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Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake: North Of Ascension Island

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Mon Aug 29th 2016 04:29:57 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.1 mww) located in North Of Ascension Island. Seismic region Atlantic Ocean.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station M65A in the network is 7,029.5 km.

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Details

Time:Mon Aug 29th 2016 04:29:57 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.1 mww
Location:(-0.0406,-17.8261)
Depth:10.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:4745741,5050818
nass,ndef:310,0
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
L61B_BHZ64.895°115.45°P2016-08-29 04:40:36.6201 UTC14.095-0.785iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185335
KMSC_BHZ68.631°106.04°P2016-08-29 04:41:01.3112 UTC-10.053iasp91dbp:vladik:16243186993
TIGA_BHZ69.521°103.25°P2016-08-29 04:41:06.6768 UTC-1-0.11iasp91dbp:vladik:16243186994
M53A_BHZ70.024°108.78°P2016-08-29 04:41:09.2922 UTC11.055-0.596iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185339
O53A_BHZ70.035°107.97°P2016-08-29 04:41:09.8324 UTC29.297-0.124iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185340
P52A_BHZ70.522°107.09°P2016-08-29 04:41:12.0331 UTC23.025-0.906iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185341
P49A_BHZ72.407°105.23°P2016-08-29 04:41:24.0065 UTC11.868-0.318iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185343
O48B_BHZ72.921°105.14°P2016-08-29 04:41:26.4936 UTC50.313-0.892iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185344
SFIN_BHZ74.385°103.81°P2016-08-29 04:41:34.7686 UTC14.872-1.222iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185346
L44A_BHZ75.408°103.7°P2016-08-29 04:41:41.0145 UTC5.6865-0.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185347
SPMN_BHZ79.51°100.81°P2016-08-29 04:42:03.2825 UTC-1-1.579iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187010
TUL1_BHZ80.302°97.16°P2016-08-29 04:42:08.0233 UTC27.011-1.121iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185349
435B_BHZ81.235°95.32°P2016-08-29 04:42:13.7599 UTC-1-0.369iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187011
WHTX_BHZ81.24°95.57°P2016-08-29 04:42:13.2034 UTC10.517-0.953iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185350
833A_BHZ82.603°94.06°P2016-08-29 04:42:20.9841 UTC9.124-0.332iasp91dbp:vladik:16243185351
BGNE_BHZ82.785°96.46°P2016-08-29 04:42:21.0943 UTC-1-1.169iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187016
ABTX_BHZ83.137°94.47°P2016-08-29 04:42:24.2702 UTC-10.187iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187018
SUSD_BHZ83.708°96.27°P2016-08-29 04:42:25.9352 UTC-1-1.082iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187019
MDND_BHZ84.522°96.14°P2016-08-29 04:42:30.4978 UTC-1-0.656iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187021
MSTX_BHZ85.833°92.86°P2016-08-29 04:42:37.8921 UTC-10.185iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187024
KSCO_BHZ85.988°93.31°P2016-08-29 04:42:38.9446 UTC-10.47iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187025
T25A_BHZ87.303°92.1°P2016-08-29 04:42:45.056 UTC-10.158iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187027
Q24A_BHZ87.944°91.72°P2016-08-29 04:42:48.6747 UTC-10.713iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187029
N23A_BHZ88.604°91.26°P2016-08-29 04:42:51.4317 UTC-10.354iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187033
K22A_BHZ89.07°90.91°P2016-08-29 04:42:51.2613 UTC-1-2.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187036
S22A_BHZ89.237°90.64°P2016-08-29 04:42:54.3949 UTC-10.346iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187037
Y22D_BHZ89.273°90.54°P2016-08-29 04:42:52.3029 UTC-1-1.916iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187038
121A_BHZ89.987°90.06°P2016-08-29 04:42:57.6306 UTC-10.074iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187039
O20A_BHZ90.344°89.76°P2016-08-29 04:42:57.5683 UTC-1-1.649iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187040
W18A_BHZ91.585°88.93°P2016-08-29 04:43:04.036 UTC-1-0.937iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187045
H17A_BHZ91.993°88.1°P2016-08-29 04:43:07.1418 UTC-10.285iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187046
214A_BHZ94.25°87.39°P2016-08-29 04:43:16.3203 UTC-1-0.902iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187052
