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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.2 on date 07-02-2021 and time 05:45:56 (UTC) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 6.2 earthquake occured in region: Papua New Guinea [Sea], on

  • 07-02-2021 05:45:56 (UTC)
  • 07-02-2021 06:45:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 07-02-2021 14:45:56 (UTC +09:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Asia/Jayapura)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -3.6770, 146.0040 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		mb 5.4
Mwp 6.2
Mwpd 6.4 		2021-02-07
05:45:56		 -3.6773 146.004 10 2021-02-07
06:03:23		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 86899551
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-07 05:45:56
Latitude -3.6773
Longitude 146.0040
Depth (km) 10 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86899551

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 22769
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 15327
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 254
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 18380.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90.269
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 54
Number of defining phases 54
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 2.29449
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 5.92710
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 103.11846
Number of stations at which the event was observed 53
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 53
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.4

Field Value
Value 6.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 25
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 86899551
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-07 06:03:23

Mwp:6.2

Field Value
Value 6.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 86899551
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-07 06:03:23

mb:5.4

Field Value
Value 5.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 46
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 86899551
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-07 06:03:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.TUC.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:59:43.95 10.0 positive automatic Pdiff 58 103.1185 -9.68034 0
G.INU.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:59:36.31 10.0 negative automatic S 349 39.9237 4.02959 0
BK.CMB.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:59:27.15 10.0 negative automatic PcP 52 95.1021 9.19156 0
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:58:44.32 10.0 positive automatic P 180 86.2478 7.76489 0.118716
AU.MAW.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:58:30.53 10.0 positive automatic P 202 83.9829 5.81588 0.127639
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:58:20.07 10.0 negative automatic P 23 83.4865 -2.13035 0.139001
II.AAK.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:58:00.67 10.0 positive automatic P 315 79.0797 1.62392 0.16414
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:56.42 10.0 positive automatic P 323 78.8483 -1.10416 0.188138
II.NIL.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:54.27 10.0 positive automatic P 306 77.8153 2.37948 0.18706
IU.TIXI.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:43.62 10.0 positive automatic P 355 76.1334 1.29983 0.212927
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:38.40 10.0 positive automatic P 176 74.3252 6.47673 0.229219
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:33.60 10.0 negative automatic P 321 75.3786 -4.5032 0.215634
IU.BILL.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:57:27.22 10.0 positive automatic P 8 73.1512 2.15603 0
IU.CASY.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:56:51.42 10.0 negative automatic P 195 67.3113 2.17911 0.31342
II.TLY.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:56:40.32 10.0 negative automatic P 333 65.9868 -0.562666 0.315172
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:56:25.37 10.0 positive automatic P 3 63.3622 1.66289 0
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:56:12.17 10.0 positive automatic P 331 61.7618 -1.06935 0.338237
IN.SHL.HHZ. 2021-02-07T05:56:02.39 10.0 positive automatic P 302 60.0254 1.23978 0.399598
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:55:00.70 10.0 positive automatic P 298 51.4749 0.832538 0.536012
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:54:38.67 10.0 negative automatic P 275 48.6554 0.26628 0.538424
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:54:35.92 10.0 positive automatic P 303 48.2037 0.9047 0.570308
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-07T05:54:09.44 10.0 negative automatic P 145 44.7123 1.93475 0.671982
IU.INCN.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:54:09.47 10.0 positive automatic P 338 44.9207 0.308967 0.625622
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:54:06.45 10.0 positive automatic P 355 44.6939 -0.912145 0.304392
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-07T05:53:35.49 10.0 positive automatic P 144 40.5765 1.58915 0.746884
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:53:32.72 10.0 positive automatic P 350 40.8749 -3.70265 0.713525
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:53:28.30 10.0 positive automatic P 349 40.1074 -1.80921 0.74522
G.INU.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:53:26.91 10.0 positive automatic P 349 39.9237 -1.5955 0.345583
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:53:21.05 10.0 positive automatic P 344 39.1208 -0.827579 0.729599
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:53:12.55 10.0 negative automatic P 225 38.1086 -0.787941 0.748563
IU.TATO.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:53:07.42 10.0 positive automatic P 322 37.2428 1.43114 0.782769
AU.GIRL.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:52:57.13 10.0 positive automatic P 236 36.1250 0.673395 0.786434
JP.YOJ.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:52:56.20 10.0 positive automatic P 323 35.9416 1.3331 0.789982
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:52:42.47 10.0 negative automatic P 280 34.3221 1.52241 0.785942
JP.JMZ.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:52:31.90 10.0 positive automatic P 335 32.7891 4.34067 0.721118
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:52:19.30 10.0 positive automatic P 210 31.9507 -0.921263 0.921543
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:52:16.47 10.0 negative automatic P 233 30.9422 5.119 0.954901
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:52:06.42 10.0 negative automatic P 192 30.4776 -0.918959 0.86027
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:51:57.32 10.0 positive automatic P 288 28.8664 4.35199 0
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:51:37.50 10.0 negative automatic P 217 27.3172 -1.71774 0.963855
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:51:36.85 10.0 positive automatic P 169 27.2628 -1.96804 0.952381
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:51:29.82 10.0 positive automatic P 266 26.2077 0.653033 0.97561
AU.FITZ.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:51:12.48 10.0 positive automatic P 233 24.6056 -2.11 0.963855
GE.LUWI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:51:00.62 10.0 positive automatic P 276 23.3583 -2.31261 0.784314
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:50:57.85 10.0 negative automatic P 184 22.9679 -1.00319 0.909091
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:50:52.52 10.0 negative automatic P 253 22.4139 -0.599688 0.909091
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:50:49.40 10.0 negative automatic P 168 22.2329 -1.6539 0.952381
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:50:25.47 10.0 negative automatic P 274 20.0551 -2.06557 0.909091
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:50:23.92 10.0 negative automatic P 214 19.8275 -1.19188 0.952381
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:49:47.47 10.0 negative automatic P 179 16.4120 2.77212 0.963855
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:49:39.20 10.0 positive automatic P 235 16.1284 -1.81306 0.91954
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2021-02-07T05:49:22.70 10.0 positive automatic P 113 14.9960 -3.53989 0.361991
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:49:10.67 10.0 negative automatic P 273 13.7523 1.39121 0.833333
GE.GENI.BHZ. 2021-02-07T05:47:23.32 10.0 positive automatic P 280 5.9271 1.25141 0.43956
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