Station TC RAFA - San Rafael, Volcan Turrialba, Cartago

Network: TC - Red Sism?logica Nacional de Costa Rica

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
RAFA San Rafael, Volcan Turrialba, Cartago (9.96, -83.81) 2000-01-01 / 2599-12-31 2575 m
Crust2 Type:LA,very thin continental arc, Cordilleras, 1.0 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:60 km
Thickness StdDev:11 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.70
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.20
Vs Estimate:3.78 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.24
Peak Value:0.02
Assumed Vp:6.436 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.790
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

3 with match > 90% ( 2.8301888 %) and 10 with match > 80% ( 9.433962 %) out of 106.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 60 km 1.70 6.436 km/s 3.78 km/s 0.24
Crust2.0 25 km 1.77 6.436 km/s 3.632 km/s 0.27 LA,very thin continental arc, Cordilleras, 1.0 km seds.
Global Maxima 60 km 1.70 6.436 km/s 3.78 km/s 0.24 amp=0.022572545
Local Maxima 1 40 km 2.10 6.436 km/s 3.068 km/s 0.35 amp=0.021307344
Local Maxima 2 63 km 1.61 6.436 km/s 4.004 km/s 0.18 amp=0.015411767
Local Maxima 3 70 km 2.00 6.436 km/s 3.218 km/s 0.33 amp=0.011838427
Local Maxima 4 54 km 1.66 6.436 km/s 3.865 km/s 0.22 amp=0.011116249
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps6.49 SECOND
PpPs24.98 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs31.48 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(10 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
94.434555 80.9 deg 151.693 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2016/05/28 09:46:59 UTC (-56.2, -26.9) 73 km 7.2 MWW, 7.3 MI
92.83885 81.6 deg 151.351 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2017/05/10 23:23:39 UTC (-56.3, -25.5) 41 km 6.8 Mi
90.221085 78.1 deg 152.658 deg South Georgia Island Region 2016/08/19 07:32:22 UTC (-55.3, -31.9) 10 km 7.4 MO
89.0609 82.4 deg 153.595 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2018/12/11 02:26:32 UTC (-58.6, -26.5) 165 km 7.1 mww
88.639885 68.1 deg 326.676 deg Gulf Of Alaska 2018/01/23 09:31:42 UTC (56.0, -149.1) 25 km 7.9 Mww
85.65935 78.1 deg 152.542 deg South Georgia Island Region 2016/08/21 03:45:23 UTC (-55.3, -31.8) 10 km 6.4 MWP
85.55611 57.3 deg 95.262 deg Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2020/09/18 21:43:59 UTC (1.0, -26.8) 10 km 6.9 Mww
83.89485 68.6 deg 169.989 deg Drake Passage 2018/10/29 06:54:21 UTC (-57.4, -66.4) 10 km 6.3 Mww
81.956535 36.6 deg 154.564 deg Chile-Argentina Border Region 2017/04/15 08:19:41 UTC (-23.2, -67.7) 135 km 6.2 Mww
80.34774 34.0 deg 156.384 deg Northern Chile 2020/09/11 07:35:57 UTC (-21.4, -69.9) 51 km 6.3 Mww

Losers

(96 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
92.016975 53.7 deg 171.57 deg Southern Chile 2016/12/25 14:22:28 UTC (-43.3, -74.5) 15 km 7.7 Mi
83.42322 51.0 deg 319.513 deg Off Coast Of Oregon 2019/09/05 15:02:47 UTC (43.8, -128.0) 12 km 5.8 Mi
81.99736 42.3 deg 164.256 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 2015/11/07 07:31:42 UTC (-30.9, -71.5) 36 km 6.8 MWP, 6.8 MI
81.79362 94.6 deg 251.709 deg Tonga Islands 2019/11/11 23:03:27 UTC (-18.9, -175.4) 10 km 6.1 Mww
80.54685 73.6 deg 202.947 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2017/06/15 11:42:15 UTC (-55.4, -124.8) 10 km 5.8 Mww
79.77775 72.3 deg 326.421 deg Alaska Peninsula 2015/05/29 07:00:08 UTC (56.7, -156.5) 62 km 6.8 MWP, 6.8 MI
