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Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake: Solomon Islands

Summary

The red marker denotes the earthquake epicenter.

On Sun Jan 22nd 2017 04:30:23 (UTC) the seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary 7.9 mww) 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 7,931.2 km.

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Details

Time:Sun Jan 22nd 2017 04:30:23 (UTC)
Magnitude:7.9 mww
Location:(-6.2137,155.1224)
Depth:136.0 km
Author:USGS:us
evid,orid:5656171,5986550
nass,ndef:297,0
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_BHZ71.247°225.52°P2017-01-22 04:41:25.2012 UTC78.123-2.306iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512086
R16K_BHZ74.325°229.36°P2017-01-22 04:41:43.6888 UTC-1-1.988iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512444
R17K_BHZ74.858°230.46°P2017-01-22 04:41:46.8295 UTC-1-1.925iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512443
P16K_BHZ75.12°228.67°P2017-01-22 04:41:47.6335 UTC51.023-2.624iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512087
Q16K_BHZ75.413°230°P2017-01-22 04:41:49.1831 UTC67.492-2.752iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512088
O16K_BHZ75.453°228.46°P2017-01-22 04:41:49.665 UTC-1-2.497iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512446
Q17K_BHZ75.459°230.8°P2017-01-22 04:41:49.8286 UTC315.38-2.37iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512089
N16K_BHZ75.79°227.65°P2017-01-22 04:41:53.2403 UTC716.75-0.843iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511814
O17K_BHZ75.95°229.37°P2017-01-22 04:41:52.8791 UTC-1-2.116iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512447
Q18K_BHZ76.058°231.55°P2017-01-22 04:41:53.3608 UTC396.27-2.243iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512090
P18K_BHZ76.433°231.2°P2017-01-22 04:41:54.9734 UTC154.69-2.752iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511816
O18K_BHZ76.731°231.14°P2017-01-22 04:41:56.5858 UTC-1-2.815iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512449
Q19K_BHZ76.788°232.77°P2017-01-22 04:41:57.348 UTC149.05-2.37iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512091
Q20K_BHZ77.118°233.99°P2017-01-22 04:41:59.7674 UTC-1-1.797iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512450
O19K_BHZ77.291°231.91°P2017-01-22 04:41:59.9684 UTC149.68-2.561iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512169
P19K_BHZ77.393°233.02°P2017-01-22 04:42:00.8529 UTC-1-2.243iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512451
N19K_BHZ77.61°231.65°P2017-01-22 04:42:02.5689 UTC-1-1.734iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512452
O20K_BHZ77.894°233.51°P2017-01-22 04:42:03.5682 UTC179.21-2.306iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511820
L19K_BHZ78.326°231.07°P2017-01-22 04:42:07.1599 UTC751.96-1.098iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511874
N20K_BHZ78.721°233.71°P2017-01-22 04:42:07.7331 UTC192.98-2.688iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511878
M20K_BHZ78.778°232.74°P2017-01-22 04:42:09.1211 UTC-1-1.607iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512453
L20K_BHZ78.866°231.94°P2017-01-22 04:42:10.0467 UTC598.36-1.161iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511882
K20K_BHZ79.341°231.63°P2017-01-22 04:42:12.5021 UTC886.71-1.289iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512172
M22K_BHZ79.855°235.57°P2017-01-22 04:42:13.8756 UTC-1-2.688iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512456
P23K_BHZ80.006°238.33°P2017-01-22 04:42:15.7715 UTC-1-1.607iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512455
Q23K_BHZ80.171°239.38°P2017-01-22 04:42:17.0377 UTC19.43-1.225iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511829
M23K_BHZ80.823°237.78°P2017-01-22 04:42:19.7451 UTC371.58-1.988iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511910
I21K_BHZ81.17°233.36°P2017-01-22 04:42:22.0267 UTC-1-1.543iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512458
H21K_BHZ81.184°232.52°P2017-01-22 04:42:21.912 UTC-1-1.734iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512460
G21K_BHZ81.487°231.75°P2017-01-22 04:42:23.633 UTC-1-1.607iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512459
M24K_BHZ81.608°239.17°P2017-01-22 04:42:24.78 UTC540.82-1.098iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511928
F21K_BHZ81.932°231.69°P2017-01-22 04:42:25.6438 UTC-1-1.925iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512461
N25K_BHZ82.001°240.67°P2017-01-22 04:42:26.8334 UTC452.67-1.098iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511933
I23K_BHZ82.049°235.83°P2017-01-22 04:42:25.7454 UTC255.98-2.434iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511831
HARP_BHZ82.165°240.07°P2017-01-22 04:42:27.3055 UTC151.3-1.479iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511940
TCOL_BHZ82.426°237.27°P2017-01-22 04:42:27.0679 UTC148.1-3.07iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511938
K24K_BHZ82.631°239.33°P2017-01-22 04:42:29.3395 UTC713.75-1.861iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511945
POKR_BHZ82.709°237.64°P2017-01-22 04:42:28.4072 UTC113.88-3.197iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511833
