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Magnitude 7 Earthquake: Solomon Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Nov 18th 2015 18:31:04 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7 mww) located in Solomon Islands. Seismic region Bismarck And Solomon Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station P18K in the network is 8,642.8 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Nov 18th 2015 18:31:04 (UTC)
Magnitude:7 mww
Location:(-8.9003,158.4218)
Depth:14.1 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:187490,308924
nass,ndef:393,0
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_BHZ77.639°227.04°P2015-11-18 18:42:58.8156 UTC20.138-1.935iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130650
Q19K_BHZ77.93°228.59°P2015-11-18 18:43:00.8657 UTC36.652-1.504iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130652
O18K_BHZ77.962°226.99°P2015-11-18 18:43:01.5207 UTC-1-1.028iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130653
O19K_BHZ78.52°227.76°P2015-11-18 18:43:04.425 UTC12.529-1.208iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130655
P19K_BHZ78.566°228.86°P2015-11-18 18:43:04.8578 UTC19.646-1.03iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130657
N19K_BHZ78.876°227.52°P2015-11-18 18:43:06.5665 UTC25.126-1.029iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130658
O20K_BHZ79.078°229.36°P2015-11-18 18:43:07.0734 UTC13.184-1.624iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130659
M19K_BHZ79.646°227.45°P2015-11-18 18:43:11.8977 UTC-10.102iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130663
L19K_BHZ79.676°226.98°P2015-11-18 18:43:11.875 UTC90.515-0.081iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130662
L20K_BHZ80.21°227.86°P2015-11-18 18:43:14.8263 UTC-1-0.017iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130667
O22K_BHZ80.443°231.99°P2015-11-18 18:43:15.425 UTC37.574-0.672iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130669
K20K_BHZ80.737°227.57°P2015-11-18 18:43:17.5 UTC87.108-0.17iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130674
M22K_BHZ81.08°231.46°P2015-11-18 18:43:17.8913 UTC-1-1.611iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130675
J20K_BHZ81.266°227.4°P2015-11-18 18:43:20.3 UTC136.4-0.186iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130681
I21K_BHZ82.624°229.34°P2015-11-18 18:43:27.225 UTC121.65-0.395iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130695
H21K_BHZ82.679°228.52°P2015-11-18 18:43:27.7195 UTC-1-0.189iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130697
M24K_BHZ82.779°235.06°P2015-11-18 18:43:28.4954 UTC92.4720.068iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130700
N25K_BHZ83.113°236.55°P2015-11-18 18:43:29.8849 UTC56.277-0.27iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130704
HARP_BHZ83.335°235.97°P2015-11-18 18:43:30.7783 UTC34.083-0.522iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130707
I23K_BHZ83.454°231.81°P2015-11-18 18:43:30.553 UTC78.844-1.357iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130706
TCOL_BHZ83.79°233.23°P2015-11-18 18:43:32.2 UTC76.425-1.428iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130711
POKR_BHZ84.08°233.61°P2015-11-18 18:43:33.4 UTC70.921-1.708iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130714
M26K_BHZ84.176°237.94°P2015-11-18 18:43:35.3956 UTC-1-0.198iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130718
H24K_BHZ84.362°233.14°P2015-11-18 18:43:35.9305 UTC-1-0.605iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130719
L26K_BHZ84.372°237.57°P2015-11-18 18:43:36.55 UTC117.07-0.041iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130721
M27K_BHZ84.595°238.96°P2015-11-18 18:43:38.1535 UTC141.960.44iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130725
L27K_BHZ84.978°238.95°P2015-11-18 18:43:39.75 UTC103.540.112iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130727
J26L_BHZ85.087°237.25°P2015-11-18 18:43:40. UTC90.881-0.186iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130728
TOLK_BHZ85.56°231.35°P2015-11-18 18:43:42.375 UTC85.972-0.17iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130733
A21K_BHZ85.566°224.44°P2015-11-18 18:43:41.577 UTC-1-0.998iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130731
N31M_BHZ86.71°244.5°P2015-11-18 18:43:48.75 UTC134.260.538iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130743
M30M_BHZ86.76°243.54°P2015-11-18 18:43:48.5907 UTC-10.134iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130742
J29M_BHZ87.052°242.16°P2015-11-18 18:43:50.8 UTC72.6540.923iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130744
L02E_BHZ87.207°255.34°P2015-11-18 18:43:52.7328 UTC6.70242.107iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130749
K02D_BHZ87.298°255.27°P2015-11-18 18:43:52.1343 UTC6.09171.066iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130747
O02D_BHZ87.31°255.97°P2015-11-18 18:43:52.7611 UTC32.3181.638iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130750
