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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake: South Georgia Island Region

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Fri Aug 19th 2016 07:32:22 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.4 mww) located in South Georgia Island Region. Seismic region Southern Antilles.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station TIGA in the network is 10,835.1 km.

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Details

Time:Fri Aug 19th 2016 07:32:22 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.4 mww
Location:(-55.2793,-31.874)
Depth:10.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:4701212,5004487
nass,ndef:324,0
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
TIGA_BHZ97.333°153.21°P2016-08-19 07:45:54.2534 UTC-1-1.706iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159181
KMSC_BHZ99.81°153.94°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:05.3809 UTC-1-1.592iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159185
833A_BHZ101.435°147.52°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:12.5591 UTC-1-1.63iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159190
435B_BHZ102.672°147.85°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:18.6567 UTC-1-1.024iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159193
WHTX_BHZ103.636°147.75°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:22.4148 UTC-1-1.545iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159206
P52A_BHZ104.114°153.15°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:23.8409 UTC-1-2.24iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159204
O53A_BHZ104.348°153.51°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:24.8783 UTC-1-2.24iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159203
P49A_BHZ104.943°151.98°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:27.7537 UTC-1-2.008iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159200
ABTX_BHZ105.167°146.89°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:29.3958 UTC-1-1.358iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159208
M53A_BHZ105.232°153.63°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:29.1752 UTC-1-1.869iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159209
O48B_BHZ105.74°151.68°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:31.3073 UTC-1-1.989iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159212
TUL1_BHZ106.216°147.81°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:33.726 UTC-1-1.685iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159214
SFIN_BHZ106.559°150.79°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:34.8741 UTC-1-2.059iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159217
MSTX_BHZ107.739°145.59°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:40.9988 UTC-1-1.172iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159221
L44A_BHZ108.426°150.14°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:42.9669 UTC-1-2.255iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159223
121A_BHZ108.973°144.25°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:47.2371 UTC-1-0.413iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159224
Y22D_BHZ109.802°144.21°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:50.3326 UTC-1-0.995iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159227
214A_BHZ111.033°142.94°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:56.5868 UTC-1-0.206iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159233
T25A_BHZ111.099°144.38°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:56.8833 UTC-1-0.204iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159234
KSCO_BHZ111.808°144.61°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:59.9363 UTC-1-0.298iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159235
BGNE_BHZ111.825°145.83°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:46:59.1149 UTC-1-1.195iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159236
W18A_BHZ112.016°143.08°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:00.6733 UTC-1-0.484iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159237
S22A_BHZ112.722°143.39°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:03.5545 UTC-1-0.734iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159239
SPMN_BHZ112.864°147.3°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:02.9731 UTC-1-1.949iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159240
Q24A_BHZ112.918°143.68°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:04.9543 UTC-1-0.207iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159241
109C_BHZ113.989°141.59°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:09.6801 UTC-1-0.234iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159254
TPFO_BHZ114.212°141.56°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:11.051 UTC-10.145iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159256
SUSD_BHZ114.656°144.74°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:11.1665 UTC-1-1.707iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159260
N23A_BHZ114.83°142.88°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:13.4911 UTC-1-0.157iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159263
O20A_BHZ115.289°142.25°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:13.9298 UTC-1-1.754iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159269
K22A_BHZ116.487°142.14°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:19.8381 UTC-1-1.164iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159281
R11A_BHZ117.454°140.36°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:24.7023 UTC-1-0.595iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159295
MDND_BHZ117.677°143.47°Pdiff2016-08-19 07:47:24.2257 UTC-1-2.062iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159297
H17A_BHZ119.689°139.99°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:11.7353 UTC-1-1.008iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159348
L04D_BHZ123.743°136.77°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:18.8915 UTC-1-1.591iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159354
K04D_BHZ123.761°136.76°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:18.9249 UTC-1-1.591iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159355
J05D_BHZ123.981°136.62°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:19.7324 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159356
L02F_BHZ124.318°136.42°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:20.9569 UTC-1-0.619iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159357
J04D_BHZ124.387°136.35°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:20.5064 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159358
K02D_BHZ124.781°136.12°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:21.2562 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159359
I05D_BHZ124.796°136.09°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:22.0608 UTC-1-0.425iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159360
I04A_BHZ124.938°135.99°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:20.9721 UTC-1-1.785iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159361
J01E_BHZ125.252°135.81°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:22.7339 UTC-1-0.619iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159362
I03D_BHZ125.34°135.73°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:22.3197 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159363
