Station XK W08KB - Nkhata Bay Police Station, Malawi

Network: XK12 - Seismic Arrays for African Rift Initation

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
W08KB Nkhata Bay Police Station, Malawi (-11.61, 34.30) 2012-06-01 / 2014-08-30 481 m
Crust2 Type:X2,Rift, Rio Grande, Baikal, 0.5km sediments
Thickness Estimate:41 km
Thickness StdDev:4.0 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.68
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.10
Vs Estimate:3.882 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.22
Peak Value:0.05
Assumed Vp:6.502 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.704
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

0 with match > 90% ( 0.0 %) and 2 with match > 80% ( 6.8965516 %) out of 29.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 41 km 1.68 6.502 km/s 3.882 km/s 0.22
Crust2.0 33 km 1.77 6.502 km/s 3.68 km/s 0.26 X2,Rift, Rio Grande, Baikal, 0.5km sediments
Global Maxima 41 km 1.68 6.502 km/s 3.882 km/s 0.22 amp=0.054925602
Local Maxima 1 35 km 1.78 6.502 km/s 3.647 km/s 0.27 amp=0.043755855
Local Maxima 2 32 km 1.86 6.502 km/s 3.505 km/s 0.30 amp=0.035411768
Local Maxima 3 44 km 1.66 6.502 km/s 3.922 km/s 0.21 amp=0.016724618
Local Maxima 4 35 km 1.65 6.502 km/s 3.934 km/s 0.21 amp=0.014771535
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps4.23 SECOND
PpPs16.77 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs21.00 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
86.44328 46.5 deg 200.815 deg Bouvet Island Region 2014/04/15 03:57:02 GMT (-53.5, 8.7) 12 km 6.9 MWP, 6.8 MI, 6.9 MI
86.387184 65.6 deg 41.706 deg Xizang 2014/02/12 09:19:49 GMT (35.9, 82.6) 10 km 6.9 MWW, 6.9 MWB, 6.9 MWC

Losers

(27 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
83.75104 51.3 deg 345.969 deg Greece 2014/02/03 03:08:46 GMT (38.3, 20.4) 5.0 km 6.0 MWW, 6.0 MWB, 6.1 MWC
80.412445 95.1 deg 97.388 deg Banda Sea 2014/02/11 10:16:58 GMT (-6.2, 130.8) 86 km 5.0 MW
78.289665 95.8 deg 98.426 deg Tanimbar Islands Reg., Indonesia 2014/04/07 12:56:34 GMT (-7.1, 131.7) 36 km 4.8 mb
74.13022 86.8 deg 97.093 deg Flores Sea 2014/04/02 03:01:26 GMT (-7.6, 122.6) 35 km 4.6 mb
71.84404 92.3 deg 97.78 deg Banda Sea 2014/02/03 22:36:37 GMT (-7.2, 128.2) 7.1 km 5.8 MWW, 5.8 MWB, 5.9 MWC
71.1846 73.8 deg 95.01 deg Java, Indonesia 2014/01/25 05:14:18 GMT (-8.0, 109.3) 66 km 6.1 MWW, 6.1 MWC, 6.2 MWC, 6.2 MWB
70.403336 65.0 deg 212.265 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 2014/02/01 03:58:43 GMT (-56.8, -27.3) 130 km 6.1 MWW, 6.1 MWC, 6.1 MWB, 6.2 MWC
67.30661 63.7 deg 82.908 deg Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2014/02/23 01:47:05 GMT (1.1, 97.1) 25 km 5.0 MW
66.33992 94.5 deg 80.182 deg Philippine Islands Region 2014/03/15 10:55:11 GMT (10.6, 126.8) 11 km 5.3 MW
65.83729 84.7 deg 96.146 deg Flores Sea 2014/01/23 00:52:15 GMT (-7.1, 120.3) 579 km 5.5 MWB, 5.5 MWC
64.92457 97.1 deg 233.912 deg Off Coast Of Central Chile 2014/04/11 01:08:01 GMT (-33.4, -72.2) 12 km 5.0 mb
61.82785 51.5 deg 218.268 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2014/04/01 23:13:05 GMT (-46.8, -10.6) 10 km 5.6 MW
61.08818 94.6 deg 87.67 deg North Of Halmahera, Indonesia 2014/01/05 11:44:09 GMT (3.2, 128.3) 35 km 4.9 MW
60.839256 51.2 deg 345.901 deg Greece 2014/02/03 03:16:14 GMT (38.2, 20.3) 13 km 4.1 mb
60.777107 95.5 deg 238.918 deg San Juan Province, Argentina 2014/03/27 23:50:52 GMT (-29.1, -68.7) 9.9 km 5.5 MWP, 5.6 MWB, 5.7 MWW, 5.7 MWC
59.819332 97.9 deg 63.658 deg Ryukyu Islands, Japan 2014/03/02 20:11:23 GMT (27.4, 127.4) 119 km 6.5 MWW, 6.4 MWB, 6.5 MWC, 6.6 MI, 6.7 MI
57.799507 94.1 deg 98.098 deg Banda Sea 2014/03/10 17:31:33 GMT (-7.1, 130.0) 150 km 5.0 mb
57.554207 96.4 deg 234.251 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 2014/03/06 04:37:05 GMT (-33.3, -71.3) 59 km 5.4 MW
57.55013 93.6 deg 64.891 deg Taiwan Region 2014/01/06 18:49:40 GMT (25.5, 122.8) 236 km 5.0 MW
57.24021 92.4 deg 97.849 deg Banda Sea 2014/02/03 20:37:18 GMT (-7.2, 128.2) 35 km 5.0 MW
55.93743 94.4 deg 97.465 deg Banda Sea 2014/02/21 08:32:47 GMT (-6.5, 130.1) 146 km 4.8 mb
54.02553 92.5 deg 98.066 deg Banda Sea 2014/02/04 01:05:34 GMT (-7.4, 128.4) 35 km 5.1 MW
53.729034 67.3 deg 91.032 deg Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2014/04/03 09:30:19 GMT (-5.4, 102.1) 11 km 5.6 MB, 5.9 MWC
49.393 71.6 deg 93.158 deg Java, Indonesia 2014/01/15 09:26:11 GMT (-6.6, 106.7) 129 km 4.5 mb
47.986 60.7 deg 80.793 deg Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra 2014/01/14 10:36:10 GMT (2.2, 93.7) 35 km 4.7 mb
46.85927 66.8 deg 216.961 deg South Georgia Island Region 2014/03/17 13:24:48 GMT (-53.2, -32.3) 5.4 km 5.6 MB, 5.8 MWB, 5.9 MWC
42.147972 64.8 deg 70.449 deg Andaman Islands, India Region 2014/02/02 23:43:59 GMT (12.3, 95.1) 24 km 5.4 MW