Chiapas Mexico – M6.6 Feb 1, 2019 at 16:14:13 UTC

14km ENE of Puerto Madero, Mexico

Position:  14.763°N 92.298°W – Depth: 67.9 km

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Distance from Exton PA: 29.2 Deg – 3,236 Km – Azimuth: 27.0 Deg

Heliocorder traces of AM.R8C73.00.SHZ and PE.PSUB.HHZ show the strong surface waves that arrived in southeastern Pennsylvania from this quake.

Trace from AM.R8C73.00.SHZ

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), LD.WUPA.BHZ, and PE.PSUB.HHZ (Media PA) showing the P wave arrivals.

 

Fault plane solution for this event.

Columbia – M5.6 – Jan 26, 2019 at 12:32:27 UTC

13km WNW of Santa Maria, Colombia

Position:  2.990°N 75.769°W – Depth: 10.0 km

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Distance from Exton PA: 37.0 Deg – 4,101 Km – Azimuth: 180.3 Deg

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), LD.WUPA.BHZ (West Chester PA) and PE.PSUB.HHZ (Media PA) showing the P wave arrivals.

 

Indonesia – M5.8 – Jan 26, 2019 at 08:12:48 UTC

58km WNW of Dobo, Indonesia

Position: 5.488°S 133.765°E – Depth: 10.0 km

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Distance from Exton PA: 136.5 Deg -15,190 Km – Azimuth: 315.0Deg

 

Even though this earthquake was under 6.0 in magnitude, P wave arrivals were recorded in southeastern Pennsylvania, over 15,000 km from the epicenter.

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), PE.PSUB.HHZ (Media PA), and LD.TUPA.HHZ (Ambler PA) showing the P wave arrivals.

 

Fault plane solution for this event.

Solomon Islands – M6.2 Jan 26, 2019 at 03:51:38 UTC

50km SW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands

Position:  7.016°S 156.291°E – Depth: 357.8 km

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Distance from Exton PA: 123.2 Deg – 13,706 Km – Azimuth: 291.2 Deg

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), PE.PSUB.HHZ (Media PA), and LD.GEDE.BHZ (Greenville DE) showing the P wave arrivals.

 

Fault plane solution for this event.

Indian Ocean – Prince Edward Islands Region – M6.7 Jan 22, 2019 at 19:01:43 UTC

Prince Edward Islands region

Position: 43.115°S 42.324°E  – Depth: 13.0 km

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Distance from Exton PA:134.5 Deg – 14,952 Km – Azimuth: 115.1 Deg

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), LD.WUPA.BHZ (West Chester PA), and PE.PSUB.HHZ (Media PA). Only a weak P wave arrival was seen on the seismometers.

 

Indonesia – M6.4 – Jan 22, 2019 at 05:10:03 UTC

85km SSW of Bogorawatu, Indonesia

Position:  10.466°S 119.031°E – Depth: 27.0 km

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Distance from Exton PA:147.8 Deg – 16,428 Km – Azimuth: 21.1 Deg

There was also a magnitude 6.0 foreshock that occurred at 23:59:22 UTC. withing a few kilometers of the main shock. See https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000j70q/executive .

Main shock (AM.R8C73.00.SHZ).

M6.0 foreshock

SeisComP3 traces for AM.R8C73.00.SHZ (Exton PA), and LD.WUPA.BHZ (west Chester PA). The first image for each station is the M6.4 main shock, and the 2nd is the M6.0 foreshock.

 

Fault plane solution.