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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake: Solomon Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Fri Dec 9th 2016 19:10:05 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 6.9 mwp) 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 8,140.7 km.

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Details

Time:Fri Dec 9th 2016 19:10:05 (UTC)
Magnitude:6.9 mwp
Location:(-10.6795,161.1263)
Depth:10.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:5408944,5730364
nass,ndef:509,0
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_BHZ73.129°217.97°P2016-12-09 19:21:34.1195 UTC-1-2.519iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418285
R16K_BHZ76.142°221.91°P2016-12-09 19:21:52.233 UTC-1-1.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417958
P16K_BHZ77.091°221.29°P2016-12-09 19:21:58.6581 UTC-1-0.842iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417957
Q17K_BHZ77.261°223.39°P2016-12-09 19:21:59.5595 UTC-1-0.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417959
Q16K_BHZ77.289°222.6°P2016-12-09 19:22:00.9263 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418289
O16K_BHZ77.48°221.11°P2016-12-09 19:22:00.7847 UTC-1-0.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417960
P17K_BHZ77.746°222.73°P2016-12-09 19:22:02.9516 UTC-1-0.213iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417962
Q18K_BHZ77.857°224.15°P2016-12-09 19:22:02.5457 UTC-1-1.236iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417963
N16K_BHZ77.927°220.34°P2016-12-09 19:22:03.1398 UTC-1-1.032iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418498
O17K_BHZ77.949°222.03°P2016-12-09 19:22:03.3982 UTC-1-0.895iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417964
P18K_BHZ78.313°223.84°P2016-12-09 19:22:03.3654 UTC-1-2.947iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417966
O18K_BHZ78.654°223.79°P2016-12-09 19:22:07.9799 UTC-1-0.213iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417967
Q20K_BHZ78.798°226.59°P2016-12-09 19:22:08.3555 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418290
O19K_BHZ79.207°224.57°P2016-12-09 19:22:11.5424 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418276
P19K_BHZ79.211°225.66°pP2016-12-09 19:22:13.173 UTC-1-1.38iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418500
N19K_BHZ79.592°224.34°pP2016-12-09 19:22:15.259 UTC-1-1.373iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418499
O20K_BHZ79.728°226.17°P2016-12-09 19:22:13.4348 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418278
L19K_BHZ80.452°223.83°P2016-12-09 19:22:16.9221 UTC-1-1.047iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418501
N20K_BHZ80.649°226.42°P2016-12-09 19:22:19.4911 UTC-10.469iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417970
L20K_BHZ80.981°224.71°P2016-12-09 19:22:21.8778 UTC-11.082iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418502
O22K_BHZ81.058°228.8°P2016-12-09 19:22:20.8934 UTC-1-0.316iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417972
P23K_BHZ81.628°230.99°P2016-12-09 19:22:22.6534 UTC-1-1.575iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418282
Q23K_BHZ81.694°232.02°P2016-12-09 19:22:24.8893 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418283
M22K_BHZ81.757°228.29°P2016-12-09 19:22:24.0642 UTC-1-0.842iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417976
J20K_BHZ82.108°224.28°P2016-12-09 19:22:25.95 UTC7.2456-0.802iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417909
M23K_BHZ82.642°230.5°P2016-12-09 19:22:29.8542 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418273
M24K_BHZ83.407°231.9°pP2016-12-09 19:22:35.2854 UTC-1-1.532iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418003
I21K_BHZ83.472°226.23°P2016-12-09 19:22:35.3324 UTC-11.507iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418503
H21K_BHZ83.559°225.41°P2016-12-09 19:22:34.9296 UTC-10.657iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418504
N25K_BHZ83.695°233.38°pP2016-12-09 19:22:36.7587 UTC-1-1.534iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418001
HARP_BHZ83.961°232.8°P2016-12-09 19:22:37.479 UTC-11.15iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417998
G21K_BHZ83.964°224.68°P2016-12-09 19:22:36.5789 UTC-10.235iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418505
I23K_BHZ84.261°228.69°P2016-12-09 19:22:38.6635 UTC-10.809iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417994
F21K_BHZ84.473°224.66°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.0524 UTC-10.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417993
TCOL_BHZ84.563°230.11°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.8501 UTC-10.469iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417992
K24K_BHZ84.594°232.12°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.6642 UTC-10.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417989
H23K_BHZ84.652°228.47°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.1964 UTC-1-0.634iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418506
M26K_BHZ84.77°234.78°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.3276 UTC-1-1.096iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418507
POKR_BHZ84.858°230.49°P2016-12-09 19:22:41.179 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418271
POKR_BHZ_0184.858°230.49°P2016-12-09 19:22:39.7959 UTC-1-1.07iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418508
O28M_BHZ84.97°237.43°P2016-12-09 19:22:41.5919 UTC-10.166iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418509
L26K_BHZ85°234.41°P2016-12-09 19:22:41.7898 UTC-10.211iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418011
G23K_BHZ85.098°227.96°P2016-12-09 19:22:42.7187 UTC-10.649iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418512
