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Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake: Southern California

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Jan 6th 2016 14:42:34 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 4.53 mw) located in Southern California. Seismic region California - Nevada Region.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station WRDG in the network is 29.3 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Jan 6th 2016 14:42:34 (UTC)
Magnitude:4.53 mw
Location:(33.9583,-116.8877)
Depth:16.7 km
Author:USGS:ci
evid,orid:902041,912075
nass,ndef:91,131
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
KNW_HHZ0.285°329.17°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:40.7284 UTC14770-0.312iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902113
KNW_HHE0.285°329.17°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:45.0612 UTC-1-0.464iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902186
RHIL_HHN0.301°341.29°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:46.1437 UTC-10.139iasp91dbp:rt:16006902187
RHIL_HHZ0.301°341.29°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:41.2123 UTC-1-0.112iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902172
RDM_HHZ0.33°354.24°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:41.4484 UTC2474.3-0.378iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902115
RDM_HHE0.33°354.24°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:46.6001 UTC-1-0.256iasp91dbp:rt:16006902188
RRSP_HHZ0.331°338.16°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:41.7059 UTC-1-0.132iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902173
RRSP_HHN0.331°338.16°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:46.9999 UTC-10.125iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902357
CRY_HHN0.412°342.39°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:48.9862 UTC-1-0.366iasp91dbp:rt:16006902191
CRY_HHZ0.412°342.39°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:42.8784 UTC7349.5-0.41iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902117
WMC_HHZ0.423°335.34°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:43.1684 UTC3347.5-0.321iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902118
WMC_HHN0.423°335.34°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:49.6235 UTC-1-0.076iasp91dbp:rt:16006902192
SND_HHN0.466°330.73°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:50.9816 UTC-1-0.059iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902362
SND_HHZ0.466°330.73°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:43.9127 UTC10705-0.349iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902119
PFO_HHE0.497°314.35°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:51.0626 UTC-1-0.954iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902367
PFO_HHZ0.497°314.35°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.2196 UTC4870.5-0.6iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902137
BZN_HHZ0.502°338.6°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.4161 UTC4223.5-0.491iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902120
BZN_HHN0.502°338.6°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:51.6325 UTC-1-0.536iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902368
FRD_HHZ0.521°332.96°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.7037 UTC7613.7-0.556iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902121
TFRD_HHZ0.521°332.95°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.7339 UTC-1-0.524iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902325
FRD_HHN0.521°332.96°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:52.3075 UTC-1-0.481iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902375
JORD_HHZ0.526°337.51°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.7738 UTC2615.4-0.587iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902122
JORD_HHN0.526°337.51°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:52.4638 UTC-1-0.501iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902377
SMER_HHN0.553°25.12°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:52.5561 UTC-1-1.275iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902379
SMER_HHZ0.553°25.12°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:44.9984 UTC4659.1-0.856iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902123
TRO_HHZ0.58°318.67°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:45.8318 UTC588.77-0.522iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902138
TRO_HHN0.58°318.67°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:53.7862 UTC-1-0.919iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902380
LVA2_HHZ0.665°335.98°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.2709 UTC1899.3-0.662iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902167
TR01_HHE0.665°323.74°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:56.911 UTC-1-0.538iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902382
TR01_HHZ0.665°323.74°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.3988 UTC2904.1-0.541iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902168
TR02_HHE0.667°324.17°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:56.8398 UTC-1-0.678iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902383
TR02_HHZ0.667°324.17°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.3891 UTC-1-0.591iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902327
JFN4_HHZ0.67°322.94°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.3394 UTC-1-0.693iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902328
JFS4_HHZ0.67°323.22°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.3853 UTC-1-0.654iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902329
JFS4_HHN0.67°323.22°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:56.8266 UTC-1-0.795iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902385
JFN4_HHN0.67°322.94°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:56.8737 UTC-1-0.735iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902384
TR03_HHE0.671°324.98°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:56.959 UTC-1-0.689iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902386
TR03_HHZ0.671°324.98°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.4108 UTC-1-0.644iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902330
TR04_HHN0.679°325.65°Sg2016-01-06 14:42:57.0852 UTC-1-0.807iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902387
TR04_HHZ0.679°325.65°Pg2016-01-06 14:42:47.6442 UTC-1-0.552iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902331
CPE_HHZ1.085°9.57°Pb2016-01-06 14:42:53.6523 UTC880.3-1.549iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902145
CPE_HHE1.085°9.57°Sb2016-01-06 14:43:07.8714 UTC-1-2.168iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902391
MONP2_HHZ1.135°340.11°Pn2016-01-06 14:42:55.2135 UTC-1-0.792iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902354
SOL_HHZ1.157°14.97°Pn2016-01-06 14:42:55.1614 UTC51.967-1.15iasp91dbp:jtytell:160902170

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