Station XB NIUE - Niue Island

Network: XB93 - Southwest Pacific Seismic Experiment

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
NIUE Niue Island (-18.98, -169.88) 1993-12-11 / 1995-12-31 5.0 m
Crust2 Type:A0,normal oceanic, 0.07 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:26 km
Thickness StdDev:0.4 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.77
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.13
Vs Estimate:2.399 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.26
Peak Value:0.07
Assumed Vp:4.24 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.765
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

1 with match > 90% ( 5.882353 %) and 2 with match > 80% ( 11.764706 %) out of 17.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 26 km 1.77 4.24 km/s 2.399 km/s 0.26
Crust2.0 12 km 2.19 4.24 km/s 1.94 km/s 0.37 A0,normal oceanic, 0.07 km seds.
Global Maxima 26 km 1.77 4.24 km/s 2.399 km/s 0.26 amp=0.069598235
Local Maxima 1 10 km 1.65 4.24 km/s 2.562 km/s 0.21 amp=0.047134537
Local Maxima 2 30 km 1.89 4.24 km/s 2.24 km/s 0.31 amp=0.041945595
Local Maxima 3 66 km 2.07 4.24 km/s 2.053 km/s 0.35 amp=0.038917225
Local Maxima 4 65 km 1.84 4.24 km/s 2.304 km/s 0.29 amp=0.024723778
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps4.71 SECOND
PpPs16.97 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs21.68 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(2 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
91.670204 73.7 deg 329.111 deg Kuril Islands 1994/10/04 13:22:58 GMT (43.7, 147.3) 33 km 7.4 MB, 8.1 MS, 8.3 UNKNOWN, 8.2 MW
85.76315 73.9 deg 329.139 deg Kuril Islands 1994/10/04 14:12:04 GMT (43.9, 147.1) 33 km 5.5 MB

Losers

(15 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
87.900665 73.3 deg 324.691 deg Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 1994/12/28 12:29:21 GMT (40.5, 143.6) 33 km 5.6 MB
78.78005 40.2 deg 285.511 deg New Britain Region, P.N.G. 1995/08/14 04:37:17 GMT (-4.8, 151.5) 126 km 6.3 MB, 6.3 MS, 6.4 UNKNOWN
71.72531 63.7 deg 278.115 deg Halmahera, Indonesia 1995/02/13 15:04:26 GMT (-1.4, 127.5) 33 km 6.2 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.8 UNKNOWN, 6.7 MW
71.02897 91.0 deg 93.275 deg Peru-Ecuador Border Region 1995/10/07 21:28:06 GMT (-2.8, -77.8) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.2 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN
70.09005 55.1 deg 279.589 deg Irian Jaya, Indonesia 1994/01/19 01:53:36 GMT (-3.2, 136.0) 33 km 6.0 MB, 6.9 MS, 6.9 UNKNOWN
67.92128 73.4 deg 330.978 deg Kuril Islands 1994/05/18 03:54:02 GMT (44.7, 149.4) 46 km 5.8 MB, 5.8 MS, 5.5 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
64.17623 89.7 deg 267.93 deg Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 1994/05/11 21:14:34 GMT (-2.1, 99.7) 28 km 5.8 MB, 5.8 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 6.0 MW
62.88414 37.0 deg 285.82 deg Solomon Islands 1995/01/24 22:36:35 GMT (-5.9, 154.5) 33 km 5.7 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
60.789433 63.8 deg 278.053 deg Halmahera, Indonesia 1995/02/13 12:29:55 GMT (-1.4, 127.4) 33 km 5.8 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.1 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
55.820583 71.3 deg 291.009 deg Samar, Philippines 1995/05/05 04:39:13 GMT (12.6, 125.2) 55 km 5.6 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN
53.137363 73.2 deg 331.297 deg East Of Kuril Islands 1994/08/14 01:31:14 GMT (44.7, 150.0) 33 km 6.1 MB, 6.0 MS, 5.6 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
52.299744 64.5 deg 121.744 deg Southern Pacific Ocean 1994/06/27 04:10:09 GMT (-36.2, -98.2) 10 km 5.5 MB, 5.5 MS
51.53437 63.8 deg 277.778 deg Halmahera, Indonesia 1995/06/28 21:14:49 GMT (-1.6, 127.4) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.4 MS, 5.9 UNKNOWN
46.577526 98.2 deg 87.444 deg Colombia 1995/01/19 15:05:03 GMT (5.1, -72.9) 18 km 6.4 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
46.29092 93.7 deg 109.776 deg Peru-Bolivia Border Region 1994/12/12 07:41:55 GMT (-17.5, -69.7) 151 km 5.8 MB, 6.1 UNKNOWN, 6.3 MW