G05D_BHZ125.433°135.65°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:22.8844 UTC-1-0.814iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159364
H04D_BHZ125.624°135.52°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:22.7735 UTC-1-1.288iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159322
I02E_BHZ125.885°135.36°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:23.1604 UTC-1-1.397iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159323
G03D_BHZ126.375°134.99°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:24.4686 UTC-1-1.02iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159324
F04D_BHZ126.864°134.62°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:25.4075 UTC-1-1.008iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159325
T35M_BHZ137.256°123.88°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:44.6395 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159327
R33M_BHZ138.874°121.23°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:47.856 UTC-1-0.931iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159333
P33M_BHZ140.09°119.35°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:49.7787 UTC-1-1.199iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159335
P32M_BHZ140.176°119.49°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:49.9304 UTC-1-1.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159336
N32M_BHZ140.656°118.2°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:50.613 UTC-1-1.377iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159338
C36M_BHZ140.97°115.34°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:50.1019 UTC-1-2.449iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159340
M31M_BHZ141.689°116.24°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:51.6459 UTC-1-2.181iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159366
O30N_BHZ141.775°116.83°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:52.851 UTC-1-1.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159367
P30M_BHZ141.863°117.06°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:53.3187 UTC-1-0.817iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159368
N31M_BHZ141.96°116.2°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:53.0743 UTC-1-1.232iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159369
P29M_BHZ141.987°117.17°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:53.3293 UTC-1-1.024iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159370
A36M_BHZ142.374°111.35°PKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:53.5958 UTC-1-1.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159371
N30M_BHZ142.511°115.44°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:58.0071 UTC-1-0.703iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159373
O29M_BHZ142.662°115.91°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:51:58.1911 UTC-1-0.784iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159374
M29M_BHZ143.506°113.39°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:00.6333 UTC-10.187iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159380
O28M_BHZ143.581°114.39°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:00.9243 UTC-1-0.145iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159381
J29M_BHZ144.164°111.01°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:02.4168 UTC-10.147iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159385
EPYK_BHZ144.244°109.57°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:02.5556 UTC-10.12iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159387
I29M_BHZ144.516°109.76°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:03.1839 UTC-10.189iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159389
M27K_BHZ144.937°111.31°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:03.4406 UTC-1-0.423iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159392
L27K_BHZ145.166°110.4°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:04.2689 UTC-1-0.067iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159395
M26K_BHZ145.437°110.52°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:05.0556 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159396
K27K_BHZ145.596°108.91°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:05.7183 UTC-10.497iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159398
L26K_BHZ145.802°109.43°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:05.6936 UTC-10.047iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159400
Q23K_BHZ145.86°112.52°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:06.4385 UTC-10.672iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159401
N25K_BHZ145.862°110.58°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:06.442 UTC-10.671iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159402
I27K_BHZ145.895°107.04°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:06.4979 UTC-10.659iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159403
H27K_BHZ146.04°106.21°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:06.6604 UTC-10.523iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159405
G27K_BHZ146.246°105.29°pPKPab2016-08-19 07:52:07.0061 UTC-10.097iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159406
J26L_BHZ146.356°107.2°pPKPab2016-08-19 07:52:07.2711 UTC-1-0.067iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159407
HARP_BHZ146.378°109.11°pPKPab2016-08-19 07:52:07.6306 UTC-10.208iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159409
I26K_BHZ146.422°106.34°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:07.1388 UTC-10.212iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159413
E27K_BHZ146.564°103.32°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:07.4567 UTC-10.237iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159412
P23K_BHZ146.569°111.11°pPKPab2016-08-19 07:52:07.7069 UTC-1-0.463iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159411
M24K_BHZ146.731°108.86°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:07.815 UTC-10.251iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159416
K24K_BHZ147.077°106.65°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:08.6309 UTC-10.195iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159418
G26K_BHZ147.091°103.44°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:08.4118 UTC-1-0.066iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159419
J25K_BHZ147.132°105.74°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:08.1557 UTC-1-0.236iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159420
M23K_BHZ147.322°108.31°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:08.7931 UTC-10.008iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159431
F26K_BHZ147.391°102.02°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:09.3911 UTC-10.049iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159422
C27K_BHZ147.595°99.4°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:09.2406 UTC-1-0.107iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159427
H25K_BHZ147.722°102.9°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:09.6918 UTC-10.08iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159429
O22K_BHZ147.817°109°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:10.0885 UTC-10.282iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159454
F25K_BHZ147.929°100.97°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:10.6758 UTC-1-0.19iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159456
E25K_BHZ147.998°100.21°PKPab2016-08-19 07:52:10.6266 UTC-10.143iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159458
