 UTC-11.731iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985364
RDM_HHZ47.983°126.07°P2016-04-17 00:07:16.0905 UTC-11.426iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985365
SMER_HHZ48.1°125.62°P2016-04-17 00:07:17.4056 UTC-11.833iasp91dbp:jtytell:161985368

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