M27K_BHZ85.172°235.8°P2016-12-09 19:22:43.0421 UTC-10.606iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418511
H24K_BHZ85.177°230.03°P2016-12-09 19:22:43.1009 UTC-10.64iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418510
S31K_BHZ85.269°241.13°P2016-12-09 19:22:43.9133 UTC-10.99iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418262
O29M_BHZ85.397°238.91°P2016-12-09 19:22:44.146 UTC-10.584iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418513
P29M_BHZ85.414°239.7°P2016-12-09 19:22:44.9051 UTC-11.257iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418265
E22K_BHZ85.565°226.18°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:46.1852 UTC-1-0.934iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418008
L27K_BHZ85.586°235.79°P2016-12-09 19:22:44.6857 UTC-10.182iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418514
J26L_BHZ85.785°234.11°P2016-12-09 19:22:45.2558 UTC-1-0.233iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418515
S32K_BHZ85.817°242.6°P2016-12-09 19:22:45.0147 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418268
G24K_BHZ85.854°230.35°P2016-12-09 19:22:46.8967 UTC-11.067iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418516
U33K_BHZ85.919°243.93°P2016-12-09 19:22:47.411 UTC-11.257iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418269
E23K_BHZ86.115°228.27°P2016-12-09 19:22:46.9164 UTC-1-0.202iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418517
R32K_BHZ86.215°242.6°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:49.8141 UTC-1-0.17iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418255
F24K_BHZ86.255°229.92°P2016-12-09 19:22:47.9393 UTC-10.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418022
T33K_BHZ86.31°244.03°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:50.2817 UTC-1-0.121iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418254
V35K_BHZ86.348°245.25°P2016-12-09 19:22:47.6361 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418256
D23K_BHZ86.436°227.21°pP2016-12-09 19:22:51.5425 UTC-1-0.491iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418021
TOLK_BHZ_0186.514°228.28°P2016-12-09 19:22:48.4531 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418259
TOLK_BHZ86.514°228.28°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:50.3473 UTC-1-0.956iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418020
M29M_BHZ86.55°238.88°P2016-12-09 19:22:48.7031 UTC-1-0.554iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418018
N30M_BHZ86.607°240.16°P2016-12-09 19:22:48.9851 UTC-1-0.554iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418017
O30N_BHZ86.69°241.09°P2016-12-09 19:22:50.0686 UTC-10.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418016
A21K_BHZ86.711°221.44°P2016-12-09 19:22:50.5154 UTC-10.469iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418015
F25K_BHZ86.968°232.03°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:53.0874 UTC-1-0.216iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418014
L29M_BHZ87.023°239.15°P2016-12-09 19:22:51.7351 UTC-10.169iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418518
C23K_BHZ87.045°227.24°P2016-12-09 19:22:52.328 UTC-10.656iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418519
I27K_BHZ87.09°235.85°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:53.7889 UTC-1-0.055iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418521
G26K_BHZ87.153°233.79°P2016-12-09 19:22:52.8215 UTC-10.628iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418520
N31M_BHZ87.166°241.33°P2016-12-09 19:22:52.7266 UTC-10.469iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418029
P32M_BHZ87.183°243.23°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:54.5417 UTC-10.29iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418261
M30M_BHZ87.282°240.37°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:54.08 UTC-1-0.607iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418028
E25K_BHZ87.315°232.07°P2016-12-09 19:22:53.1035 UTC-10.128iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418027
C24K_BHZ87.46°229.06°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:55.175 UTC-1-0.298iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418522
H27K_BHZ87.472°235.91°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:55.2027 UTC-1-0.325iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418523
F26K_BHZ87.482°233.42°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:54.8388 UTC-1-0.735iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418524
Q32M_BHZ87.569°244.52°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:56.0267 UTC-10.072iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418525
S34M_BHZ87.667°245.54°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:55.9186 UTC-1-0.468iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418244
J29M_BHZ87.681°239.02°P2016-12-09 19:22:53.1545 UTC-1-1.575iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418245
T35M_BHZ87.72°246.32°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:56.1714 UTC-1-0.449iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418246
P33M_BHZ87.862°243.99°P2016-12-09 19:22:55.9053 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418247
M31M_BHZ88.081°242.54°P2016-12-09 19:22:55.9986 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418249
I29M_BHZ88.116°238.9°P2016-12-09 19:22:55.95 UTC12.445-0.845iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417897
N32M_BHZ88.16°243.73°PcP2016-12-09 19:22:58.2601 UTC-1-0.306iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418253
R33M_BHZ88.357°245.63°P2016-12-09 19:22:58.0555 UTC-10.123iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418526
E27K_BHZ88.548°235.79°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:00.7363 UTC-10.458iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418527
