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Magnitude 7 Earthquake: Vanuatu Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Thu Apr 28th 2016 19:33:26 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7 mww) located in Vanuatu Islands. Seismic region New Hebrides Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station P18K in the network is 9,059.3 km.

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Details

Time:Thu Apr 28th 2016 19:33:26 (UTC)
Magnitude:7 mww
Location:(-16.0941,167.3368)
Depth:35.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:3702709,3991787
nass,ndef:435,0
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
P19K_BHZ82.2°218.02°P2016-04-28 19:45:40.4297 UTC-1-3.769iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938572
N18K_BHZ82.232°215.49°P2016-04-28 19:45:40.0262 UTC8.3139-4.34iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938486
O19K_BHZ82.298°216.98°P2016-04-28 19:45:40.3342 UTC-1-4.38iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938573
N19K_BHZ82.744°216.78°P2016-04-28 19:45:42.0024 UTC12.641-5.032iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938488
M19K_BHZ83.644°216.78°P2016-04-28 19:45:47.7982 UTC32.26-3.871iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938493
L19K_BHZ83.738°216.34°P2016-04-28 19:45:48.6297 UTC46.262-3.52iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938491
O22K_BHZ83.954°221.16°P2016-04-28 19:45:50.103 UTC-1-3.145iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938577
L20K_BHZ84.247°217.22°P2016-04-28 19:45:51.3299 UTC193.89-3.407iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938397
Q23K_BHZ84.331°224.29°P2016-04-28 19:45:51.6498 UTC-1-3.512iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938578
M22K_BHZ84.789°220.72°P2016-04-28 19:45:52.765 UTC31.76-4.705iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938399
K20K_BHZ84.895°216.99°P2016-04-28 19:45:54.5029 UTC78.796-3.501iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938427
J20K_BHZ85.53°216.88°P2016-04-28 19:45:57.2345 UTC70.292-3.938iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938435
M23K_BHZ85.574°222.9°P2016-04-28 19:45:57.0072 UTC8.0427-4.38iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938407
O02D_BHZ85.771°244.77°P2016-04-28 19:46:00.9715 UTC-1-1.394iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938780
N02D_BHZ86.168°244.78°P2016-04-28 19:46:02.7767 UTC-1-1.55iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938588
M02C_BHZ86.245°244.65°P2016-04-28 19:46:02.218 UTC-1-2.489iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938591
K02D_BHZ86.267°244.01°P2016-04-28 19:46:02.0398 UTC-1-2.772iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938592
J01E_BHZ86.297°243.8°P2016-04-28 19:46:03.1495 UTC-1-1.81iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938594
M24K_BHZ86.304°224.29°P2016-04-28 19:46:00.5963 UTC-1-4.397iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938595
N25K_BHZ86.476°225.73°P2016-04-28 19:46:02.002 UTC29.109-3.836iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938447
O03E_BHZ86.504°245.42°P2016-04-28 19:46:03.1428 UTC-1-2.831iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938598
I02E_BHZ86.769°243.81°P2016-04-28 19:46:04.2222 UTC-1-3.05iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938603
HARP_BHZ86.845°225.2°P2016-04-28 19:46:04.1683 UTC9.8595-3.472iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938461
I21K_BHZ86.89°218.85°P2016-04-28 19:46:04.0432 UTC116.68-3.819iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938453
I03D_BHZ86.912°244.18°P2016-04-28 19:46:04.2752 UTC-1-3.692iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938604
L04D_BHZ86.967°244.98°P2016-04-28 19:46:05.7735 UTC-1-2.462iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938605
H21K_BHZ87.051°218.07°P2016-04-28 19:46:05.4082 UTC63.367-3.234iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938455
109C_BHZ87.095°248.69°P2016-04-28 19:46:05.5439 UTC-1-3.309iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938608
K04D_BHZ87.507°245.34°P2016-04-28 19:46:08.0789 UTC-1-2.758iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938615
J04D_BHZ87.529°245.07°P2016-04-28 19:46:08.8318 UTC-1-2.109iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938617
I04A_BHZ87.565°244.84°P2016-04-28 19:46:07.7514 UTC-1-3.361iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938618
M26K_BHZ87.569°227.15°P2016-04-28 19:46:06.9676 UTC24.443-4.162iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938459
I23K_BHZ87.574°221.27°P2016-04-28 19:46:06.538 UTC-1-4.62iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938624
G03D_BHZ87.626°244.18°P2016-04-28 19:46:08.7122 UTC-1-2.691iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938621