POKR_BHZ_0182.709°237.64°P2017-01-22 04:42:28.5344 UTC-1-3.07iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512463
G23K_BHZ82.713°235.03°P2017-01-22 04:42:29.7596 UTC-1-1.861iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512464
H24K_BHZ82.942°237.15°P2017-01-22 04:42:30.1132 UTC-1-2.688iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512465
M26K_BHZ83.042°242.04°P2017-01-22 04:42:31.8376 UTC-1-1.479iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512466
L26K_BHZ83.195°241.65°P2017-01-22 04:42:32.6823 UTC353.19-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511948
M27K_BHZ83.482°243.07°P2017-01-22 04:42:34.661 UTC-1-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512467
O28M_BHZ83.506°244.75°P2017-01-22 04:42:34.784 UTC-1-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512468
G24K_BHZ83.545°237.44°P2017-01-22 04:42:34.4694 UTC-1-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512469
E23K_BHZ83.611°235.29°P2017-01-22 04:42:34.8075 UTC-1-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512470
A21K_BHZ83.718°228.27°P2017-01-22 04:42:34.526 UTC-1-2.243iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512477
J26L_BHZ83.815°241.31°P2017-01-22 04:42:35.8453 UTC-1-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512471
D23K_BHZ83.816°234.19°P2017-01-22 04:42:36.041 UTC-1-1.225iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512472
L27K_BHZ83.822°243.04°P2017-01-22 04:42:36.0692 UTC-1-1.225iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512473
F24K_BHZ83.853°236.98°P2017-01-22 04:42:36.418 UTC-1-1.034iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512474
E24K_BHZ83.969°236.36°P2017-01-22 04:42:36.3065 UTC-1-1.734iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512475
O29M_BHZ84.035°246.24°P2017-01-22 04:42:37.7182 UTC-1-0.653iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512478
G25K_BHZ84.04°238.73°P2017-01-22 04:42:36.7893 UTC-1-1.607iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512479
S31K_BHZ84.245°248.52°P2017-01-22 04:42:38.5861 UTC101.94-0.843iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511838
F25K_BHZ84.619°239.09°P2017-01-22 04:42:40.3414 UTC391-0.971iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512170
R31K_BHZ84.65°248.91°P2017-01-22 04:42:40.3051 UTC23.64-1.161iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511965
P30M_BHZ84.703°247.69°P2017-01-22 04:42:40.9488 UTC399.9-0.78iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511967
C24K_BHZ84.821°236.02°P2017-01-22 04:42:40.9026 UTC-1-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512482
E25K_BHZ84.914°239.12°P2017-01-22 04:42:41.752 UTC338.42-1.034iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512140
G26K_BHZ84.919°240.89°P2017-01-22 04:42:41.9671 UTC-1-0.843iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512480
M29M_BHZ84.948°246.15°P2017-01-22 04:42:42.0485 UTC-1-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512481
I27K_BHZ85.057°243.02°P2017-01-22 04:42:42.3972 UTC749.37-1.098iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511843
F26K_BHZ85.163°240.5°P2017-01-22 04:42:43.178 UTC-1-0.843iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512483
U33K_BHZ85.201°251.35°P2017-01-22 04:42:43.5598 UTC94.594-0.653iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511846
R32K_BHZ85.202°249.98°P2017-01-22 04:42:43.8187 UTC86.272-0.398iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511976
O30N_BHZ85.343°248.41°P2017-01-22 04:42:44.0082 UTC479.08-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511978
L29M_BHZ85.356°246.4°P2017-01-22 04:42:44.3908 UTC724.85-0.589iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511979
H27K_BHZ85.373°243.05°P2017-01-22 04:42:44.2871 UTC-1-0.78iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512484
T33K_BHZ85.513°251.44°P2017-01-22 04:42:45.2945 UTC87.918-0.462iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511981
G27K_BHZ85.591°242.89°P2017-01-22 04:42:45.2979 UTC-1-0.843iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512485
M30M_BHZ85.709°247.65°P2017-01-22 04:42:45.9463 UTC653.81-0.78iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511983
N31M_BHZ85.745°248.63°P2017-01-22 04:42:46.2485 UTC549.26-0.653iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511986
V35K_BHZ85.765°252.67°P2017-01-22 04:42:46.0303 UTC186.61-0.971iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511847
J29M_BHZ85.861°246.23°P2017-01-22 04:42:47.0738 UTC575.63-0.398iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511848
P32M_BHZ86.036°250.59°P2017-01-22 04:42:47.4268 UTC184.25-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511992
I29M_BHZ86.192°246.09°P2017-01-22 04:42:47.6844 UTC361.06-1.416iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511849
E27K_BHZ86.239°242.86°P2017-01-22 04:42:48.4209 UTC-1-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512486
C27K_BHZ86.247°240.78°P2017-01-22 04:42:48.3353 UTC-1-1.034iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512487
Q32M_BHZ86.533°251.88°P2017-01-22 04:42:50.2354 UTC-1-0.525iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512488
