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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake: Southern Nevada

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Fri May 22nd 2015 18:47:42 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 5.3 ml) located in Southern Nevada. Seismic region California - Nevada Region.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station R11A in the network is 143.3 km.

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Details

Time:Fri May 22nd 2015 18:47:42 (UTC)
Magnitude:5.3 ml
Location:(37.2925,-114.6546)
Depth:4.0 km
Author:NBE:Update
evid,orid:184968,304403
nass,ndef:175,0
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
R11A_BHZ1.287°144.88°Pg2015-05-22 18:48:06.3465 UTC37588-1.311iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919793
W18A_BHZ4.525°300.15°Pn2015-05-22 18:48:53.1226 UTC41.6760.88iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919832
109C_BHZ4.838°23.79°Pn2015-05-22 18:48:56.7277 UTC11.1850.179iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919838
214A_BHZ5.548°344.65°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:06.4698 UTC51.8580.171iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919844
O20A_BHZ5.753°242.44°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:12.0496 UTC158.412.934iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919848
S22A_BHZ6.221°268.21°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:16.7346 UTC35.2161.18iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919852
O03E_BHZ6.325°116.04°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:17.5875 UTC65.4690.605iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919855
O02D_BHZ6.966°111.86°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:26.5724 UTC9.3690.794iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919861
M04C_BHZ7.127°126.69°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:29.6307 UTC29.5211.636iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919862
N02D_BHZ7.244°117.93°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:30.0071 UTC9.70680.404iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919863
121A_BHZ7.371°312.13°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:32.2327 UTC11.1320.89iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919865
M02C_BHZ7.546°120.23°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:34.7383 UTC24.4021.002iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919867
K04D_BHZ7.613°132.09°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:36.7709 UTC9.94982.109iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919869
N23A_BHZ7.655°244.75°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:37.0626 UTC24.4421.824iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919870
Q24A_BHZ7.658°260.37°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:36.5165 UTC13.5331.239iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919868
L04D_BHZ7.666°127.45°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:37.1224 UTC12.2521.738iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919871
H17A_BHZ7.741°204.84°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:39.4427 UTC30.9533.023iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919872
J05D_BHZ7.811°137.87°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:39.8637 UTC64.2742.48iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919873
T25A_BHZ8.155°274.18°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:43.2086 UTC-11.106iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919874
K22A_BHZ8.211°231.98°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:44.5345 UTC129.631.667iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919875
J04D_BHZ8.223°133.81°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:45.2777 UTC22.0912.24iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919876
L02E_BHZ8.421°122.33°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:47.7358 UTC19.4951.989iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919877
I05D_BHZ8.668°142.08°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:51.9796 UTC49.8172.85iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919879
K02D_BHZ8.758°125.08°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:52.9754 UTC47.2922.609iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919880
I04A_BHZ8.768°135.22°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:53.2322 UTC31.5352.728iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919882
J01E_BHZ9.188°126.57°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:58.3425 UTC-12.071iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919883
I03D_BHZ9.195°131.19°Pn2015-05-22 18:49:58.6578 UTC21.022.293iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919884
G05D_BHZ9.388°145.54°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:01.6774 UTC9.3632.675iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919885
H04D_BHZ9.456°137.09°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:02.4884 UTC-12.548iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919886
KSCO_BHZ9.605°263.46°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:04.3417 UTC-12.355iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919887
I02D_BHZ9.735°131.27°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:06.3877 UTC-12.63iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919889
F05D_BHZ9.978°147.04°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:09.6417 UTC6.62872.547iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919890
MSTX_BHZ10.205°292.39°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:12.0836 UTC-11.887iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919891
F04D_BHZ10.767°141.77°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:18.7164 UTC-10.821iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919894
E04D_BHZ10.964°144.84°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:22.8114 UTC10.5882.221iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919895
D03D_BHZ11.97°145.76°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:37.5528 UTC6.71453.189iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919899
B05D_BHZ12.242°150.93°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:41.53 UTC-13.453iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919900
ABTX_BHZ13.14°294.99°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:50.9801 UTC8.02780.626iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919902
BGNE_BHZ13.385°257.5°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:53.4718 UTC-1-0.223iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919903
SUSD_BHZ13.824°244.28°Pn2015-05-22 18:50:59.1754 UTC-1-0.51iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919905
WHTX_BHZ15.082°295.31°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:18.0636 UTC24.9771.046iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919908
MDND_BHZ15.256°231.74°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:20.2478 UTC-10.886iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919909
435B_BHZ15.54°299.35°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:23.7021 UTC-10.501iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919910
833A_BHZ15.618°308.94°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:25.9589 UTC7.57271.701iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919911
W39A_BHZ16.927°283.24°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:40.9815 UTC-10.308iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919912
U40A_BHZ17.438°279.62°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:46.9748 UTC13.982-0.091iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919914
X40A_BHZ17.858°285.36°Pn2015-05-22 18:51:52.5664 UTC-10.291iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919916
W41B_BHZ18.154°283.28°P2015-05-22 18:51:56.5654 UTC16.4480.291iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919917
SPMN_BHZ18.163°251.79°P2015-05-22 18:51:57.0676 UTC-10.703iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919918
SFIN_BHZ21.598°270.72°P2015-05-22 18:52:35.2143 UTC-11.41iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919924
P49A_BHZ23.456°274.1°P2015-05-22 18:52:53.7752 UTC-10.062iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919928
P52A_BHZ25.433°275.17°P2015-05-22 18:53:12.5416 UTC-10.801iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919930
O53A_BHZ26.085°274.37°P2015-05-22 18:53:18.118 UTC-10.472iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919931
KMSC_BHZ26.83°284.47°P2015-05-22 18:53:24.9817 UTC5.82260.602iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919933
G54A_BHZ28.35°266.44°P2015-05-22 18:53:38.5615 UTC-10.567iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919935
I57A_BHZ30.043°270.83°P2015-05-22 18:53:54.0344 UTC-11.008iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919938
D55A_BHZ30.269°265.67°P2015-05-22 18:53:56.0538 UTC-11.036iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919939
E56A_BHZ30.537°266.83°P2015-05-22 18:53:57.3317 UTC-1-0.061iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919940
HARP_BHZ31.294°128.98°P2015-05-22 18:54:05.0914 UTC-11.033iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919943
K27K_BHZ31.357°135.25°P2015-05-22 18:54:05.687 UTC5.82341.073iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919944
EPYK_BHZ31.722°145.36°P2015-05-22 18:54:09.375 UTC21.6431.553iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919946
D58A_BHZ32.035°267.61°P2015-05-22 18:54:11.1567 UTC-10.592iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919948
POKR_BHZ33.79°129.25°P2015-05-22 18:54:27.3943 UTC-11.511iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919957
I23K_BHZ34.448°126.8°P2015-05-22 18:54:32.9663 UTC-11.389iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919962
E64A_BHZ35.496°272.31°P2015-05-22 18:54:41.5648 UTC-10.951iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919964
TOLK_BHZ36.692°130.35°P2015-05-22 18:54:52.6693 UTC9.47211.831iasp91dbp:vladik:151415919967

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