I29M_BHZ87.443°242.04°P2015-11-18 18:43:51.4 UTC264.77-0.363iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130745
P33M_BHZ87.505°247.18°P2015-11-18 18:43:52.0079 UTC22.038-0.053iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130746
M02C_BHZ87.557°255.88°P2015-11-18 18:43:54. UTC33.8341.689iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130752
N02D_BHZ87.564°255.99°P2015-11-18 18:43:53.875 UTC28.8041.531iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130751
M31M_BHZ87.606°245.71°P2015-11-18 18:43:52.525 UTC89.593-0.018iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130748
I03D_BHZ87.775°255.45°P2015-11-18 18:43:54.8397 UTC-11.493iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130753
O03E_BHZ88.069°256.61°P2015-11-18 18:43:56. UTC42.211.257iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130756
L04D_BHZ88.154°256.22°P2015-11-18 18:43:56.2328 UTC12.0561.09iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130757
G03D_BHZ88.214°255.46°P2015-11-18 18:43:55.3361 UTC-1-0.091iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130755
M04C_BHZ88.387°256.54°P2015-11-18 18:43:57.7487 UTC19.3261.503iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130762
H04D_BHZ88.405°255.85°P2015-11-18 18:43:58.1415 UTC-11.813iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130766
I04A_BHZ88.455°256.1°P2015-11-18 18:43:58.6268 UTC-12.061iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130769
EPYK_BHZ88.482°243.47°P2015-11-18 18:43:56.4946 UTC194.06-0.197iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130758
J04D_BHZ88.536°256.32°P2015-11-18 18:43:58.0027 UTC10.2481.057iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130764
F04D_BHZ88.603°255.61°P2015-11-18 18:43:56.639 UTC-1-0.623iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130759
K04D_BHZ88.645°256.58°P2015-11-18 18:43:58.5139 UTC-11.055iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130767
D03D_BHZ88.913°255.53°P2015-11-18 18:44:00.6701 UTC-11.952iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130774
E04D_BHZ89.016°255.93°P2015-11-18 18:43:59.7382 UTC5.44750.533iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130770
J05D_BHZ89.166°256.92°P2015-11-18 18:44:01.575 UTC19.8241.669iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130779
I05D_BHZ89.331°256.84°P2015-11-18 18:44:01.393 UTC6.9390.712iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130777
A04D_BHZ89.454°255.8°P2015-11-18 18:44:01.978 UTC5.65520.723iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130782
G05D_BHZ89.553°256.84°P2015-11-18 18:44:02.9434 UTC-11.226iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130786
F05D_BHZ89.602°256.74°P2015-11-18 18:44:02.8347 UTC-10.886iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130785
B05D_BHZ89.736°256.26°P2015-11-18 18:44:03.2961 UTC11.2330.721iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130787
109C_BHZ90.235°259.54°P2015-11-18 18:44:06.9817 UTC8.73042.08iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130797
C06D_BHZ90.439°257.15°P2015-11-18 18:44:07.2606 UTC-11.412iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130798
R11A_BHZ92.398°260.54°P2015-11-18 18:44:16.175 UTC145.471.26iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130816
214A_BHZ93.66°261.79°P2015-11-18 18:44:22.751 UTC13.1522.038iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130821
A36M_BHZ94.298°254.3°P2015-11-18 18:44:23.1253 UTC-1-0.503iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130822
W18A_BHZ96.603°263.74°P2015-11-18 18:44:36.297 UTC-12.215iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130829
H17A_BHZ96.926°264.31°P2015-11-18 18:44:38.4444 UTC-12.911iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130830
O20A_BHZ98.261°265.29°P2015-11-18 18:44:44.1767 UTC15.7562.679iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130835
Y22D_BHZ98.808°265.17°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:46.6478 UTC-12.723iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130836
S22A_BHZ99.171°265.8°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:49.2564 UTC-13.719iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130839
K22A_BHZ99.72°266.81°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:49.1844 UTC-11.21iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130838
N23A_BHZ100.056°266.89°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:51.3616 UTC-11.898iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130841
Q24A_BHZ100.562°267.04°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:55.3626 UTC-13.651iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130845
T25A_BHZ101.051°267.14°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:44:58.2071 UTC-14.328iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130848
MSTX_BHZ102.232°267.43°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:00.7117 UTC-11.586iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130849
KSCO_BHZ102.523°268.62°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:02.0154 UTC-11.601iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130850
