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Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake: Solomon Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Thu Dec 8th 2016 17:38:47 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.7 mwb) located in Solomon Islands. Seismic region Bismarck And Solomon Islands.

The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the location to the epicenter) to the closest station S12K in the network is 8,132.1 km.

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Details

Time:Thu Dec 8th 2016 17:38:47 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.7 mwb
Location:(-10.6741,161.3351)
Depth:48.7 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:5407915,5728382
nass,ndef:541,0
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
S12K_BHZ73.052°217.78°P2016-12-08 17:50:09.7407 UTC48.87-2.444iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411663
R16K_BHZ76.062°221.72°P2016-12-08 17:50:28.0938 UTC22.661-1.553iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411665
R17K_BHZ76.543°222.82°P2016-12-08 17:50:31.0463 UTC-1-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412523
P16K_BHZ77.015°221.09°P2016-12-08 17:50:32.95 UTC97.937-2.087iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411659
Q17K_BHZ77.181°223.19°P2016-12-08 17:50:34.19 UTC91.131-1.776iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411666
Q16K_BHZ77.211°222.41°P2016-12-08 17:50:33.6917 UTC63.361-2.444iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411667
O16K_BHZ77.405°220.91°P2016-12-08 17:50:35.2248 UTC-1-1.998iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412524
P17K_BHZ77.668°222.53°P2016-12-08 17:50:36.675 UTC28.336-2.015iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411766
Q18K_BHZ77.776°223.96°P2016-12-08 17:50:37.5137 UTC241.54-1.776iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411668
N16K_BHZ77.855°220.15°P2016-12-08 17:50:38.3991 UTC-1-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412525
O17K_BHZ77.873°221.83°P2016-12-08 17:50:37.1 UTC135.59-2.73iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411767
P18K_BHZ78.234°223.64°P2016-12-08 17:50:39.075 UTC163.12-2.755iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411669
O18K_BHZ78.576°223.6°P2016-12-08 17:50:42.175 UTC54.261-1.54iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411670
Q20K_BHZ78.714°226.4°P2016-12-08 17:50:42.2517 UTC50.832-2.221iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411671
O19K_BHZ79.13°224.38°P2016-12-08 17:50:45.125 UTC113.48-1.623iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411769
P19K_BHZ79.13°225.47°P2016-12-08 17:50:45.4217 UTC60.349-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412071
N19K_BHZ79.516°224.15°P2016-12-08 17:50:47.075 UTC-1-1.776iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412527
O20K_BHZ79.648°225.98°P2016-12-08 17:50:47.3488 UTC55.726-2.221iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411774
L19K_BHZ80.38°223.63°P2016-12-08 17:50:52.8488 UTC451.08-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412064
N20K_BHZ80.571°226.22°P2016-12-08 17:50:52.3144 UTC136.62-2.221iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411673
L20K_BHZ80.908°224.51°P2016-12-08 17:50:56.1164 UTC-1-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412528
O22K_BHZ80.976°228.61°P2016-12-08 17:50:55.1436 UTC185.66-1.553iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411781
K20K_BHZ81.475°224.24°P2016-12-08 17:50:59.0889 UTC-1-0.252iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412531
P23K_BHZ81.542°230.8°P2016-12-08 17:50:57.5973 UTC21.699-2.098iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411697
Q23K_BHZ81.605°231.83°P2016-12-08 17:50:59.316 UTC-1-0.713iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412529
M22K_BHZ81.678°228.1°P2016-12-08 17:50:59.0802 UTC325.9-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411695
J20K_BHZ82.039°224.08°P2016-12-08 17:51:02.0913 UTC-1-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412530
M23K_BHZ82.561°230.31°P2016-12-08 17:51:04. UTC37.246-1.03iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411794
M24K_BHZ83.326°231.71°P2016-12-08 17:51:08.525 UTC373.23-0.454iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411802
I21K_BHZ83.403°226.03°P2016-12-08 17:51:08.4927 UTC-1-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412533
H21K_BHZ83.492°225.22°P2016-12-08 17:51:09.3941 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412534
N25K_BHZ83.61°233.19°P2016-12-08 17:51:09.5522 UTC232.7-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411804
HARP_BHZ83.879°232.61°P2016-12-08 17:51:11.3693 UTC95.339-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411701
G21K_BHZ83.9°224.49°P2016-12-08 17:51:11.2558 UTC527.74-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412062
I23K_BHZ84.19°228.5°P2016-12-08 17:51:11.8367 UTC139.46-1.553iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411926
F21K_BHZ84.411°224.46°P2016-12-08 17:51:13.6201 UTC233.22-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412009
TCOL_BHZ84.49°229.92°P2016-12-08 17:51:12.8 UTC76.207-2.106iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411928
K24K_BHZ84.516°231.93°P2016-12-08 17:51:13.9292 UTC141.74-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411929
H23K_BHZ84.583°228.28°P2016-12-08 17:51:14.2665 UTC-1-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412536
M26K_BHZ84.686°234.59°P2016-12-08 17:51:15.6748 UTC-1-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412538
POKR_BHZ84.785°230.3°P2016-12-08 17:51:14.1693 UTC105.22-2.221iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411930
O28M_BHZ84.879°237.25°P2016-12-08 17:51:16.8651 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412539
L26K_BHZ84.918°234.22°P2016-12-08 17:51:16.6174 UTC160.47-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411707
