Station TS SMTC - Superstition Mountain, California, USA

Network: TS - TERRAscope (Southern California Seismic Network)

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
SMTC Superstition Mountain, California, USA (32.95, -115.72) 1993-05-06 / 1996-05-02 -50.0 m
Crust2 Type:ME,very thin extended crust, 1.5 km seds.
Thickness Estimate:22 km
Thickness StdDev:17 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.60
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.16
Vs Estimate:3.847 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.18
Peak Value:0.04
Assumed Vp:6.155 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.963
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

1 with match > 90% ( 1.8181819 %) and 4 with match > 80% ( 7.2727275 %) out of 55.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 22 km 1.60 6.155 km/s 3.847 km/s 0.18
Crust2.0 28 km 1.78 6.155 km/s 3.46 km/s 0.27 ME,very thin extended crust, 1.5 km seds.
Global Maxima 22 km 1.60 6.155 km/s 3.847 km/s 0.18 amp=0.036772165
Local Maxima 1 58 km 1.88 6.155 km/s 3.269 km/s 0.30 amp=0.031156654
Local Maxima 2 70 km 1.79 6.155 km/s 3.443 km/s 0.27 amp=0.025527736
Local Maxima 3 36 km 1.60 6.155 km/s 3.841 km/s 0.18 amp=0.02517327
Local Maxima 4 38 km 2.10 6.155 km/s 2.934 km/s 0.35 amp=0.02356799
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps2.19 SECOND
PpPs9.51 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs11.70 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
91.36127 65.4 deg 127.264 deg Northern Bolivia 1994/06/09 00:33:16 GMT (-13.8, -67.6) 637 km 6.9 MB, 6.8 MS, 8.3 UNKNOWN, 8.2 MW
83.204445 88.2 deg 246.336 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/02/11 21:17:31 GMT (-18.8, 169.2) 204 km 6.3 MB, 7.0 UNKNOWN, 6.8 MW
81.20919 50.4 deg 127.39 deg Peru-Ecuador Border Region 1995/10/03 12:45:00 GMT (-2.8, -77.9) 33 km 6.0 MB, 6.1 MS, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
80.5351 78.3 deg 239.915 deg Fiji Islands Region 1994/03/09 23:28:07 GMT (-17.8, -178.5) 564 km 6.6 MB, 7.6 UNKNOWN, 7.6 MW

