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Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake: Southeast Of Loyalty Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Fri Aug 12th 2016 01:26:35 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.2 mww) located in Southeast Of Loyalty Islands. Seismic region New Hebrides Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 9,602.2 km.

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Details

Time:Fri Aug 12th 2016 01:26:35 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.2 mww
Location:(-22.4953,173.1114)
Depth:9.9 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:1091430,1115621
nass,ndef:60,0
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
CPE_HHZ86.541°240.29°P2016-08-12 01:39:18.5342 UTC-10.134iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151012
SMER_HHZ86.775°240.23°P2016-08-12 01:39:19.6804 UTC-10.134iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151013
MONP2_HHZ87.041°240.68°P2016-08-12 01:39:20.6084 UTC28.203-0.233iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150080
RDM_HHZ87.094°240.4°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.4531 UTC34.6940.354iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150072
BCCC_HHZ87.129°240.43°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.3302 UTC33.6960.061iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150076
CRY_HHZ87.142°240.47°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.8568 UTC27.1930.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150071
BZN_HHZ87.157°240.51°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.9275 UTC27.870.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150074
JORD_HHZ87.163°240.53°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.0185 UTC32.3950.584iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150075
LVA2_HHZ87.165°240.58°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.9656 UTC30.2070.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150073
RHIL_HHZ87.171°240.45°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.2932 UTC-10.823iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151020
RRSP_HHZ87.183°240.47°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.0548 UTC-10.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151021
WMC_HHZ87.192°240.51°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.454 UTC19.4880.882iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150079
FRD_HHZ87.206°240.55°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.2223 UTC22.8640.584iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150077
TFRD_HHZ87.206°240.55°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.4016 UTC-10.763iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151022
TMSP_HHZ87.21°240.5°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.4811 UTC-10.823iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151023
GVAR1_HHZ87.214°240.48°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.5629 UTC23.4590.882iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150081
SND_HHZ87.226°240.54°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.7836 UTC15.1330.047iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150101
KNW_HHZ87.234°240.48°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.3001 UTC23.750.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150078
TR04_HHZ87.287°240.66°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.2554 UTC-10.226iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151027
TR03_HHZ87.294°240.66°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.8127 UTC-1-0.252iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151029
TR02_HHZ87.303°240.66°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.274 UTC-10.166iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151031
TR01_HHZ87.307°240.66°P2016-08-12 01:39:21.5804 UTC20.419-0.55iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150083
JFS4_HHZ87.314°240.67°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.329 UTC-10.166iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151032
JFN4_HHZ87.317°240.67°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.2253 UTC-10.047iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151033
TRO_HHZ87.348°240.65°P2016-08-12 01:39:22.5506 UTC-10.226iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621151035
PFO_HHZ87.367°240.63°P2016-08-12 01:39:23.2379 UTC22.4990.823iasp91dbp:jtytell:1621150085

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