K24K_BHZ87.642°224.58°P2016-04-28 19:46:07.3643 UTC22.074-4.113iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938465
H04D_BHZ87.665°244.58°P2016-04-28 19:46:09.5136 UTC-1-2.074iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938622
TCOL_BHZ87.794°222.65°P2016-04-28 19:46:07.3277 UTC15.894-4.872iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938411
TPFO_BHZ87.861°249.03°P2016-04-28 19:46:09.8795 UTC-1-2.639iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938628
L26K_BHZ87.877°226.81°P2016-04-28 19:46:09.1568 UTC-1-3.437iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938632
M27K_BHZ87.923°228.15°P2016-04-28 19:46:08.8701 UTC7.6444-3.941iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938471
H23K_BHZ88.034°221.08°P2016-04-28 19:46:09.6864 UTC-1-3.654iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938636
POKR_BHZ88.095°223.04°P2016-04-28 19:46:09.314 UTC-1-4.316iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938639
J05D_BHZ88.127°245.68°P2016-04-28 19:46:11.0414 UTC-1-2.735iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938634
F04D_BHZ88.164°244.33°P2016-04-28 19:46:11.6045 UTC-1-2.35iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938637
J25K_BHZ88.342°224.94°P2016-04-28 19:46:10.8082 UTC68.182-3.984iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938415
L27K_BHZ88.409°228.18°P2016-04-28 19:46:11.0332 UTC-1-4.078iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938646
I05D_BHZ88.493°245.58°P2016-04-28 19:46:12.4774 UTC-1-3.026iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938645
H24K_BHZ88.498°222.62°P2016-04-28 19:46:11.2459 UTC5.5541-4.284iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938417
E04D_BHZ88.645°244.64°P2016-04-28 19:46:13.5643 UTC-1-2.655iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938648
D03D_BHZ88.746°244.24°P2016-04-28 19:46:15.0136 UTC-1-1.681iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938650
D04E_BHZ88.786°244.48°P2016-04-28 19:46:15.826 UTC-1-1.057iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938652
J26L_BHZ88.819°226.58°P2016-04-28 19:46:13.9545 UTC-1-3.087iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938657
G05D_BHZ88.881°245.58°P2016-04-28 19:46:14.9585 UTC-1-2.371iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938655
F05D_BHZ89.056°245.46°P2016-04-28 19:46:15.7965 UTC-1-2.356iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938659
A04D_BHZ89.489°244.51°P2016-04-28 19:46:17.8911 UTC-1-2.287iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938662
N31M_BHZ89.599°233.59°P2016-04-28 19:46:16.2283 UTC-1-4.466iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938666
B05D_BHZ89.66°244.97°P2016-04-28 19:46:18.9954 UTC-1-1.983iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938665
M30M_BHZ89.873°232.69°P2016-04-28 19:46:17.8512 UTC-1-4.119iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938669
TOLK_BHZ90.15°221.02°P2016-04-28 19:46:20.9297 UTC-1-2.335iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938673
214A_BHZ90.177°251.05°P2016-04-28 19:46:20.0912 UTC-1-3.296iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938670
R11A_BHZ90.2°249.47°P2016-04-28 19:46:20.6472 UTC-1-2.849iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938671
C06D_BHZ90.248°245.87°P2016-04-28 19:46:19.825 UTC-1-3.894iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938672
J29M_BHZ90.527°231.42°P2016-04-28 19:46:21.5762 UTC-1-3.438iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938675
M31M_BHZ90.55°234.81°P2016-04-28 19:46:20.0305 UTC-1-5.091iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938676
A21K_BHZ90.792°214.43°P2016-04-28 19:46:22.4201 UTC-1-3.828iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938677
I29M_BHZ91.063°231.35°P2016-04-28 19:46:22.8191 UTC-1-4.684iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938679
W18A_BHZ93.595°252.82°P2016-04-28 19:46:37.2001 UTC-1-1.969iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938687
121A_BHZ94.403°253.7°P2016-04-28 19:46:40.2108 UTC-1-2.651iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938689
Y22D_BHZ95.522°254.29°P2016-04-28 19:46:44.7004 UTC-1-3.253iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938693
H17A_BHZ95.706°253.02°P2016-04-28 19:46:47.0113 UTC-1-1.776iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938694
O20A_BHZ96.159°254.11°P2016-04-28 19:46:47.7006 UTC-1-3.132iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938699
S22A_BHZ96.575°254.71°P2016-04-28 19:46:50.4796 UTC-1-2.229iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938700
C36M_BHZ97.8°244.54°P2016-04-28 19:46:54.8021 UTC-1-3.391iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938703