G23K_BHZ85.032°227.76°P2016-12-08 17:51:17.1853 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412540
M27K_BHZ85.087°235.61°P2016-12-08 17:51:17.9039 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412541
H24K_BHZ85.106°229.83°P2016-12-08 17:51:16.2202 UTC-1-1.776iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412542
S31K_BHZ85.168°240.95°P2016-12-08 17:51:17.1947 UTC25.687-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411987
O29M_BHZ85.304°238.72°P2016-12-08 17:51:18.9873 UTC59.5810.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411813
P29M_BHZ85.319°239.51°P2016-12-08 17:51:18.3931 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412543
L27K_BHZ85.503°235.61°P2016-12-08 17:51:19.9797 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412545
E22K_BHZ85.504°225.99°P2016-12-08 17:51:19.5355 UTC161.12-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412089
R31K_BHZ85.613°241.35°P2016-12-08 17:51:19.4093 UTC-1-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412544
S32K_BHZ85.712°242.42°P2016-12-08 17:51:19.6806 UTC35.21-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412075
G24K_BHZ85.785°230.16°P2016-12-08 17:51:20.9315 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412547
U33K_BHZ85.81°243.76°P2016-12-08 17:51:20.6103 UTC38.355-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411990
P30M_BHZ85.903°240.17°P2016-12-08 17:51:22.15 UTC60.6260.195iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411824
E23K_BHZ86.051°228.07°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.1366 UTC-10.451iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412548
R32K_BHZ86.113°242.42°P2016-12-08 17:51:22.7715 UTC52.231-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411992
F24K_BHZ86.189°229.73°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.4 UTC226.090.035iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412011
T33K_BHZ86.203°243.86°P2016-12-08 17:51:22.7683 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412549
V35K_BHZ86.236°245.08°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.3752 UTC30.123-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411994
G25K_BHZ86.247°231.44°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.225 UTC150.21-0.423iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411901
D23K_BHZ86.376°227.02°P2016-12-08 17:51:24.5103 UTC-10.228iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412550
TOLK_BHZ86.453°228.08°P2016-12-08 17:51:24.2172 UTC181.7-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412012
M29M_BHZ86.462°238.69°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.8192 UTC212.27-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411714
N30M_BHZ86.516°239.98°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.8598 UTC-1-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412551
O30N_BHZ86.595°240.9°P2016-12-08 17:51:23.95 UTC79.639-1.406iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411830
A21K_BHZ86.662°221.24°P2016-12-08 17:51:24.1265 UTC-1-1.553iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412552
F25K_BHZ86.9°231.83°P2016-12-08 17:51:26.4001 UTC235.87-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412013
L29M_BHZ86.937°238.96°P2016-12-08 17:51:26.5802 UTC422.99-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411717
C23K_BHZ86.987°227.05°P2016-12-08 17:51:26.5986 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412554
I27K_BHZ87.014°235.66°P2016-12-08 17:51:27.3979 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412553
N31M_BHZ87.074°241.14°P2016-12-08 17:51:26.7 UTC97.937-0.981iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411832
G26K_BHZ87.082°233.59°P2016-12-08 17:51:27.2791 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412555
P32M_BHZ87.084°243.05°P2016-12-08 17:51:26.4001 UTC53.186-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411834
M30M_BHZ87.193°240.19°P2016-12-08 17:51:27.15 UTC-1-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412596
E25K_BHZ87.248°231.88°P2016-12-08 17:51:28.55 UTC582.220.027iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412014
H27K_BHZ87.397°235.72°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.0216 UTC-1-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412597
F26K_BHZ87.414°233.23°P2016-12-08 17:51:28.8775 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412598
Q32M_BHZ87.467°244.34°P2016-12-08 17:51:28.2408 UTC65.431-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412063
K29M_BHZ87.547°239.48°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.5111 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412599
S34M_BHZ87.561°245.36°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.3572 UTC75.614-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411725
J29M_BHZ87.599°238.83°P2016-12-08 17:51:30.2047 UTC287.290.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411935
T35M_BHZ87.611°246.15°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.1494 UTC20.966-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411828
G27K_BHZ87.681°235.58°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.9301 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412600
P33M_BHZ87.764°243.81°P2016-12-08 17:51:29.656 UTC58.499-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411839
M31M_BHZ87.99°242.35°P2016-12-08 17:51:30.7251 UTC60.639-1.331iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411729
I29M_BHZ88.037°238.72°P2016-12-08 17:51:31.6138 UTC290.56-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411936
R33M_BHZ88.255°245.45°P2016-12-08 17:51:32.2016 UTC58.868-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411846
E27K_BHZ88.479°235.6°P2016-12-08 17:51:34.3678 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412601
C26K_BHZ88.536°232.45°P2016-12-08 17:51:34.1914 UTC962.04-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412088
C27K_BHZ88.692°233.58°P2016-12-08 17:51:34.9265 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412602