A36M_BHZ95.351°73.4°PcP2016-08-29 04:43:23.3017 UTC-10.908iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187054
C36M_BHZ95.7°74.76°pP2016-08-29 04:43:25.8875 UTC-1-1.284iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187056
R11A_BHZ96.103°85.2°P2016-08-29 04:43:23.3618 UTC-1-2.281iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187060
TPFO_BHZ97.2°85.23°P2016-08-29 04:43:30.3185 UTC-1-0.259iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187072
109C_BHZ97.804°84.96°P2016-08-29 04:43:31.38 UTC-1-1.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187081
H25K_BHZ104.383°54.45°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:18.0732 UTC-1-0.926iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187090
J26L_BHZ104.601°57.01°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:19.0505 UTC-1-0.348iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187092
P29M_BHZ104.639°63.62°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:21.7023 UTC-1-1.199iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187093
G24K_BHZ104.657°52.74°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:18.0647 UTC-1-1.439iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187094
O29M_BHZ104.709°62.69°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:23.2325 UTC-10.201iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187097
L27K_BHZ104.713°59°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:20.7809 UTC-11.176iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187096
E22K_BHZ105.029°48.16°PP2016-08-29 04:48:26.959 UTC-11.06iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187100
M27K_BHZ105.095°59.11°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:20.0344 UTC-1-0.273iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187102
J25K_BHZ105.182°55.24°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:22.0821 UTC-11.612iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187103
O28M_BHZ105.189°61.07°PP2016-08-29 04:48:26.9962 UTC-1-0.088iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187104
H24K_BHZ105.31°52.53°PP2016-08-29 04:48:28.4267 UTC-10.443iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187105
L26K_BHZ105.318°57.55°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:26.0043 UTC-11.852iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187106
G23K_BHZ105.439°50.23°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:16.436 UTC-1-4.508iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187107
M26K_BHZ105.514°58.03°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:16.587 UTC-1-4.495iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187109
F22K_BHZ105.551°47.92°PKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:20.307 UTC-1-0.843iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187110
POKR_BHZ_01105.598°53.12°PP2016-08-29 04:48:28.9598 UTC-1-1.156iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187131
POKR_BHZ105.598°53.12°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:26.5145 UTC-11.845iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187113
K24K_BHZ105.791°55.03°PP2016-08-29 04:48:30.5421 UTC-1-0.999iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187114
H23K_BHZ105.853°50.89°PP2016-08-29 04:48:30.6498 UTC-1-1.347iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187115
TCOL_BHZ105.89°52.76°PP2016-08-29 04:48:29.4981 UTC-1-2.771iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187118
F21K_BHZ106.113°46.68°PP2016-08-29 04:48:33.5724 UTC-1-0.349iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187120
I23K_BHZ106.219°51.22°PP2016-08-29 04:48:33.7748 UTC-1-0.929iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187122
HARP_BHZ106.355°55.96°PP2016-08-29 04:48:32.812 UTC-1-2.893iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187123
H22K_BHZ106.383°49.06°PP2016-08-29 04:48:35.298 UTC-1-0.613iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187124
N25K_BHZ106.576°56.69°PP2016-08-29 04:48:34.4469 UTC-1-2.888iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187126
G21K_BHZ106.604°46.81°PP2016-08-29 04:48:35.7054 UTC-1-1.833iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187127
M24K_BHZ106.911°55.05°PP2016-08-29 04:48:33.8438 UTC-1-5.955iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187130
H21K_BHZ106.978°47.7°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:31.7468 UTC-14.52iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187135
I21K_BHZ107.041°48.62°pPKiKP2016-08-29 04:48:29.7832 UTC-12.439iasp91dbp:vladik:16243187134

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