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North Korea Event

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Wed Jan 6th 2016 01:30:01 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 5.1 mb) located in North Korea. Seismic region Eastern Asia.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station A21K in the network is 5,159.9 km.

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Details

Time:Wed Jan 6th 2016 01:30:01 (UTC)
Magnitude:5.1 mb
Location:(41.3051,129.039)
Depth:0.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:3048796,3322388
nass,ndef:168,0
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. 0.8 to 3 Hz bandpass Butterworth filter has been applied to data.

Seismic waveforms for vertical channels in network

Subset of several stations close to the event. 0.8 to 3 Hz bandpass Butterworth filter has been applied to data.

Signal description at some stations

STA_CHANS-E DeltaS-E AzimuthPhase TimeSignal/NoiseTime ResidualV. ModelAutharid
J20K_BHZ48.026°280.33°P2016-01-06 01:38:43.5603 UTC23.9671.405iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768611
L19K_BHZ48.09°281.51°P2016-01-06 01:38:43.8696 UTC-11.215iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768838
K20K_BHZ48.211°281.11°P2016-01-06 01:38:44.8644 UTC-11.271iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768711
H21K_BHZ48.322°280.15°P2016-01-06 01:38:45.2399 UTC12.8970.79iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768632
M19K_BHZ48.359°282.12°P2016-01-06 01:38:45.7615 UTC-11.025iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768837
L20K_BHZ48.473°282.03°P2016-01-06 01:38:46.6345 UTC-11.025iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768840
N19K_BHZ48.553°282.99°P2016-01-06 01:38:47.6372 UTC-11.405iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768843
I21K_BHZ48.747°281.25°P2016-01-06 01:38:48.9966 UTC-11.271iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768712
TOLK_BHZ49.027°280.35°P2016-01-06 01:38:50.6137 UTC10.2120.736iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768520
Q19K_BHZ49.421°285.22°P2016-01-06 01:38:53.7933 UTC-10.898iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768841
I23K_BHZ49.83°283.46°P2016-01-06 01:38:57.2021 UTC21.5811.19iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768527
H24K_BHZ50.263°284.12°P2016-01-06 01:39:00.8953 UTC-11.594iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768847
TCOL_BHZ50.511°284.91°P2016-01-06 01:39:02.3437 UTC15.7561.163iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768533
POKR_BHZ50.623°285.07°P2016-01-06 01:39:03.3769 UTC10.761.351iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768535
M24K_BHZ52.025°288.37°P2016-01-06 01:39:14.2233 UTC6.0621.671iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768548
J26L_BHZ52.377°288.66°P2016-01-06 01:39:15.0605 UTC-1-0.115iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768855
HARP_BHZ52.381°288.94°P2016-01-06 01:39:16.6569 UTC6.43621.457iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768554
N25K_BHZ52.892°289.94°P2016-01-06 01:39:20.5786 UTC5.48151.591iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768555
L26K_BHZ52.955°289.89°P2016-01-06 01:39:20.3499 UTC-10.898iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768856
M26K_BHZ53.322°290.6°P2016-01-06 01:39:23.51 UTC-11.35iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768719
L27K_BHZ53.587°291.04°P2016-01-06 01:39:25.5446 UTC-11.43iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768720
M27K_BHZ53.821°291.48°P2016-01-06 01:39:27.4188 UTC-11.59iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768722
I29M_BHZ54.164°292.24°P2016-01-06 01:39:29.3659 UTC7.83661.029iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768557
EPYK_BHZ54.377°292.84°P2016-01-06 01:39:30.7297 UTC18.3890.842iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768563
A36M_BHZ55.611°298.8°P2016-01-06 01:39:39.5355 UTC37.1760.708iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768569
M30M_BHZ55.892°295.19°P2016-01-06 01:39:42.1867 UTC-11.34iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768859
N31M_BHZ56.796°296.6°P2016-01-06 01:39:48.7698 UTC-11.466iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768858
M31M_BHZ57.057°297.22°P2016-01-06 01:39:50.3649 UTC-11.213iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768862
C36M_BHZ57.271°301.3°P2016-01-06 01:39:51.0824 UTC31.5040.413iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768571
P33M_BHZ58.669°299.47°P2016-01-06 01:40:02.0268 UTC7.89571.536iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768573
A04D_BHZ70.075°310.64°P2016-01-06 01:41:17.0299 UTC-11.717iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768861
D03D_BHZ70.653°310.73°P2016-01-06 01:41:20.0049 UTC-11.147iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768866
B05D_BHZ70.679°311.12°P2016-01-06 01:41:20.3493 UTC-11.337iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768865
D04E_BHZ71.049°311.01°P2016-01-06 01:41:22.6678 UTC-11.4iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768871