79.02496 93.7 deg 249.073 deg Tonga Islands 2019/01/11 05:58:11 UTC (-21.4, -173.9) 10 km 5.2 Mww
78.98586 82.7 deg 152.833 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2018/08/14 03:29:53 UTC (-58.1, -25.3) 35 km 6.1 Mww
78.10164 70.0 deg 332.005 deg Southern Alaska 2018/11/30 17:29:28 UTC (61.3, -149.9) 43 km 6.6 ml
77.4188 92.0 deg 254.656 deg Tonga Islands 2019/09/22 07:32:33 UTC (-15.6, -173.1) 8.6 km 5.6 Mww
76.590744 65.0 deg 200.993 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2019/08/02 05:50:55 UTC (-49.7, -113.8) 10 km 6.0 Mww
75.67142 92.9 deg 252.682 deg Tonga Islands 2019/06/20 07:32:57 UTC (-17.7, -173.7) 42 km 5.6 mb
75.652176 92.6 deg 253.804 deg Tonga Islands 2017/04/27 18:46:42 UTC (-16.5, -173.7) 33 km 5.5 mb
75.5004 31.6 deg 153.657 deg Northern Chile 2017/10/10 06:32:20 UTC (-18.5, -69.6) 82 km 6.3 Mww
75.245476 95.8 deg 251.112 deg Fiji Islands Region 2017/06/25 17:42:30 UTC (-19.7, -176.5) 38 km 6.2 Mww
73.82116 80.7 deg 151.904 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2019/04/22 14:49:06 UTC (-56.3, -27.4) 94 km 6.0 Mww
73.15326 83.3 deg 154.984 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2019/08/27 23:55:18 UTC (-60.2, -26.5) 10 km 6.6 mww
72.78089 83.2 deg 155.126 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2019/08/27 23:55:30 UTC (-60.3, -26.8) 116 km 6.8 Mi
72.529366 82.9 deg 153.253 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2019/04/09 17:53:59 UTC (-58.6, -25.3) 46 km 6.5 Mww
72.168945 37.7 deg 161.15 deg Off Coast Of Northern Chile 2019/04/26 06:22:32 UTC (-25.9, -71.1) 17 km 5.5 Mww
71.90771 82.4 deg 152.649 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2017/09/04 08:07:35 UTC (-57.8, -25.6) 35 km 6.0 Mww
71.66296 80.4 deg 151.309 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2016/04/19 05:25:39 UTC (-55.6, -27.2) 11 km 5.9 MB
71.581314 72.5 deg 105.666 deg Ascension Island Region 2017/11/11 00:36:14 UTC (-11.7, -14.1) 10 km 6.1 Mww
69.93554 73.3 deg 201.927 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2018/09/13 11:38:04 UTC (-55.9, -123.2) 10 km 5.5 Mww
69.814514 41.3 deg 157.981 deg La Rioja Province, Argentina 2020/03/05 06:57:42 UTC (-28.4, -67.5) 115 km 5.5 Mww
68.8471 41.5 deg 163.839 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 2016/06/06 13:21:59 UTC (-30.1, -71.5) 30 km 5.4 Mww
68.525856 37.4 deg 149.286 deg Salta Province, Argentina 2016/05/22 12:20:42 UTC (-22.4, -64.2) 9.2 km 5.5 MB
67.69123 82.6 deg 153.538 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2017/05/30 11:29:51 UTC (-58.6, -26.1) 78 km 5.7 Mww
67.5926 36.3 deg 155.319 deg Northern Chile 2015/11/01 15:16:14 UTC (-23.2, -68.2) 80 km 5.8 MB
67.560585 96.6 deg 327.468 deg Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 2017/12/22 14:44:17 UTC (53.8, 160.5) 46 km 5.4 Mww
67.28099 89.4 deg 323.023 deg Near Islands, Aleutian Islands 2016/12/03 09:23:34 UTC (52.2, 174.2) 27 km 6.0 mb
67.267715 39.6 deg 162.554 deg Near Coast Of Northern Chile 2020/09/01 05:29:38 UTC (-28.0, -71.3) 16 km 5.5 Mww
65.98232 70.4 deg 94.496 deg North Of Ascension Island 2017/08/18 02:59:24 UTC (-0.9, -13.9) 19 km 6.7 Mi
65.513054 37.4 deg 148.45 deg Salta Province, Argentina 2018/03/02 04:42:14 UTC (-22.1, -63.8) 526 km 5.4 Mww
65.49327 96.5 deg 327.223 deg Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 2020/02/20 18:57:36 UTC (53.6, 160.8) 34 km 5.7 Mwb
65.44755 70.9 deg 340.984 deg Northern Alaska 2018/08/12 16:02:09 UTC (69.5, -145.0) 1.0 km 5.1 Mww
