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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake: Banda Sea

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Dec 9th 2015 10:21:50 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.9 mwp) located in Banda Sea. Seismic region Sunda Arc.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station P18K in the network is 9,590.4 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Dec 9th 2015 10:21:50 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.9 mwp
Location:(-4.1181,129.4776)
Depth:33.9 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:105317,206138
nass,ndef:346,0
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
P18K_BHZ86.151°255.22°P2015-12-09 10:34:25.5468 UTC30.9-2.502iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398469
O18K_BHZ86.28°255.21°P2015-12-09 10:34:26.381 UTC-1-2.299iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398470
O19K_BHZ86.794°255.97°P2015-12-09 10:34:29.3787 UTC35.702-1.82iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398472
Q19K_BHZ86.827°256.62°P2015-12-09 10:34:29.1953 UTC12.468-2.161iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398471
N19K_BHZ86.867°255.79°P2015-12-09 10:34:31.1448 UTC-1-0.407iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398476
L19K_BHZ87.036°255.39°P2015-12-09 10:34:32.0329 UTC66.258-0.341iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398477
M19K_BHZ87.177°255.82°P2015-12-09 10:34:33.1703 UTC106.430.114iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398480
P19K_BHZ87.197°256.94°P2015-12-09 10:34:33.4948 UTC-10.341iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398481
L20K_BHZ87.548°256.25°P2015-12-09 10:34:34.4273 UTC-1-0.407iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398483
O20K_BHZ87.59°257.45°P2015-12-09 10:34:33.8988 UTC6.4678-1.137iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398482
K20K_BHZ87.674°256.04°P2015-12-09 10:34:34.7583 UTC-1-0.678iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398484
J20K_BHZ87.839°255.94°P2015-12-09 10:34:35.5448 UTC-1-0.678iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398487
H21K_BHZ88.737°257.12°P2015-12-09 10:34:39.7842 UTC-1-0.678iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398495
A21K_BHZ88.824°253.44°P2015-12-09 10:34:39.6504 UTC-1-1.218iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398494
I21K_BHZ88.968°257.88°P2015-12-09 10:34:40.1811 UTC7.986-1.365iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398496
O22K_BHZ89.078°259.97°P2015-12-09 10:34:40.9221 UTC25.579-1.137iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398502
M22K_BHZ89.115°259.6°P2015-12-09 10:34:40.1861 UTC53.722-2.047iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398497
I23K_BHZ90.043°260.26°P2015-12-09 10:34:44.752 UTC152-1.82iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398509
TOLK_BHZ90.558°260.08°P2015-12-09 10:34:48.0557 UTC103.97-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398522
Q23K_BHZ90.597°262.9°P2015-12-09 10:34:47.4389 UTC-1-1.706iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398519
TCOL_BHZ90.625°261.61°P2015-12-09 10:34:46.4347 UTC24.164-2.844iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398515
H24K_BHZ90.759°261.61°P2015-12-09 10:34:48.6816 UTC-1-1.218iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398524
POKR_BHZ90.839°262°P2015-12-09 10:34:47.655 UTC28.761-2.616iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398520
M24K_BHZ91.003°263.08°P2015-12-09 10:34:50.2354 UTC25.135-0.796iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398527
HARP_BHZ91.507°263.99°P2015-12-09 10:34:51.6579 UTC18.818-1.706iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398528
J25K_BHZ91.647°263.86°P2015-12-09 10:34:51.8498 UTC71.158-2.161iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398529
N25K_BHZ91.688°264.46°P2015-12-09 10:34:53.86 UTC27.131-0.341iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398534
L26K_BHZ92.39°265.62°P2015-12-09 10:34:56.9822 UTC51.592-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398539
J26L_BHZ92.409°265.48°P2015-12-09 10:34:56.7304 UTC-1-0.796iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398536
M26K_BHZ92.504°265.9°P2015-12-09 10:34:57.2821 UTC-1-0.682iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398540
M27K_BHZ93.019°266.89°P2015-12-09 10:34:59.9241 UTC-1-0.407iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398542
L27K_BHZ93.08°266.97°P2015-12-09 10:35:00.1559 UTC129.76-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398543
I29M_BHZ94.666°270.29°P2015-12-09 10:35:06.5062 UTC213.13-1.365iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398552
J29M_BHZ94.709°270.3°P2015-12-09 10:35:07.7263 UTC27.409-0.341iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398553
EPYK_BHZ95.297°271.83°P2015-12-09 10:35:09.7891 UTC-1-0.948iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398556
M30M_BHZ95.372°271.41°P2015-12-09 10:35:10.9649 UTC50.315-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398557
N31M_BHZ95.881°272.2°P2015-12-09 10:35:12.9313 UTC15.408-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398559
M31M_BHZ96.5°273.51°P2015-12-09 10:35:14.5857 UTC19.035-1.592iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398563
P33M_BHZ97.398°274.65°P2015-12-09 10:35:19.0669 UTC7.8714-1.137iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398565
A36M_BHZ98.601°283.31°Pdiff2015-12-09 10:35:24.3084 UTC77.79-1.251iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398568
D03D_BHZ104.757°280.24°Pdiff2015-12-09 10:35:51.6288 UTC-1-1.257iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398571
G03D_BHZ105.037°279.5°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:07.8184 UTC-1-1.024iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398572
K02D_BHZ105.146°278.54°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:08.9295 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398576
I03D_BHZ105.221°279.04°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:08.1581 UTC-1-1.024iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398573
L02E_BHZ105.271°278.44°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:08.4776 UTC-1-0.796iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398575
B05D_BHZ105.276°281.21°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:09.169 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398578
E04D_BHZ105.282°280.38°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:08.3848 UTC-1-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398574
H04D_BHZ105.519°279.7°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:09.1637 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398577
I04A_BHZ105.873°279.74°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:09.7042 UTC-1-0.682iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398580
M02C_BHZ105.938°278.75°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:09.9372 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398581
N02D_BHZ106.112°278.74°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.081 UTC-1-0.747iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398582
C06D_BHZ106.131°282.05°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.1158 UTC-1-0.747iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398583
F05D_BHZ106.16°281.04°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:09.6605 UTC-1-1.257iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398579
O02D_BHZ106.168°278.45°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.3645 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398585
L04D_BHZ106.212°279.37°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.521 UTC-1-0.493iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398587
G05D_BHZ106.381°280.96°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.4172 UTC-1-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398586