M31M_BHZ86.611°249.83°P2017-01-22 04:42:49.8543 UTC1102.2-1.289iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511993
P33M_BHZ86.664°251.33°P2017-01-22 04:42:50.2375 UTC304.55-1.161iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511997
S34M_BHZ86.784°252.92°P2017-01-22 04:42:51.3259 UTC729.14-0.653iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511999
N32M_BHZ86.845°251.05°P2017-01-22 04:42:51.3649 UTC-1-0.907iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512489
T35M_BHZ86.971°253.72°P2017-01-22 04:42:52.4184 UTC299.42-0.462iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512004
R33M_BHZ87.3°252.99°P2017-01-22 04:42:54.0542 UTC515.63-0.398iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512175
G30M_BHZ87.6°247.93°P2017-01-22 04:42:54.2727 UTC1000.6-1.607iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512142
F31M_BHZ88.662°250.22°P2017-01-22 04:42:59.0198 UTC353.22-1.861iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512144
109C_BHZ91.509°263.57°PcP2017-01-22 04:43:14.4857 UTC86.405-0.3iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512041
TPFO_BHZ92.128°263.95°PcP2017-01-22 04:43:17.5297 UTC238.480.001iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512049
C36M_BHZ92.594°259.22°P2017-01-22 04:43:17.1333 UTC431.24-1.988iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512176
A36M_BHZ92.728°258.24°P2017-01-22 04:43:17.8749 UTC-1-1.861iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512495
R11A_BHZ93.298°264.68°P2017-01-22 04:43:22.5233 UTC1033.70.174iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512070
214A_BHZ95.031°265.81°PcP2017-01-22 04:43:30.8106 UTC82.810.406iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511862
H17A_BHZ97.412°268.55°PcP2017-01-22 04:43:41.0126 UTC171.160.041iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233511868
W18A_BHZ97.767°267.84°PcP2017-01-22 04:43:43.6752 UTC119.991.128iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512080
O20A_BHZ99.068°269.5°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:48.525 UTC283.940.204iasp91tele3512096
121A_BHZ99.305°268.53°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:50.0593 UTC83.4910.683iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512097
Y22D_BHZ100.057°269.27°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:54.3501 UTC-11.637iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512497
S22A_BHZ100.155°269.98°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:54.3417 UTC203.241.192iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512099
K22A_BHZ100.344°271.06°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:53.3989 UTC84.459-0.589iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512098
N23A_BHZ100.81°271.12°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:56.2945 UTC408.670.238iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512100
Q24A_BHZ101.46°271.26°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:43:59.941 UTC165.661.001iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512103
T25A_BHZ102.082°271.33°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:00.0332 UTC63.482-1.67iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512105
KSCO_BHZ103.417°272.87°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:08.3108 UTC77.130.683iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512082
MSTX_BHZ103.496°271.57°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:08.0248 UTC29.6010.047iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512083
MDND_BHZ104.833°277.22°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:12.8797 UTC-1-1.034iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512500
SUSD_BHZ105.694°276.78°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:16.2391 UTC20.407-1.495iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512134
ABTX_BHZ106.163°272.96°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:20.0706 UTC-10.255iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512501
833A_BHZ106.557°271.83°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:21.9037 UTC15.8680.336iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512157
BGNE_BHZ106.63°276.48°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:21.3613 UTC17.98-0.529iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512135
435B_BHZ108.015°273.51°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:28.5148 UTC-10.476iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512502
WHTX_BHZ108.046°273.97°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:27.7261 UTC-1-0.45iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512503
TUL1_BHZ109.072°276.26°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:32.7828 UTC12.0880.051iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512159
SPMN_BHZ109.875°281.59°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:35.3098 UTC19.821-0.984iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512161
SFIN_BHZ115.03°283.9°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:44:56.4129 UTC-1-2.764iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512510
P52A_BHZ118.892°287.25°Pdiff2017-01-22 04:45:15.7127 UTC-1-0.609iasp91dbp:rrodd:170233512512

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