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Magnitude 7 Earthquake: Kyushu, Japan

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Fri Apr 15th 2016 16:25:06 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7 mww) located in Kyushu, Japan. Seismic region Southwestern Japan And Ryukyu Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station CSLB in the network is 9,707.6 km.

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Details

Time:Fri Apr 15th 2016 16:25:06 (UTC)
Magnitude:7 mww
Location:(32.782,130.7259)
Depth:10.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:983513,998166
nass,ndef:62,0
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_HHZ88.018°308.79°pP2016-04-15 16:37:59.2411 UTC-1-0.732iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984568
RDM_HHZ88.12°308.96°pP2016-04-15 16:38:00.2986 UTC18.752-0.155iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984519
RHIL_HHZ88.142°309°pP2016-04-15 16:37:59.7115 UTC-1-0.848iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984570
KNW_HHZ88.155°309.03°pP2016-04-15 16:38:00.0022 UTC12.001-0.617iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984520
RRSP_HHZ88.176°309.02°PcP2016-04-15 16:37:59.4118 UTC-10.475iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984572
GVAR1_HHZ88.188°309.04°pP2016-04-15 16:38:00.3917 UTC11.493-0.386iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984521
CRY_HHZ88.232°309.02°pP2016-04-15 16:38:03.0226 UTC16.3092.039iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984522
TMSP_HHZ88.235°309.05°PcP2016-04-15 16:37:59.5713 UTC-10.377iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984574
WMC_HHZ88.267°309.06°PcP2016-04-15 16:37:59.3796 UTC12.0830.041iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984526
SND_HHZ88.321°309.09°PcP2016-04-15 16:38:00.4412 UTC-10.865iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984578
BZN_HHZ88.324°309.06°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.4947 UTC-10.076iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984579
JORD_HHZ88.35°309.07°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.504 UTC-1-0.04iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984580
TFRD_HHZ88.364°309.1°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.452 UTC-1-0.155iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984581
FRD_HHZ88.364°309.1°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.4523 UTC10.962-0.155iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984525
PFO_HHZ88.382°309.17°PcP2016-04-15 16:38:00.6158 UTC18.0870.769iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984524
CPE_HHZ88.418°308.84°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.5905 UTC-1-0.271iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984589
TRO_HHZ88.46°309.19°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.4825 UTC15.0320.422iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984527
LVA2_HHZ88.481°309.12°pP2016-04-15 16:38:01.3097 UTC-1-0.848iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984591
TR01_HHZ88.531°309.2°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.1263 UTC-1-0.271iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984592
TR02_HHZ88.532°309.2°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.9381 UTC-10.537iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984593
TR03_HHZ88.533°309.19°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.4826 UTC-10.075iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984594
JFS4_HHZ88.538°309.2°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.3885 UTC-1-0.04iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984599
JFN4_HHZ88.538°309.21°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.7369 UTC-10.306iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984600
TR04_HHZ88.538°309.19°pP2016-04-15 16:38:02.3909 UTC-1-0.04iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984595
MONP2_HHZ88.861°309.2°pP2016-04-15 16:38:03.5626 UTC-1-0.387iasp91dbp:jtytell:161984604

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