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Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake: Botswana

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Mon Apr 3rd 2017 17:40:15 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.5 mwb) located in Botswana. Seismic region Africa.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station M65A in the network is 12,129.8 km.

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Details

Time:Mon Apr 3rd 2017 17:40:15 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.5 mwb
Location:(-22.6207,25.1532)
Depth:11.6 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:6201341,6540261
nass,ndef:294,0
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. 0.1 Hz lowpass Butterworth filter has been applied to data.

Seismic waveforms for vertical channels in network

Subset of several stations close to the event. 0.1 Hz lowpass Butterworth filter has been applied to data.

Signal description at some stations

STA_CHANS-E DeltaS-E AzimuthPhase TimeSignal/NoiseTime ResidualV. ModelAutharid
M65A_BHZ108.964°103.82°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:58:44.3522 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633292
L61B_BHZ110.636°102.27°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:58:47.5035 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633290
KMSC_BHZ115.824°100.48°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:58:56.8338 UTC-1-1.137iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633266
M53A_BHZ116.315°97.8°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:58:58.2285 UTC-1-0.682iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633297
O53A_BHZ116.553°98.07°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:58:58.7994 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633268
TIGA_BHZ116.98°101.22°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:58:59.6569 UTC-1-0.528iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633269
P52A_BHZ117.167°97.83°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:58:59.632 UTC-1-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633270
P49A_BHZ119.13°96.37°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:04.3454 UTC-10.046iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633274
O48B_BHZ119.541°95.71°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:05.0164 UTC-1-0.069iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633276
SFIN_BHZ121.026°94.46°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:07.6255 UTC-1-0.299iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633280
L44A_BHZ121.752°92.85°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:08.7419 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633281
SPMN_BHZ125.298°87.45°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:16.228 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633288
TUL1_BHZ127.592°92.4°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:21.0408 UTC-1-0.122iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633301
A36M_BHZ127.877°35.28°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:20.8917 UTC-1-0.069iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633302
WHTX_BHZ128.732°94.61°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:24.0005 UTC-10.552iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633305
435B_BHZ128.735°95.51°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:22.924 UTC-10.341iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633306
BGNE_BHZ129.385°86.53°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:24.5461 UTC-1-0.216iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633307
MDND_BHZ129.665°80.13°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:24.7297 UTC-10.39iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633308
SUSD_BHZ129.708°83.44°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:25.0397 UTC-1-0.372iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633309
C36M_BHZ129.764°37.91°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:24.5256 UTC-10iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633310
833A_BHZ130.037°96.77°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:26.063 UTC-1-0.01iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633312
ABTX_BHZ130.618°93.02°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:27.3273 UTC-10.082iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633314
A21K_BHZ131.288°357.82°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:28.2412 UTC-1-0.356iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633316
C26K_BHZ132.334°12.44°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:30.5455 UTC-1-0.167iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633317
C27K_BHZ132.523°14°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:30.669 UTC-1-0.425iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633321
KSCO_BHZ132.963°85.52°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:32.0659 UTC-10.079iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633323
D25K_BHZ133.019°10.72°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:31.3674 UTC-1-0.733iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633324
MSTX_BHZ133.27°90.16°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:32.2944 UTC-1-0.315iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633325
F31M_BHZ133.28°27.16°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:31.6245 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633326
D23K_BHZ133.586°5.31°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:33.2269 UTC-1-0.023iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633327
E27K_BHZ133.706°17.02°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:32.4179 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633328
G30M_BHZ134.111°24.24°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:33.1714 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633329
E25K_BHZ134.14°11.97°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:33.5681 UTC-1-0.806iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633331
E24K_BHZ134.376°8.22°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:34.0065 UTC-1-0.847iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633334
F26K_BHZ134.435°13.89°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:34.2318 UTC-1-0.743iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633335
E23K_BHZ134.447°6.77°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:33.3352 UTC-10.046iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633373
E22K_BHZ134.448°3.92°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:33.5663 UTC-10.275iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633372
T25A_BHZ134.5°86.11°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:33.7784 UTC-10.39iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633371
F25K_BHZ134.661°11.98°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.4217 UTC-10.735iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633370