Losers

(51 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
91.52751 50.4 deg 127.341 deg Peru-Ecuador Border Region 1995/10/03 01:51:24 GMT (-2.8, -77.9) 27 km 6.5 MB, 7.0 MS, 6.9 UNKNOWN, 7.0 MW
90.196106 72.1 deg 310.862 deg East Of Kuril Islands 1994/10/09 08:48:54 GMT (43.8, 148.1) 35 km 5.8 MB
88.75695 72.6 deg 311.03 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
84.604996 88.7 deg 247.893 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/10/01 17:46:37 GMT (-17.8, 167.8) 33 km 5.6 MB, 6.3 MS, 6.3 UNKNOWN
84.107864 72.1 deg 310.996 deg Kuril Islands 1994/10/09 07:55:38 GMT (43.9, 147.9) 23 km 6.5 MB, 7.0 MS, 6.7 UNKNOWN, 7.3 MW
82.777115 88.8 deg 248.035 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/10/01 16:35:22 GMT (-17.8, 167.6) 33 km 5.7 MB, 6.5 MS, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
81.00729 72.6 deg 311.296 deg Kuril Islands 1994/10/04 14:12:04 GMT (43.9, 147.1) 33 km 5.5 MB
79.775 86.2 deg 253.819 deg Santa Cruz Islands 1994/08/22 17:26:38 GMT (-11.5, 166.4) 148 km 6.1 MB, 6.4 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
78.88233 92.9 deg 305.928 deg Ryukyu Islands, Japan 1995/10/18 10:37:26 GMT (27.9, 130.3) 27 km 6.5 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 UNKNOWN, 7.1 MW
77.06498 89.1 deg 244.797 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/02/12 17:58:25 GMT (-20.6, 169.4) 33 km 6.3 MB, 7.2 MS, 7.2 UNKNOWN, 7.0 MW
76.960945 78.9 deg 134.517 deg Santiago Del Estero Prov., Arg. 1994/05/10 06:36:28 GMT (-28.5, -63.1) 605 km 6.4 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.9 MW
76.31793 78.0 deg 236.548 deg Tonga Islands 1995/10/06 11:39:36 GMT (-20.0, -175.9) 209 km 5.7 MB, 6.4 UNKNOWN, 6.3 MW
71.93414 77.4 deg 133.448 deg Santiago Del Estero Prov., Arg. 1994/08/19 10:02:51 GMT (-26.7, -63.4) 565 km 6.4 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
70.51469 89.3 deg 245.394 deg Loyalty Islands 1994/02/16 22:03:12 GMT (-20.2, 168.8) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.8 MS, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
70.1102 33.4 deg 124.062 deg Off Coast Of Central America 1994/03/15 03:36:21 GMT (11.2, -88.0) 23 km 5.8 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.4 UNKNOWN, 5.6 MD
66.87246 66.7 deg 131.58 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
66.78208 76.1 deg 142.093 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1994/09/12 06:29:56 GMT (-31.1, -71.6) 53 km 5.8 MB, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.5 MD
66.418045 70.1 deg 133.497 deg Chile-Bolivia Border Region 1995/09/19 03:31:53 GMT (-21.2, -68.7) 110 km 5.7 MB, 5.7 UNKNOWN, 5.6 MW
66.172935 86.3 deg 241.857 deg Vanuatu Islands Region 1994/09/03 17:46:41 GMT (-21.3, 173.6) 33 km 5.7 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.3 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
65.27298 55.8 deg 134.291 deg Near Coast Of Peru 1995/09/23 22:31:58 GMT (-10.5, -78.7) 73 km 5.9 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
65.148926 77.0 deg 142.558 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1994/10/11 01:37:20 GMT (-32.1, -71.4) 51 km 5.6 MB, 5.3 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 5.4 MD
64.947 64.6 deg 130.454 deg Southern Peru 1994/06/16 18:41:31 GMT (-15.2, -70.3) 225 km 5.6 MB, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
64.31924 77.5 deg 234.078 deg Tonga Islands 1994/08/11 20:42:09 GMT (-21.5, -173.8) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN
63.34541 83.4 deg 231.547 deg Kermadec Islands Region 1994/12/17 21:07:57 GMT (-27.4, -176.8) 33 km 5.5 MS, 5.2 MB, 5.2 UNKNOWN, 5.8 MW
62.800648 70.5 deg 312.249 deg Kuril Islands 1994/10/16 05:10:03 GMT (45.7, 149.2) 139 km 6.3 MB, 6.8 UNKNOWN, 6.7 MW
62.402657 59.6 deg 126.812 deg Peru-Brazil Border Region 1994/11/05 12:05:28 GMT (-9.3, -71.3) 597 km 5.6 MB, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 5.6 MW
61.623604 87.9 deg 248.241 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/05/04 06:37:37 GMT (-17.1, 168.3) 221 km 5.7 MB
61.212273 44.4 deg 116.724 deg Northern Colombia 1994/09/13 10:01:34 GMT (7.1, -76.7) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.6 MS
60.17599 82.7 deg 233.356 deg South Of Fiji Islands 1995/10/14 08:00:41 GMT (-25.6, -177.5) 70 km 5.9 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
59.48341 81.8 deg 237.356 deg Fiji Islands Region 1994/03/31 22:40:53 GMT (-22.0, -179.6) 591 km 5.9 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
58.468193 84.6 deg 307.072 deg Near S. Coast Of Honshu, Japan 1995/07/07 21:15:18 GMT (33.9, 137.1) 324 km 5.8 MB, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 6.0 MW
56.249966 73.5 deg 311.522 deg Hokkaido, Japan Region 1994/08/31 09:07:26 GMT (43.7, 146.0) 80 km 5.9 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
56.200882 80.9 deg 237.342 deg Fiji Islands Region 1994/04/18 21:39:43 GMT (-21.4, -178.8) 541 km 5.5 MB
56.19424 84.4 deg 230.591 deg Kermadec Islands Region 1994/06/20 09:44:46 GMT (-28.8, -176.9) 33 km 5.8 MS, 5.2 MB, 5.9 UNKNOWN
55.920475 83.0 deg 146.436 deg Southern Argentina 1994/10/20 01:15:16 GMT (-39.2, -70.8) 164 km 5.7 MB, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
55.83506 53.4 deg 129.316 deg Northern Peru 1994/01/20 09:06:52 GMT (-6.0, -77.1) 122 km 5.8 MB, 5.7 UNKNOWN
55.530045 39.6 deg 316.143 deg Unimak Island Region, Alaska 1995/07/08 17:15:28 GMT (53.6, -163.5) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.5 UNKNOWN, 6.0 MW
54.806236 59.6 deg 126.82 deg Peru-Brazil Border Region 1994/11/04 01:13:20 GMT (-9.3, -71.3) 598 km 5.8 MB, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
54.725002 60.6 deg 317.5 deg Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 1995/12/31 07:26:13 GMT (53.9, 160.6) 55 km 6.0 MB, 5.9 UNKNOWN, 5.7 MW
53.75557 89.0 deg 47.334 deg Northern Algeria 1994/08/18 01:13:06 GMT (35.6, -0.1) 9.0 km 5.5 MB, 5.9 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN
52.741875 50.4 deg 127.307 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
51.619728 89.0 deg 245.556 deg Vanuatu Islands 1994/02/16 06:48:23 GMT (-19.9, 169.0) 33 km 5.5 MB
49.86044 77.4 deg 234.022 deg Tonga Islands 1994/04/27 09:23:27 GMT (-21.5, -173.7) 35 km 6.2 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
49.088436 92.7 deg 306.161 deg Ryukyu Islands, Japan 1995/10/18 23:25:59 GMT (28.2, 130.3) 33 km 5.8 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
49.08635 95.0 deg 266.718 deg New Britain Region, P.N.G. 1994/06/13 21:15:04 GMT (-5.5, 151.9) 31 km 5.8 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 6.2 MW
47.015926 86.0 deg 302.399 deg Southeast Of Honshu, Japan 1995/10/01 17:06:03 GMT (29.3, 139.0) 427 km 5.5 MB, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW
43.88057 96.9 deg 263.231 deg D'Entrecasteaux Islands Region 1994/02/17 21:52:47 GMT (-9.5, 152.1) 25 km 5.8 MS, 5.2 MB
43.346207 83.4 deg 234.835 deg South Of Fiji Islands 1994/12/11 09:29:01 GMT (-24.9, -179.1) 391 km 5.5 MB, 5.6 UNKNOWN
42.340725 78.5 deg 239.961 deg Fiji Islands Region 1994/12/18 20:38:32 GMT (-17.9, -178.7) 551 km 5.6 MB, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 5.7 MW
35.6429 76.5 deg 309.607 deg Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 1994/04/08 01:10:41 GMT (40.6, 143.8) 21 km 6.0 MB, 6.2 MS, 5.8 UNKNOWN, 6.4 MW
31.942276 93.5 deg 266.676 deg New Ireland Region, P.N.G. 1994/05/06 22:39:29 GMT (-4.7, 153.1) 79 km 5.7 MB, 5.9 UNKNOWN