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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake: New Britain Region, P.n.g.

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Thu Mar 29th 2018 21:25:36 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.9 mww) located in New Britain Region, P.n.g.. Seismic region Bismarck And Solomon Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station SCI2 in the network is 10,356.1 km.

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Details

Time:Thu Mar 29th 2018 21:25:36 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.9 mww
Location:(-5.4748,151.442)
Depth:35.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:1622673,1695111
nass,ndef:66,0
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_HHZ94.169°266.19°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:52.6954 UTC33.820.899iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714720
CPE_HHZ94.186°266.18°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:52.9719 UTC38.951.1iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714687
RDM_HHZ94.449°266.38°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.7253 UTC53.730.687iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714689
RHIL_HHZ94.515°266.42°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.829 UTC-10.497iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714748
CRY_HHZ94.537°266.43°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:54.1261 UTC41.8580.699iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714693
RRSP_HHZ94.541°266.44°P2018-03-29 21:38:53.1984 UTC-1-0.004iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714751
KNW_HHZ94.567°266.46°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.5687 UTC70.5170.007iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714691
TMSP_HHZ94.587°266.47°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:54.6533 UTC-11.003iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714753
WMC_HHZ94.59°266.47°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.9187 UTC47.9070.258iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714706
BZN_HHZ94.591°266.47°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.9745 UTC31.880.308iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714718
JORD_HHZ94.608°266.48°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.7048 UTC45.055-0.038iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714697
SND_HHZ94.64°266.5°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:53.9482 UTC29.4010.065iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714714
FRD_HHZ94.645°266.5°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:54.2213 UTC35.0990.314iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714712
LVA2_HHZ94.67°266.51°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:54.3362 UTC32.5560.318iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714710
MONP2_HHZ94.759°266.55°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:54.7397 UTC62.5470.328iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714724
PFO_HHZ94.771°266.59°P2018-03-29 21:38:54.3478 UTC-10.096iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714764
TRO_HHZ94.794°266.6°PcP2018-03-29 21:38:55.495 UTC48.5760.929iasp91dbp:rrodd:180881714726

External resources

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