EPYK_BHZ134.749°23.85°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.1256 UTC-10.275iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633369
F24K_BHZ134.891°9.08°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.8477 UTC-10.735iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633374
Q24A_BHZ134.919°83.81°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.7845 UTC-10.62iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633367
G27K_BHZ135.029°17.34°PKiKP2017-04-03 17:59:35.3321 UTC-1-0.85iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633366
G26K_BHZ135.123°14.54°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.7695 UTC-10.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633365
N23A_BHZ135.273°81.3°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:34.5924 UTC-1-0.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633363
F21K_BHZ135.39°1.79°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:35.0364 UTC-1-0iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633360
K22A_BHZ135.4°79.08°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:35.2824 UTC-10.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633359
H27K_BHZ135.565°17.68°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:36.2081 UTC-10.849iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633357
G24K_BHZ135.672°9.76°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:36.5212 UTC-10.964iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633356
G23K_BHZ135.804°6.39°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:36.1403 UTC-10.341iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633355
I29M_BHZ135.932°22.2°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:35.9219 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633556
I27K_BHZ136.173°17.76°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.3294 UTC-10.849iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633353
S22A_BHZ136.36°83.86°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.5059 UTC-10.682iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633349
H24K_BHZ136.551°9.37°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.2875 UTC-10.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633348
I26K_BHZ136.642°15.81°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.4559 UTC-10.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633347
H23K_BHZ136.66°7.14°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.3752 UTC-10iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633346
H22K_BHZ136.669°4.67°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.3917 UTC-10iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633345
Y22F_BHZ_00136.706°87.66°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.686 UTC-10.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633343
Y22F_BHZ_01136.706°87.66°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.7997 UTC-10.341iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633342
Y22D_BHZ136.706°87.66°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.0785 UTC-10.62iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633341
J29M_BHZ136.756°22.68°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:37.3241 UTC-1-0.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633338
H21K_BHZ136.943°2.76°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.1698 UTC-10.275iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633375
O20A_BHZ137.119°80.29°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.1472 UTC-1-0.069iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633378
K29M_BHZ137.197°23.87°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.2445 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633379
POKR_BHZ137.229°10.1°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.6927 UTC-10.275iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633380
I23K_BHZ137.322°7.48°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.1333 UTC-1-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633383
I21K_BHZ137.4°3.91°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.8902 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633384
J26L_BHZ137.464°15.49°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:39.353 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633385
121A_BHZ137.475°88.82°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.8672 UTC-1-0iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633386
TCOL_BHZ137.5°9.56°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:38.4577 UTC-1-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633389
J25K_BHZ137.547°13.01°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:39.1128 UTC-10.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633391
H17A_BHZ137.848°73.77°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:40.5124 UTC-10.964iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633395
L29M_BHZ137.978°23.37°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:39.4442 UTC-1-0.341iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633398
M31M_BHZ138.037°28.85°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:39.7776 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633401
M30M_BHZ138.212°25.42°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:40.7151 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633403
K24K_BHZ138.376°12.65°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:40.0534 UTC-1-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633406
J20K_BHZ138.441°0.97°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:40.0992 UTC-1-0.528iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633407
L27K_BHZ138.618°18.33°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:41.1093 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633409
M29M_BHZ138.65°23.21°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:41.1665 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633411
L26K_BHZ138.858°16.24°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.0026 UTC-10.62iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633414
W18A_BHZ138.949°84.75°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:41.7077 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633415
N31M_BHZ138.977°27.35°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.4475 UTC-10.849iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633416
K20K_BHZ139.26°1.1°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.1105 UTC-10iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633421
N30M_BHZ139.28°25.57°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.65 UTC-10.505iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633423
M27K_BHZ139.294°18.52°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:41.6016 UTC-1-0.569iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633424
P33M_BHZ139.368°32.12°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.5322 UTC-10.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633425