65.09556 43.7 deg 155.452 deg Santiago Del Estero Prov., Arg. 2015/11/13 06:04:15 UTC (-29.9, -64.5) 11 km 5.8 MWP
64.79496 49.1 deg 201.899 deg Southeast Of Easter Island 2016/10/13 20:40:51 UTC (-35.5, -104.0) 10 km 5.0 mb
64.750275 92.2 deg 254.708 deg Tonga Islands 2017/10/31 04:58:58 UTC (-15.5, -173.3) 35 km 5.8 mb
64.6556 95.2 deg 50.663 deg Ionian Sea 2018/10/25 22:54:52 UTC (37.5, 20.6) 14 km 6.8 Mww
64.57563 40.2 deg 315.399 deg Central California 2019/07/06 03:24:22 UTC (35.9, -117.7) 6.6 km 4.3 Mlr
64.26533 65.9 deg 202.688 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2019/07/13 07:59:35 UTC (-49.6, -116.6) 10 km 5.6 Mww
63.715992 30.7 deg 156.041 deg Off Coast Of Northern Chile 2015/06/01 11:57:17 UTC (-18.3, -71.2) 26 km 4.7 Mww
63.267365 32.9 deg 154.002 deg Northern Chile 2017/11/17 16:45:46 UTC (-19.8, -69.2) 97 km 5.0 Mww
62.889202 95.8 deg 256.049 deg Fiji Islands Region 2019/08/22 19:27:12 UTC (-14.8, -177.3) 10 km 5.8 Mww
62.815453 46.4 deg 165.463 deg Chile-Argentina Border Region 2016/11/04 16:20:43 UTC (-35.1, -71.0) 91 km 6.4 MWP, 6.4 MWW
62.738743 82.4 deg 2.166 deg North Of Franz Josef Land 2017/10/28 16:16:06 UTC (86.9, 52.8) 10 km 5.8 Mww
62.168987 40.9 deg 161.28 deg Chile-Argentina Border Region 2018/09/07 02:39:17 UTC (-28.9, -70.0) 92 km 5.8 Mww
61.962307 47.5 deg 213.366 deg Easter Island Region 2016/04/16 07:34:20 UTC (-29.6, -111.6) 10 km 5.5 MWC, 5.5 MWC
61.23565 48.9 deg 315.846 deg Off Coast Of Northern California 2015/04/24 01:34:55 UTC (40.4, -127.2) 10 km 5.5 MB
60.996407 71.1 deg 328.545 deg Kodiak Island Region, Alaska 2017/08/31 17:46:02 UTC (58.5, -153.7) 62 km 5.5 ml
60.53667 46.2 deg 88.468 deg Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2020/09/17 03:00:15 UTC (8.0, -37.0) 10 km 5.7 Mww
60.13697 93.1 deg 250.962 deg Tonga Islands 2018/06/03 00:48:09 UTC (-19.4, -173.7) 10 km 5.6 mb
60.134174 83.8 deg 152.919 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2019/04/16 16:59:16 UTC (-58.7, -23.6) 10 km 5.5 mb
60.081306 63.3 deg 333.287 deg Southeastern Alaska 2017/05/01 12:31:53 UTC (59.9, -136.6) 0.1 km 6.5 Ml
59.512585 94.2 deg 248.647 deg Tonga Islands 2017/12/15 12:12:07 UTC (-21.9, -174.4) 10 km 5.3 Mww
59.030437 87.2 deg 322.362 deg Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands 2019/04/02 21:35:30 UTC (52.2, 178.1) 6.5 km 6.4 mww
59.022392 81.6 deg 151.577 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2018/03/16 09:25:01 UTC (-56.5, -25.7) 10 km 5.6 mb
59.016823 98.3 deg 240.039 deg Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2019/06/17 06:02:05 UTC (-30.9, -177.6) 16 km 6.0 Mww
58.519356 40.2 deg 315.427 deg Central California 2019/07/06 03:22:03 UTC (35.9, -117.7) 9.1 km 4.6 Mlr
58.210575 56.6 deg 48.418 deg Azores Islands Region 2017/08/30 14:19:14 UTC (40.0, -29.4) 10 km 5.6 Mww
57.84712 91.9 deg 252.521 deg Tonga Islands Region 2016/06/05 22:33:49 UTC (-17.6, -172.6) 10 km 5.6 MWW, 5.6 MWC, 5.6 MWB
57.73574 51.1 deg 185.256 deg Southeast Of Easter Island 2019/12/18 04:44:14 UTC (-41.2, -89.2) 10 km 5.5 Mww
57.481693 87.3 deg 207.93 deg Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2019/07/27 09:55:08 UTC (-59.6, -150.9) 10 km 5.7 Mww
57.424698 96.8 deg 253.992 deg Fiji Islands Region 2018/08/19 04:28:58 UTC (-17.0, -178.0) 416 km 6.8 mww
55.85263 34.0 deg 154.037 deg Chile-Bolivia Border Region 2020/02/08 06:17:57 UTC (-20.8, -68.6) 104 km 5.2 Mww