C26K_BHZ88.598°232.64°P2016-12-09 19:22:58.427 UTC-1-0.642iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418528
C27K_BHZ88.756°233.78°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:01.0748 UTC-1-0.123iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418034
109C_BHZ88.996°256.58°P2016-12-09 19:23:01.2553 UTC-10.313iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418237
EPYK_BHZ89.186°240.34°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:03.0895 UTC-1-0.011iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418238
G30M_BHZ89.658°240.79°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:04.6456 UTC-1-0.54iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418530
TPFO_BHZ89.69°256.93°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:05.0008 UTC-1-0.329iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418041
R11A_BHZ91.427°257.49°pP2016-12-09 19:23:15.6313 UTC18.0610.022iasp91dbp:vladik:16343417906
214A_BHZ92.34°258.87°pP2016-12-09 19:23:19.8437 UTC-10.021iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418048
C36M_BHZ94.735°252.09°PcP2016-12-09 19:23:28.7146 UTC-11.032iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418221
A36M_BHZ95.196°251.21°P2016-12-09 19:23:29.0013 UTC-1-0.554iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418043
W18A_BHZ95.423°260.75°pP2016-12-09 19:23:34.48 UTC-10.545iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418079
H17A_BHZ96.245°261.16°pP2016-12-09 19:23:37.4488 UTC-1-0.206iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418212
121A_BHZ96.627°261.54°pP2016-12-09 19:23:38.8633 UTC-1-0.51iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418057
O20A_BHZ97.339°262.19°pP2016-12-09 19:23:42.0599 UTC-1-0.511iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418054
Y22D_BHZ97.56°262.19°pP2016-12-09 19:23:42.406 UTC-1-1.152iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418214
Y22F_BHZ_0097.56°262.19°pP2016-12-09 19:23:44.2945 UTC-10.736iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418215
S22A_BHZ98.115°262.74°P2016-12-09 19:23:42.0497 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418216
K22A_BHZ98.928°263.67°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:23:49.4339 UTC-1-0.209iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418206
N23A_BHZ99.165°263.77°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:23:52.3774 UTC-11.679iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418208
Q24A_BHZ99.565°263.95°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:23:52.2626 UTC-1-0.209iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418210
T25A_BHZ99.953°264.08°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:23:53.9851 UTC-1-0.209iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418211
MSTX_BHZ100.962°264.43°Pdiff2016-12-09 19:23:54.6899 UTC-1-0.631iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418156
KSCO_BHZ101.521°265.51°Pdiff2016-12-09 19:23:59.058 UTC-11.257iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418158
833A_BHZ103.32°264.91°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:07.9881 UTC-1-1.153iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418161
ABTX_BHZ103.454°265.81°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:10.4706 UTC-10.735iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418162
MDND_BHZ104.101°269.59°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:12.3969 UTC-1-0.209iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418164
SUSD_BHZ104.513°269.18°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:15.1702 UTC-10.735iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418166
BGNE_BHZ105.053°268.93°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:17.4522 UTC-10.62iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418167
435B_BHZ105.076°266.39°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:18.4392 UTC-11.504iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418168
WHTX_BHZ105.258°266.78°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:17.8303 UTC-10.088iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418169
TUL1_BHZ106.788°268.82°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:28.2159 UTC-13.68iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418173
SPMN_BHZ108.853°273.79°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:43.3992 UTC-19.699iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418177
L44A_BHZ112.64°276.14°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:52.453 UTC-11.94iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418183
SFIN_BHZ113.439°275.94°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:55.867 UTC-11.809iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418185
O48B_BHZ114.924°277.22°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:24:59.6537 UTC-1-0.994iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418188
P49A_BHZ115.348°277.19°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:04.2432 UTC-11.71iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418189
TIGA_BHZ117.049°273.91°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:09.3873 UTC-1-0.694iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418195
P52A_BHZ117.306°279.02°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:15.5432 UTC-14.321iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418196
O53A_BHZ117.899°279.99°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:16.6795 UTC-12.822iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418197
M53A_BHZ118.083°281°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:16.0863 UTC-11.415iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418198
KMSC_BHZ118.569°277.2°pPdiff2016-12-09 19:25:16.0723 UTC-1-0.757iasp91dbp:vladik:16343418200

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