N23A_BHZ98.043°255.64°P2016-04-28 19:46:57.4314 UTC-1-1.845iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938705
K22A_BHZ98.062°255.51°P2016-04-28 19:46:56.9162 UTC-1-2.442iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938706
Q24A_BHZ98.159°255.86°P2016-04-28 19:46:58.8575 UTC-1-0.933iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938707
T25A_BHZ98.28°256.04°P2016-04-28 19:46:57.4611 UTC-1-2.868iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938708
A36M_BHZ98.599°243.79°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:46:58.7361 UTC-1-3.011iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938709
MSTX_BHZ98.823°256.49°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:46:59.8105 UTC-1-2.927iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938710
KSCO_BHZ100.077°257.39°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:07.0495 UTC-1-1.255iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938713
833A_BHZ100.356°257.19°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:08.4137 UTC-1-1.129iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938715
ABTX_BHZ101.075°257.87°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:10.7241 UTC-1-2.01iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938719
435B_BHZ102.412°258.5°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:17.2574 UTC-1-1.413iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938722
WHTX_BHZ102.757°258.83°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:17.86 UTC-1-2.343iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938723
SUSD_BHZ103.796°260.85°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:23.0198 UTC-1-1.794iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938724
MDND_BHZ103.883°261.23°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:21.2624 UTC-1-3.938iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938726
BGNE_BHZ103.89°260.64°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:22.7422 UTC-1-2.489iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938725
TUL1_BHZ104.815°260.65°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:28.3222 UTC-1-1.014iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938728
W39A_BHZ106.318°261.55°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:33.648 UTC-1-2.361iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938731
Z41A_BHZ106.835°261.49°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:36.0548 UTC-1-2.248iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938734
X40A_BHZ106.987°261.85°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:36.713 UTC-1-2.266iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938735
U40A_BHZ107.228°262.41°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:38.6379 UTC-1-1.409iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938736
W41B_BHZ107.558°262.37°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:40.7076 UTC-1-0.806iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938737
SPMN_BHZ108.22°265.26°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:40.9272 UTC-1-3.524iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938755
L44A_BHZ111.557°267.46°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:47:57.4312 UTC-1-1.834iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938746
SFIN_BHZ112.087°267.27°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:00.9827 UTC-1-0.632iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938744
O48B_BHZ113.561°268.45°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:06.3554 UTC-1-1.806iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938743
P49A_BHZ113.878°268.41°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:08.7852 UTC-1-0.782iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938742
TIGA_BHZ114.36°265.42°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:10.3753 UTC-1-1.332iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938740
P52A_BHZ115.87°270.09°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:17.3594 UTC-1-1.052iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938759
KMSC_BHZ116.446°268.37°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:17.6906 UTC-1-3.274iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938761
O53A_BHZ116.57°270.99°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:19.8017 UTC-1-1.714iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938762
M53A_BHZ116.946°271.95°Pdiff2016-04-28 19:48:20.533 UTC-1-2.653iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938763
L61B_BHZ122.779°278.17°PKPdf2016-04-28 19:52:15.3426 UTC-1-3.343iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938774
M65A_BHZ124.406°279.1°PKPdf2016-04-28 19:52:18.9953 UTC-1-2.791iasp91dbp:vladik:16112938778

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