55.835667 96.3 deg 49.417 deg Greece 2019/03/30 10:46:19 UTC (38.4, 22.4) 10 km 5.3 Mww
55.760193 91.5 deg 251.839 deg Tonga Islands Region 2019/09/20 05:28:25 UTC (-18.3, -172.1) 10 km 5.1 Mww
55.4661 93.1 deg 250.772 deg Tonga Islands 2016/09/02 11:23:07 UTC (-19.6, -173.6) 10 km 5.5 MB
55.192455 72.0 deg 101.192 deg Ascension Island Region 2016/06/10 09:26:53 UTC (-7.5, -13.6) 10 km 5.5 MWP
55.02277 69.4 deg 287.017 deg Hawaii 2018/07/23 06:53:38 UTC (19.4, -155.3) 0.6 km 5.5 Mwr
54.959126 48.7 deg 200.185 deg Southeast Of Easter Island 2018/08/12 19:41:34 UTC (-35.7, -102.4) 10 km 5.6 Mww
54.81639 33.5 deg 76.85 deg North Atlantic Ocean 2018/11/27 19:34:46 UTC (15.6, -49.9) 10 km 5.5 Mww
54.642902 98.2 deg 240.324 deg Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2017/03/11 17:10:38 UTC (-30.6, -177.5) 19 km 5.5 mb
54.2236 85.0 deg 321.109 deg Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 2018/08/17 04:35:29 UTC (51.3, -178.2) 25 km 5.8 Ml
53.16642 70.7 deg 331.237 deg Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 2017/05/30 02:18:45 UTC (60.8, -151.8) 78 km 5.2 Mww
52.300312 73.2 deg 201.16 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2018/11/15 23:09:01 UTC (-56.2, -122.0) 10 km 6.3 Mww
52.01799 91.5 deg 254.355 deg Samoa Islands Region 2019/11/08 09:41:16 UTC (-15.8, -172.6) 80 km 6.2 Mi
51.12329 74.7 deg 111.607 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2019/02/22 21:15:58 UTC (-17.8, -13.5) 10 km 5.5 Mww
50.745537 83.0 deg 153.301 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2015/05/26 23:51:29 UTC (-58.7, -25.2) 28 km 5.6 MW, 5.3 mb, 5.2 MS
49.61795 67.7 deg 327.385 deg Gulf Of Alaska 2018/01/23 23:21:27 UTC (56.6, -148.1) 12 km 5.3 Mww
49.484394 79.3 deg 158.987 deg Scotia Sea 2017/05/06 00:16:09 UTC (-60.8, -37.9) 10 km 5.7 mb
49.222836 81.1 deg 15.65 deg Greenland Sea 2018/08/07 13:57:09 UTC (74.6, 8.4) 10 km 5.8 Mww
48.34908 88.3 deg 46.844 deg Central Italy 2016/10/26 19:18:08 UTC (42.9, 13.0) 10 km 6.1 MWW, 6.0 MWB, 6.1 MWR
47.999424 82.4 deg 320.854 deg Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 2016/03/12 13:23:38 UTC (51.4, -174.0) 13 km 5.6 mww
46.68585 93.6 deg 328.687 deg Komandorskiye Ostrova Region 2019/06/27 04:20:48 UTC (56.2, 164.3) 10 km 5.7 Mww
46.551544 90.5 deg 323.899 deg Near Islands, Aleutian Islands 2017/03/27 10:50:19 UTC (52.8, 172.2) 10 km 6.1 Mww
46.178883 45.4 deg 164.297 deg Chile-Argentina Border Region 2016/04/14 09:38:44 UTC (-33.9, -70.4) 112 km 5.5 MB
44.007446 98.3 deg 240.566 deg Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2017/06/28 18:20:53 UTC (-30.4, -177.7) 10 km 6.0 Mwb
44.005146 47.0 deg 221.271 deg Southern East Pacific Rise 2019/12/25 20:20:12 UTC (-25.3, -116.0) 10 km 5.8 Mww
41.990658 39.3 deg 64.592 deg Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2019/09/02 22:45:48 UTC (23.8, -45.2) 10 km 5.9 Mww
41.930996 45.6 deg 318.129 deg Northern California 2020/03/25 02:58:37 UTC (40.3, -122.4) 65 km 5.4 Mw
34.385166 50.7 deg 319.353 deg Off Coast Of Oregon 2019/08/29 15:08:00 UTC (43.6, -127.8) 12 km 6.4 Mi
32.058132 67.1 deg 93.954 deg North Of Ascension Island 2020/01/06 01:29:20 UTC (0.2, -17.0) 10 km 5.6 Mww
22.694298 80.6 deg 321.54 deg Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 2018/08/25 16:50:04 UTC (52.3, -171.2) 35 km 5.5 Ml
18.816637 86.5 deg 321.161 deg Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands 2016/04/10 19:34:02 UTC (51.1, 179.5) 19 km 5.6 MWW, 5.3 ML, 5.4 MWB, 5.6 MWC, 5.7 ML