C06D_BHZ71.506°311.92°P2016-01-06 01:41:25.6226 UTC-11.59iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768870
E04D_BHZ71.564°311.29°P2016-01-06 01:41:26.1617 UTC-11.78iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768867
F05D_BHZ72.583°312.09°P2016-01-06 01:41:31.8921 UTC-11.4iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768868
H04D_BHZ72.821°311.68°P2016-01-06 01:41:33.5263 UTC-11.614iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768723
I03D_BHZ73.042°311.54°P2016-01-06 01:41:35.1296 UTC-11.908iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768724
J01E_BHZ73.079°311.34°P2016-01-06 01:41:35.11 UTC-11.667iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768725
G05D_BHZ73.089°312.31°P2016-01-06 01:41:35.0855 UTC-11.587iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768726
I04A_BHZ73.482°312.03°P2016-01-06 01:41:37.1174 UTC6.7721.293iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768577
K02D_BHZ73.534°311.59°P2016-01-06 01:41:37.2865 UTC-11.159iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768727
I05D_BHZ73.686°312.5°P2016-01-06 01:41:38.5572 UTC6.66081.533iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768579
L02E_BHZ73.926°311.74°P2016-01-06 01:41:40.1458 UTC-11.716iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768869
J04D_BHZ74.016°312.31°P2016-01-06 01:41:40.7616 UTC8.56561.8iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768581
J05D_BHZ74.456°312.78°P2016-01-06 01:41:43.4596 UTC14.61.934iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768583
L04D_BHZ74.599°312.42°P2016-01-06 01:41:44.0014 UTC6.93141.64iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768585
K04D_BHZ74.624°312.63°P2016-01-06 01:41:43.9697 UTC-11.463iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768872
M02C_BHZ74.853°312.29°P2016-01-06 01:41:45.7956 UTC5.7951.961iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768587
M04C_BHZ75.149°312.75°P2016-01-06 01:41:47.1814 UTC12.7651.64iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768589
N02D_BHZ75.218°312.45°P2016-01-06 01:41:47.6875 UTC-11.747iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768728
O02D_BHZ75.71°312.56°P2016-01-06 01:41:50.5687 UTC-11.8iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768729
O03E_BHZ76.182°313.05°P2016-01-06 01:41:52.5478 UTC-11.083iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768873
H17A_BHZ79.03°318.69°P2016-01-06 01:42:10.617 UTC14.6413.243iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768599
R11A_BHZ80.963°316.59°P2016-01-06 01:42:19.1914 UTC7.10361.372iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768600
K22A_BHZ82.255°321.3°P2016-01-06 01:42:25.5945 UTC-10.955iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768882
O20A_BHZ83.394°320.49°P2016-01-06 01:42:31.8133 UTC6.76431.264iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768605
N23A_BHZ83.899°321.78°P2016-01-06 01:42:34.8478 UTC-11.715iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768891
TPFO_BHZ83.926°316.58°P2016-01-06 01:42:34.1635 UTC-10.892iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768894
SPMN_BHZ85.733°329.83°P2016-01-06 01:42:43.0595 UTC-10.702iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768904
Q24A_BHZ85.796°322.35°PcP2016-01-06 01:42:44.067 UTC-1-1.209iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768897
S22A_BHZ85.941°321.44°PcP2016-01-06 01:42:45.2136 UTC6.1862-0.703iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768610
W18A_BHZ86.493°319.94°PcP2016-01-06 01:42:47.8823 UTC-1-0.464iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768900
BGNE_BHZ86.922°326.5°P2016-01-06 01:42:48.9666 UTC-10.765iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768898
KSCO_BHZ86.936°323.84°P2016-01-06 01:42:49.2233 UTC-10.955iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768899
T25A_BHZ87.599°322.84°PcP2016-01-06 01:42:52.7416 UTC-1-0.485iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768901
SFIN_BHZ91.98°333.69°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:12.6491 UTC-10.048iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768914
M53A_BHZ92.995°338.11°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:17.5153 UTC-10.414iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768910
M54A_BHZ93.209°338.82°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:18.4355 UTC-10.385iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768911
U40A_BHZ93.386°329.84°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:19.309 UTC-10.476iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768912
ABTX_BHZ93.547°325.58°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:19.8593 UTC-10.311iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768915
N54A_BHZ93.629°338.58°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:20.1103 UTC-10.196iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768916
W41B_BHZ94.656°330.18°PcP2016-01-06 01:43:24.6762 UTC-10.211iasp91dbp:vladik:16002768918

External resources

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