109C_BHZ88.823°256.47°P2016-12-08 17:51:36.432 UTC32.5430.451iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411852
EPYK_BHZ89.109°240.15°P2016-12-08 17:51:36.8812 UTC211.54-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411937
TPFO_BHZ89.518°256.82°P2016-12-08 17:51:38.7972 UTC108.18-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411858
G30M_BHZ89.582°240.6°P2016-12-08 17:51:38.8718 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412605
F31M_BHZ90.645°242.89°P2016-12-08 17:51:43.6019 UTC88.961-0.885iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412015
R11A_BHZ91.264°257.36°PcP2016-12-08 17:51:47.8049 UTC373.58-0.316iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411888
214A_BHZ92.163°258.76°PcP2016-12-08 17:51:52.6242 UTC82.7250.521iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411938
C36M_BHZ94.66°251.9°P2016-12-08 17:52:01.8467 UTC-1-1.108iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412607
A36M_BHZ95.13°251.02°P2016-12-08 17:52:04.4297 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412611
W18A_BHZ95.252°260.63°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:06.575 UTC59.7670.775iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411941
H17A_BHZ96.094°261.02°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:11.0202 UTC89.6571.481iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411763
121A_BHZ96.45°261.43°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:12.3994 UTC28.1881.283iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412017
O20A_BHZ97.177°262.07°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:14.7762 UTC40.340.429iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411945
Y22D_BHZ97.385°262.08°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:16.3747 UTC-11.104iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412608
Y22F_BHZ_0097.386°262.08°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:15.93 UTC-10.659iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412609
S22A_BHZ97.948°262.62°PcP2016-12-08 17:52:18.8845 UTC39.6431.117iasp91dbp:vladik:16343411904
K22A_BHZ98.771°263.53°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:22.0959 UTC-10.673iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412615
N23A_BHZ99.005°263.64°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:23.8009 UTC-11.341iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412617
Q24A_BHZ99.4°263.82°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:25.9999 UTC-11.786iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412619
T25A_BHZ99.784°263.96°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:26.8141 UTC-10.896iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412631
MSTX_BHZ100.787°264.32°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:30.8208 UTC-10.451iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412622
KSCO_BHZ101.356°265.39°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:34.2367 UTC-11.341iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412624
833A_BHZ103.135°264.82°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:40.5736 UTC-1-0.217iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412628
ABTX_BHZ103.276°265.7°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:41.4231 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412629
MDND_BHZ103.957°269.44°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:44.4449 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412632
SUSD_BHZ104.36°269.04°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:45.7903 UTC-1-0.44iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412634
BGNE_BHZ104.893°268.8°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:47.9318 UTC-1-0.663iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412635
435B_BHZ104.894°266.29°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:48.6074 UTC-10.005iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412636
WHTX_BHZ105.078°266.68°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:48.962 UTC-1-0.456iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412637
TUL1_BHZ106.616°268.71°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:52:57.2809 UTC-11.036iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412641
SPMN_BHZ108.702°273.64°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:07.1456 UTC-11.64iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412645
L44A_BHZ112.483°276°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:21.7593 UTC-1-0.528iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412651
SFIN_BHZ113.277°275.81°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:25.7644 UTC-1-0.049iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412653
O48B_BHZ114.762°277.08°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:31.5928 UTC-1-0.811iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412658
P49A_BHZ115.185°277.05°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:34.8912 UTC-10.61iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412659
TIGA_BHZ116.868°273.8°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:42.0953 UTC-10.342iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412664
P52A_BHZ117.143°278.88°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:43.1195 UTC-10.145iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412665
O53A_BHZ117.739°279.85°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:45.7522 UTC-10.134iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412666
M53A_BHZ117.926°280.85°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:46.6067 UTC-10.161iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412667
KMSC_BHZ118.396°277.07°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:53:50.9912 UTC-12.455iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412669
L61B_BHZ123.44°287.65°Pdiff2016-12-08 17:54:11.075 UTC-10.151iasp91dbp:vladik:16343412681

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