M26K_BHZ139.41°16.94°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.4942 UTC-10.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633426
HARP_BHZ139.679°13.89°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.3362 UTC-1-0.528iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633430
O30N_BHZ139.682°27.3°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:42.6425 UTC-1-0.227iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633431
M24K_BHZ140.071°12.52°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:43.6156 UTC-10.046iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633438
P32M_BHZ140.133°31.28°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:43.8419 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633440
L20K_BHZ140.137°1.39°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:44.0772 UTC-10.39iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633441
Q32M_BHZ140.268°33.67°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:43.7388 UTC-1-0.184iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633443
N25K_BHZ140.381°14.92°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:44.0114 UTC-1-0.114iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633444
L19K_BHZ140.439°359.99°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:44.3895 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633446
O28M_BHZ140.508°21.55°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.4319 UTC-11.079iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633448
M23K_BHZ140.524°10.37°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.2293 UTC-10.849iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633449
O29M_BHZ140.633°24.06°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:43.6658 UTC-1-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633480
M19K_BHZ140.716°0.66°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.5194 UTC-10.796iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633477
M22K_BHZ140.733°6.9°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:44.7997 UTC-10.046iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633475
S34M_BHZ140.788°35.96°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:43.9416 UTC-1-0.91iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633474
T35M_BHZ141.248°37.87°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.4866 UTC-1-0.184iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633468
R32K_BHZ141.473°30.99°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.7296 UTC-1-0.341iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633466
214A_BHZ141.745°86.62°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:45.6799 UTC-1-0.873iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633463
N19K_BHZ141.807°0.54°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.362 UTC-1-0.299iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633461
O22K_BHZ141.97°7.69°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.7653 UTC-1-0.184iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633460
N16K_BHZ142.047°354.11°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.7865 UTC-1-0.299iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633459
S32K_BHZ142.179°31.43°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.5207 UTC-1-0.796iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633458
S31K_BHZ142.196°28.73°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.8917 UTC-1-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633456
P23K_BHZ142.257°11.27°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:46.4314 UTC-1-1.024iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633457
O19K_BHZ142.424°0.8°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.7935 UTC-10.046iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633454
O20K_BHZ142.507°3.37°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.0538 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633453
Q23K_BHZ142.7°13.02°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.9669 UTC-10.735iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633451
O18K_BHZ142.766°359.45°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.8922 UTC-1-0.455iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633520
O17K_BHZ142.813°356.57°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.4435 UTC-1-0.987iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633521
U33K_BHZ142.881°34.49°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.4121 UTC-1-1.137iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633519
P19K_BHZ142.951°2.47°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.0278 UTC-1-0.643iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633517
O16K_BHZ142.956°355.02°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.3474 UTC-1-1.332iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633516
V35K_BHZ143.022°37.25°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.5779 UTC-1-1.217iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633514
R11B_BHZ143.049°76.36°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.2804 UTC-1-1.561iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633513
P18K_BHZ143.227°359.41°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:47.106 UTC-1-2.047iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633512
P16K_BHZ143.52°355.12°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.9048 UTC-1-0.758iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633509
Q19K_BHZ143.682°1.87°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.1516 UTC-1-1.791iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633507
Q16K_BHZ143.92°357.16°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:49.1376 UTC-1-1.217iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633502
Q20K_BHZ143.968°3.85°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:49.3354 UTC-1-1.102iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633501
Q18K_BHZ143.972°359.75°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:48.7684 UTC-1-1.676iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633500
Q17K_BHZ144.349°358.35°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:50.2214 UTC-1-0.873iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633495
TPFO_BHZ144.631°82.05°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:52.7781 UTC-11.2iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633492
R17K_BHZ144.963°357.52°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:52.1237 UTC-1-0.021iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633524
R16K_BHZ144.997°355.61°PKPdf2017-04-03 17:59:52.3507 UTC-10.147iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633525
109C_BHZ145.266°82.6°pPKPbc2017-04-03 17:59:54.7159 UTC-1-1.372iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633528
S12K_BHZ146.488°347.88°PKPab2017-04-03 17:59:56.7644 UTC-1-0.344iasp91dbp:vladik:17093633546

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