Station XA SA34 - XA.SA34

Network: XA97 - Anatomy of an Archean Craton, South Africa

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
SA34 XA.SA34 (-26.80, 28.10) 1998-04-04 / 1999-12-31 1500 m
Crust2 Type:G1,Archean, no seds.
Thickness Estimate:40 km
Thickness StdDev:3.9 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.63
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.12
Vs Estimate:3.957 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.20
Peak Value:0.02
Assumed Vp:6.459 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.755
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

3 with match > 90% ( 15.789474 %) and 5 with match > 80% ( 26.31579 %) out of 19.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 40 km 1.63 6.459 km/s 3.957 km/s 0.20
Crust2.0 37 km 1.76 6.459 km/s 3.665 km/s 0.26 G1,Archean, no seds.
Global Maxima 40 km 1.63 6.459 km/s 3.957 km/s 0.20 amp=0.021149404
Local Maxima 1 37 km 1.70 6.459 km/s 3.811 km/s 0.23 amp=0.015597744
Local Maxima 2 34 km 1.93 6.459 km/s 3.347 km/s 0.32 amp=0.012899719
Local Maxima 3 34 km 1.73 6.459 km/s 3.745 km/s 0.25 amp=0.0070534777
Local Maxima 4 68 km 2.07 6.459 km/s 3.128 km/s 0.35 amp=0.007050617
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps3.94 SECOND
PpPs16.40 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs20.34 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(5 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
93.10628 85.0 deg 239.616 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/09/03 17:37:58 GMT (-29.5, -71.7) 27 km 6.2 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.4 ME
92.81811 75.2 deg 44.163 deg Western Xizang-India Border Reg. 1999/03/28 19:05:11 GMT (30.5, 79.4) 15 km 6.4 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.6 MW, 6.5 ME
90.85223 41.3 deg 100.375 deg Mid-Indian Ridge 1999/01/24 08:00:08 GMT (-26.5, 74.5) 10 km 6.0 MB, 6.3 MS, 6.3 MW, 6.3 ME
86.03646 42.2 deg 282.76 deg Ascension Island Region 1998/06/18 04:17:54 GMT (-11.6, -13.9) 10 km 6.1 MS, 5.4 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN
83.10886 91.8 deg 250.421 deg Near Coast Of Peru 1999/04/03 06:17:18 GMT (-16.7, -72.7) 87 km 6.1 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.8 MW, 6.8 MW

Losers

(14 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
77.351906 48.8 deg 218.088 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1998/08/29 08:30:21 GMT (-55.7, -27.0) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.6 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
77.09414 39.6 deg 243.098 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 1998/06/24 10:44:30 GMT (-37.3, -17.4) 10 km 5.7 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
75.747314 83.4 deg 237.248 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/07/29 07:14:24 GMT (-32.3, -71.3) 51 km 6.3 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 ME
74.191376 49.0 deg 293.693 deg North Of Ascension Island 1998/04/10 16:40:38 GMT (-1.3, -15.7) 10 km 5.9 MS, 5.4 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
73.67627 94.0 deg 91.728 deg Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi 1998/09/21 06:52:41 GMT (0.3, 122.5) 147 km 6.1 MB, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
72.36452 81.3 deg 94.791 deg Java, Indonesia 1998/09/28 13:34:30 GMT (-8.2, 112.4) 152 km 6.4 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
69.91549 85.6 deg 246.922 deg Northern Chile 1999/03/02 17:45:55 GMT (-22.7, -68.5) 111 km 5.8 MB, 6.1 MW, 5.9 MW
61.08277 74.8 deg 34.64 deg Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg. 1998/12/11 20:16:24 GMT (36.5, 71.0) 223 km 5.7 UNKNOWN, 5.0 MB, 5.6 MW
60.681286 61.5 deg 29.178 deg Southern Iran 1999/03/04 05:38:26 GMT (28.3, 57.2) 33 km 6.2 MB, 6.5 MS, 6.6 MW, 6.4 MW
59.842472 71.7 deg 75.609 deg Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 1999/02/04 19:28:00 GMT (4.0, 95.3) 56 km 5.8 MB, 5.4 MS, 5.9 MW, 5.9 MW
58.231087 48.1 deg 216.636 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1998/10/03 06:48:12 GMT (-56.6, -25.4) 33 km 5.5 MS, 4.9 MB
58.110344 60.8 deg 78.95 deg South Indian Ocean 1999/03/29 06:17:58 GMT (-4.0, 87.3) 10 km 5.5 MS, 5.4 MB, 5.8 MW, 5.8 MW
55.473526 82.0 deg 238.161 deg Mendoza Province, Argentina 1998/11/27 10:27:02 GMT (-32.1, -69.3) 127 km 5.2 MB, 5.5 UNKNOWN, 5.3 MD
50.3628 80.5 deg 232.043 deg S. Chile-Argentina Border Region 1998/12/14 16:25:24 GMT (-38.2, -71.0) 138 km 6.0 UNKNOWN, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MB