I05D_BHZ106.535°280.68°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.3554 UTC-1-1.257iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398584
K04D_BHZ106.545°279.88°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:11.3936 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398590
M04C_BHZ106.625°279.57°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.5224 UTC-1-1.257iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398588
J05D_BHZ106.802°280.45°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:10.8524 UTC-1-1.257iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398589
O03E_BHZ106.894°279.16°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:11.5333 UTC-1-0.747iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398591
109C_BHZ111.83°279.61°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:20.0516 UTC-1-1.512iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398613
R11A_BHZ111.985°282.75°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:21.1091 UTC-1-0.747iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398624
TPFO_BHZ112.243°280.29°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:20.8358 UTC-1-1.512iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398621
H17A_BHZ113.954°288.97°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:25.3798 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398637
214A_BHZ115.565°281.8°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:28.4642 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398642
O20A_BHZ116.971°288.88°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:32.505 UTC-11.067iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398648
K22A_BHZ117.314°291.46°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:31.5573 UTC-1-0.493iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398646
W18A_BHZ117.316°285.33°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:32.0725 UTC-10.017iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398647
N23A_BHZ118.354°291.06°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:34.822 UTC-10.697iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398652
S22A_BHZ118.782°288.76°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:36.4061 UTC-11.445iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398655
MDND_BHZ119.451°300.06°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:35.3544 UTC-1-0.785iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398653
121A_BHZ119.563°285.3°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:37.3891 UTC-10.903iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398658
Q24A_BHZ119.611°290.7°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:37.2645 UTC-10.683iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398656
Y22D_BHZ119.831°286.73°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:38.1579 UTC-11.146iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398660
T25A_BHZ120.795°290.27°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:39.4899 UTC-10.588iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398664
KSCO_BHZ121.415°292.74°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:39.5455 UTC-1-0.348iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398665
SUSD_BHZ121.518°298.91°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:39.4501 UTC-1-0.639iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398663
MSTX_BHZ123.13°289.65°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:43.5475 UTC-10.04iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398670
BGNE_BHZ123.481°297.94°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:43.3424 UTC-1-0.493iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398668
SPMN_BHZ124.801°305.19°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:45.8563 UTC-1-0.493iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398673
ABTX_BHZ126.051°291.13°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:49.1056 UTC-1-0.205iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398676
TUL1_BHZ127.637°296.52°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:51.8225 UTC-10.089iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398679
833A_BHZ127.704°288.27°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:52.6408 UTC-10.025iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398680
WHTX_BHZ128.002°292.37°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:52.6955 UTC-10.272iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398681
435B_BHZ128.35°291.39°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:53.6092 UTC-1-0.303iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398682
W39A_BHZ129.417°297.77°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:55.1136 UTC-10.017iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398687
L44A_BHZ129.456°308.33°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:54.1694 UTC-1-1.002iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398683
U40A_BHZ129.524°299.45°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:55.097 UTC-1-0.202iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398686
X40A_BHZ130.437°298.1°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:56.7819 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398691
W41B_BHZ130.531°299.14°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:57.1399 UTC-1-0.056iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398692
Z41A_BHZ131.031°297.19°PKiKP2015-12-09 10:40:58.8076 UTC-1-0.5iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398694
SFIN_BHZ131.05°307.99°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:40:58.4062 UTC-10.235iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398693
P49A_BHZ132.999°309.96°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:01.0743 UTC-1-0.747iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398697
M53A_BHZ133.954°315.9°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:03.3969 UTC-1-0.202iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398703
M54A_BHZ134.425°317.15°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:03.9805 UTC-1-0.493iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398704
P52A_BHZ134.426°312.94°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:04.1291 UTC-1-0.348iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398706
O53A_BHZ134.511°314.45°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:03.9946 UTC-1-0.639iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398705
N54A_BHZ134.655°316.39°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:04.8457 UTC-1-0.056iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398707
O56A_BHZ135.899°317.64°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:06.9629 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398710
N59A_BHZ136.781°321.59°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:09.3489 UTC-10.526iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398719
L61B_BHZ136.893°326.6°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:09.0447 UTC-10.017iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398717
P60A_BHZ137.708°321.02°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:10.7894 UTC-10.271iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398722
KMSC_BHZ137.888°310.37°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:10.5211 UTC-1-0.325iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398721
M65A_BHZ138.451°328.84°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:11.6316 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398725
Q61A_BHZ138.582°320.77°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:11.8699 UTC-1-0.238iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398726
TIGA_BHZ138.644°304.55°PKPdf2015-12-09 10:41:12.7459 UTC-10.526iasp91dbp:vladik:15346398727

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