MDND_BHZ104.612°272.85°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:11.6999 UTC-12.012iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130854
ABTX_BHZ104.803°268.81°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:11.7276 UTC-11.193iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130855
833A_BHZ104.89°267.79°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:13.6533 UTC-12.733iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130857
SUSD_BHZ105.217°272.42°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:13.9678 UTC-11.595iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130858
BGNE_BHZ105.927°272.13°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:16.8587 UTC-11.335iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130860
435B_BHZ106.524°269.36°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:20.6688 UTC-12.493iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130864
WHTX_BHZ106.643°269.79°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:18.1755 UTC-1-0.529iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130861
TUL1_BHZ107.965°271.95°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:25.3852 UTC-10.814iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130866
SPMN_BHZ109.499°277.11°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:32.1258 UTC-10.746iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130867
W39A_BHZ109.627°272.9°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:35.1088 UTC-13.159iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130871
U40A_BHZ110.312°273.88°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:36.5948 UTC-11.603iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130873
U40A_BHZ110.312°273.88°PKiKP2015-11-18 18:49:35.7752 UTC-1-0.441iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130895
X40A_BHZ110.443°273.2°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:36.8399 UTC-11.267iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130874
Z41A_BHZ110.533°272.75°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:37.9154 UTC-11.944iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130875
W41B_BHZ110.882°273.8°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:39.9394 UTC-12.42iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130876
W41B_BHZ110.882°273.8°PKiKP2015-11-18 18:49:37.0643 UTC-1-0.228iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130896
L44A_BHZ113.439°279.51°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:55.7086 UTC-16.839iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130881
SFIN_BHZ114.337°279.31°PKiKP2015-11-18 18:49:44.5678 UTC-10.685iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130898
SFIN_BHZ114.337°279.31°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:45:56.6193 UTC-13.761iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130883
P49A_BHZ116.28°280.59°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:46.9809 UTC-1-0.621iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130900
P52A_BHZ118.212°282.49°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:46:12.8059 UTC6.20942.75iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130889
P52A_BHZ118.212°282.49°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:50.3445 UTC-1-0.953iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130901
O53A_BHZ118.76°283.5°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:46:17.0456 UTC7.64514.555iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130892
O53A_BHZ118.76°283.5°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:51.825 UTC-1-0.523iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130904
M53A_BHZ118.867°284.54°Pdiff2015-11-18 18:46:15.293 UTC6.60222.329iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130891
M53A_BHZ118.867°284.54°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:52.0652 UTC-1-0.486iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130905
N54A_BHZ119.487°284.8°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:53.5356 UTC-1-0.202iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130906
M54A_BHZ119.58°285.35°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:53.5728 UTC-1-0.344iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130907
KMSC_BHZ119.735°280.61°PKiKP2015-11-18 18:49:54.5232 UTC-10.173iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130908
O56A_BHZ120.711°285.51°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:56.0344 UTC-1-0.043iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130910
N59A_BHZ122.556°288.09°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:49:59.3935 UTC16.728-0.207iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130915
P60A_BHZ122.992°287.52°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:50:00.3738 UTC-1-0.057iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130916
L61B_BHZ124.207°291.61°PKPdf2015-11-18 18:50:02.925 UTC18.9660.179iasp91dbp:mcwhite:15316130919

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