Station MN MEB - Medea, Algeria

Network: MN - MEDNET Project

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
MEB Medea, Algeria (36.30, 2.73) 1992-05-20 / 1994-08-31 500 m
Crust2 Type:S3,continental slope, margin, transition 3.5 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:22 km
Thickness StdDev:2.4 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.96
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.07
Vs Estimate:3.008 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.32
Peak Value:0.10
Assumed Vp:5.88 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.605
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

4 with match > 90% ( 16.666666 %) and 8 with match > 80% ( 33.333332 %) out of 24.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 22 km 1.96 5.88 km/s 3.008 km/s 0.32
Crust2.0 26 km 1.82 5.88 km/s 3.237 km/s 0.28 S3,continental slope, margin, transition 3.5 km seds.
Global Maxima 22 km 1.96 5.88 km/s 3.008 km/s 0.32 amp=0.10235968
Local Maxima 1 24 km 1.83 5.88 km/s 3.222 km/s 0.29 amp=0.06668524
Local Maxima 2 42 km 1.60 5.88 km/s 3.675 km/s 0.18 amp=0.056991026
Local Maxima 3 31 km 1.78 5.88 km/s 3.304 km/s 0.27 amp=0.039424647
Local Maxima 4 42 km 1.95 5.88 km/s 3.016 km/s 0.32 amp=0.037982445
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps3.57 SECOND
PpPs11.06 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs14.63 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(8 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
95.568726 83.8 deg 260.532 deg Northern Peru 1992/07/13 18:11:34 GMT (-3.9, -76.6) 100 km 6.2 MB
92.993385 82.1 deg 342.201 deg Gulf Of Alaska 1992/08/07 18:19:19 GMT (57.6, -143.0) 10 km 6.3 MB, 6.5 MS, 6.5 ML
90.89716 40.0 deg 1.681 deg Svalbard Region 1992/09/09 13:08:54 GMT (76.2, 7.2) 24 km 5.7 MB, 5.6 MS
90.347466 71.3 deg 280.85 deg Cuba Region 1992/05/25 16:55:05 GMT (19.6, -77.9) 33 km 6.3 MB, 7.0 MS
88.46454 40.1 deg 205.814 deg North Of Ascension Island 1992/08/28 18:18:45 GMT (-1.0, -13.6) 10 km 6.4 MB, 7.0 MS
87.94079 77.7 deg 267.277 deg Colombia 1992/08/15 19:02:09 GMT (5.1, -75.7) 127 km 5.7 MB
84.11783 77.5 deg 269.652 deg Northern Colombia 1992/10/18 15:11:59 GMT (7.1, -76.9) 10 km 6.6 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.4 UNKNOWN
81.9107 96.4 deg 29.65 deg Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 1992/07/18 08:36:59 GMT (39.4, 143.4) 33 km 6.1 MB, 6.9 MS

Losers

(16 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
84.98503 65.9 deg 59.48 deg Southern Xinjiang, China 1993/10/02 08:42:32 GMT (38.1, 88.6) 16 km 6.2 MB, 6.3 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
83.879776 94.0 deg 23.077 deg Kuril Islands 1992/07/10 09:31:26 GMT (44.7, 149.5) 11 km 6.1 MB, 6.5 MS
78.7053 33.0 deg 66.019 deg Eastern Caucasus 1992/10/23 23:19:47 GMT (42.5, 45.1) 33 km 6.2 MB, 6.5 MS, 6.8 UNKNOWN
77.66056 94.1 deg 29.427 deg Hokkaido, Japan Region 1992/07/12 11:08:56 GMT (41.4, 142.1) 70 km 5.9 MB
75.82863 86.0 deg 284.939 deg Near Coast Of Chiapas, Mexico 1992/05/30 16:30:02 GMT (14.5, -92.9) 57 km 5.6 MB, 6.4 UNKNOWN
75.293045 47.8 deg 146.969 deg Democratic Republic Of Congo 1992/09/11 03:57:26 GMT (-6.1, 26.7) 10 km 6.7 MB, 6.5 MS
75.045525 30.1 deg 279.968 deg Azores Islands Region 1992/11/30 09:32:36 GMT (35.6, -34.6) 10 km 6.0 MB, 5.7 MS
74.07549 95.9 deg 195.749 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1992/11/21 22:39:35 GMT (-56.7, -26.5) 33 km 5.9 MB, 6.6 MS
72.27425 93.6 deg 358.449 deg Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 1992/08/19 00:57:43 GMT (50.5, -174.8) 33 km 6.1 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.6 ML
70.69978 97.1 deg 236.206 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1992/11/28 03:13:37 GMT (-31.4, -71.9) 39 km 5.9 MB, 6.4 MS, 6.0 MD
70.42695 93.2 deg 30.004 deg Hokkaido, Japan Region 1992/08/24 06:59:40 GMT (41.9, 140.7) 127 km 6.2 MB
65.24877 89.7 deg 14.734 deg Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 1992/12/19 12:14:22 GMT (51.9, 158.5) 56 km 6.1 MB
64.15194 92.7 deg 36.454 deg Sea Of Japan 1993/01/19 14:39:26 GMT (38.6, 133.5) 455 km 6.0 MB
56.707462 96.9 deg 235.812 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1992/11/04 21:32:36 GMT (-31.6, -71.6) 37 km 5.8 MB, 5.8 MS, 5.3 MD
51.708977 82.5 deg 272.056 deg South Of Panama 1992/06/26 11:32:30 GMT (6.1, -82.4) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.4 MS
49.170788 53.7 deg 68.095 deg Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 1992/11/12 20:41:04 GMT (36.5, 70.8) 198 km 5.6 MB