C26K_BHZ148.049°97.92°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:11.0332 UTC-1-0.168iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159460
POKR_BHZ148.107°103.45°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:10.0763 UTC-1-0.33iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159462
TCOL_BHZ148.226°103.51°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:10.5931 UTC-1-0.06iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159465
M22K_BHZ148.39°106.81°PKPab2016-08-19 07:52:11.5854 UTC-1-0.481iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159466
H24K_BHZ148.446°101.98°PKiKP2016-08-19 07:52:11.5945 UTC-10.489iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159469
G24K_BHZ148.458°100.92°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:12.019 UTC-1-0.31iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159471
Q20K_BHZ148.463°110.27°pPKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:12.1075 UTC-1-0.235iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159472
D25K_BHZ148.473°97.61°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:07.4001 UTC-1-1.386iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159508
F24K_BHZ148.759°99.26°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:08.7699 UTC-1-0.476iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159513
I23K_BHZ148.904°101.95°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:08.3523 UTC-1-1.127iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159514
O20K_BHZ149.054°107.84°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.1119 UTC-1-0.607iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159516
E24K_BHZ149.066°97.85°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.3907 UTC-1-0.346iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159518
H23K_BHZ149.112°100.7°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.0734 UTC-1-0.737iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159519
Q19K_BHZ149.181°109.06°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.4434 UTC-1-0.477iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159520
P19K_BHZ149.212°108.16°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.2331 UTC-1-0.737iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159522
D24K_BHZ149.316°95.77°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.5279 UTC-1-0.607iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159523
C24K_BHZ149.326°94.92°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:09.8038 UTC-1-0.347iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159524
G23K_BHZ149.453°98.85°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:10.3952 UTC-10.043iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159527
TOLK_BHZ149.532°95.98°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:10.1299 UTC-1-0.347iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159528
M20K_BHZ149.794°104.59°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.1051 UTC-10.215iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159490
H22K_BHZ149.862°99.13°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.4269 UTC-10.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159491
O19K_BHZ149.895°106.61°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:10.8348 UTC-1-0.213iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159493
D23K_BHZ149.96°94.45°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.5803 UTC-10.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159494
I21K_BHZ149.992°99.87°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.4868 UTC-10.286iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159495
C23K_BHZ149.993°93.01°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.6315 UTC-10.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159496
G22K_BHZ150.06°97.26°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.0941 UTC-10.786iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159497
P18K_BHZ150.097°107.39°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.3661 UTC-10.001iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159498
R17K_BHZ150.115°109.62°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.8216 UTC-10.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159499
N19K_BHZ150.143°105.48°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.5801 UTC-10.143iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159500
O18K_BHZ150.222°106.63°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:11.9179 UTC-10.358iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159501
L20K_BHZ150.275°103.06°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.0722 UTC-10.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159502
E22K_BHZ150.305°94.9°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.3329 UTC-10.643iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159503
M19K_BHZ150.375°103.69°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.3692 UTC-10.572iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159504
F22K_BHZ150.385°95.68°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.8138 UTC-11iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159505
H21K_BHZ150.405°98.39°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.9167 UTC-11.071iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159506
K20K_BHZ150.546°101.42°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.9207 UTC-10.857iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159507
Q16K_BHZ150.581°107.75°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:12.8804 UTC-10.763iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159474
P17K_BHZ150.629°107°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:13.0425 UTC-10.85iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159475
L19K_BHZ150.65°102.89°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:13.1613 UTC-10.938iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159476
R16K_BHZ150.691°109.11°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:13.4871 UTC-11.201iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159478
J20K_BHZ150.731°99.93°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:13.3749 UTC-11.026iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159479
N18K_BHZ150.771°104.79°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:13.4363 UTC-11.026iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159481
G21K_BHZ150.797°96.3°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:13.7385 UTC-1-1.273iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159482
F21K_BHZ150.858°95.06°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:14.0074 UTC-1-1.156iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159483
O17K_BHZ151.111°105.6°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:14.395 UTC-1-1.393iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159484
S14K_BHZ151.275°110.29°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:15.1708 UTC-1-1.02iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159485
P16K_BHZ151.345°106.36°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:14.3574 UTC-11.069iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159315
O16K_BHZ151.549°105.3°pPKPdf2016-08-19 07:52:15.0252 UTC-11.428iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159317
A21K_BHZ151.958°84.59°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:16.2689 UTC-1-1.567iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159318
N16K_BHZ152.093°103.28°PKPbc2016-08-19 07:52:17.3691 UTC-1-0.788iasp91dbp:vladik:16233159320

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