Station XA SA81 - XA.SA81

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

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
SA81 XA.SA81 (-30.93, 21.27) 1997-05-07 / 1999-12-31 1270 m
Crust2 Type:I7,late Proter., 1 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:46 km
Thickness StdDev:5.3 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.75
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.06
Vs Estimate:3.784 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.26
Peak Value:0.03
Assumed Vp:6.612 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.516
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

1 with match > 90% ( 5.263158 %) and 4 with match > 80% ( 21.052631 %) 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 46 km 1.75 6.612 km/s 3.784 km/s 0.26
Crust2.0 42 km 1.78 6.612 km/s 3.71 km/s 0.27 I7,late Proter., 1 km seds.
Global Maxima 46 km 1.75 6.612 km/s 3.784 km/s 0.26 amp=0.03290681
Local Maxima 1 45 km 1.76 6.612 km/s 3.757 km/s 0.26 amp=0.01657094
Local Maxima 2 60 km 1.90 6.612 km/s 3.485 km/s 0.31 amp=0.014439645
Local Maxima 3 32 km 2.07 6.612 km/s 3.19 km/s 0.35 amp=0.0126899555
Local Maxima 4 40 km 2.06 6.612 km/s 3.217 km/s 0.34 amp=0.009895609
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps5.26 SECOND
PpPs19.32 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs24.58 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(4 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
96.89209 76.7 deg 241.887 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1997/10/15 01:03:33 GMT (-30.9, -71.2) 58 km 6.8 MB, 6.8 MS, 7.3 UNKNOWN, 7.1 MW
85.61689 76.9 deg 241.761 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/01/12 10:14:07 GMT (-31.0, -71.4) 35 km 5.8 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.6 UNKNOWN, 6.2 ME
84.009705 81.6 deg 38.441 deg Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 1997/05/13 14:13:45 GMT (36.4, 70.9) 196 km 6.1 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
81.471596 77.8 deg 243.012 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

Losers

(15 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
79.63693 37.8 deg 292.901 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
78.25959 32.5 deg 248.123 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
77.65352 44.1 deg 214.137 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1997/10/05 18:04:30 GMT (-59.7, -29.2) 274 km 6.0 MB, 6.3 UNKNOWN, 6.3 MW
72.8682 76.1 deg 240.611 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
63.621048 77.9 deg 243.176 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1997/07/19 12:22:57 GMT (-29.3, -71.7) 26 km 5.8 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 5.8 MW
63.317623 81.6 deg 153.227 deg West Of Macquarie Island 1998/08/04 15:51:01 GMT (-56.7, 147.4) 10 km 5.5 MS, 5.3 MB
63.2009 83.4 deg 322.921 deg Azores Islands, Portugal 1998/07/09 05:19:07 GMT (38.7, -28.6) 10 km 5.7 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.6 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
63.09713 83.1 deg 258.183 deg Peru-Bolivia Border Region 1997/11/28 22:53:41 GMT (-13.7, -68.8) 586 km 6.4 MB, 6.6 UNKNOWN, 6.6 MW
57.02702 92.6 deg 156.48 deg Auckland Islands, N.Z. Region 1998/03/20 21:08:08 GMT (-50.0, 163.1) 10 km 5.8 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.7 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
55.957085 77.5 deg 242.139 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1997/07/21 23:19:39 GMT (-30.3, -71.9) 33 km 5.2 MB, 5.5 MS, 6.1 UNKNOWN
54.25792 78.6 deg 250.739 deg Northern Chile 1997/09/28 23:13:13 GMT (-22.4, -68.4) 107 km 5.7 MB, 5.6 UNKNOWN, 5.6 MW
52.405476 31.5 deg 251.597 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 1998/01/03 06:10:08 GMT (-35.5, -16.2) 10 km 5.9 MS, 5.4 MB, 6.3 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
52.286736 77.2 deg 246.017 deg Northern Chile 1997/05/17 02:10:18 GMT (-27.2, -69.5) 106 km 5.5 MB, 5.6 UNKNOWN, 5.5 MW
51.714935 95.3 deg 97.576 deg Sulawesi, Indonesia 1997/09/28 01:38:28 GMT (-3.8, 119.7) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
45.592945 86.7 deg 94.628 deg Java Sea 1997/07/11 09:55:12 GMT (-5.7, 110.8) 574 km 5.6 MB