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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.0 on date 10-02-2021 and time 12:24:24 (UTC) in region New Caledonia [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 6.0 earthquake occured in region: New Caledonia [Sea], on

  • 10-02-2021 12:24:24 (UTC)
  • 10-02-2021 13:24:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 10-02-2021 23:24:24 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Noumea)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -22.8660, 171.5320 at 16 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 5.2
Mwp 6.0
Mwpd 6.2 		2021-02-10
12:24:24		 -22.8656 171.532 16 2021-02-10
12:40:27		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 86995901
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-10 12:24:24
Latitude -22.8656
Longitude 171.5320
Depth (km) 16 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86995901

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 9417
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 9223
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 94
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 10000.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 100.672
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 50
Number of defining phases 50
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.8144
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 7.97361
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 96.74944
Number of stations at which the event was observed 46
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 46
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.2

Field Value
Value 6.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 86995901
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-10 12:40:27

Mwp:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 17
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 86995901
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-10 12:40:27

mb:5.2

Field Value
Value 5.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 31
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 86995901
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-10 12:40:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.ANMO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:51.45 10.0 negative automatic P 55 96.7494 -1.67421 0.0513024
US.WUAZ.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:36.50 10.0 negative automatic P 53 93.3341 -0.964467 0.0665236
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:32.25 10.0 positive automatic P 16 93.1353 -4.06554 0.0648032
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:34.55 10.0 negative automatic P 47 92.9874 -1.42631 0.0732181
US.HAWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:33.88 10.0 negative automatic P 40 93.0305 -1.98132 0.0729612
IU.TUC.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:32.75 10.0 positive automatic P 56 92.3784 -0.19611 0.0778008
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:27.20 10.0 positive automatic P 44 91.5839 -2.13859 0.0808898
IU.BILL.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:22.82 10.0 negative automatic P 358 91.0044 -3.65714 0.0707234
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:25.77 10.0 positive automatic P 323 91.2463 -2.05049 0.0802412
US.NLWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:25.83 10.0 positive automatic P 38 91.0512 -0.923263 0.0852246
US.TPNV.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:22.78 10.0 negative automatic P 50 90.4940 -1.54847 0.014808
C1.MG02.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:37:19.33 10.0 positive automatic sP 148 87.8667 1.68789 0
II.PFO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:14.52 10.0 negative automatic P 52 88.7424 -1.55409 0.087504
BK.CMB.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:12.37 10.0 positive automatic P 47 88.1911 -1.00065 0.101099
BK.SAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:37:05.55 10.0 negative automatic P 48 86.8086 -1.10823 0.113398
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:36:43.85 10.0 positive automatic PcP 294 82.1981 0.505467 0.14339
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:36:41.37 10.0 negative automatic ScP 243 19.2880 -2.41851 0
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:36:28.52 10.0 negative automatic P 299 79.3105 0.590043 0.149688
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:35:57.57 10.0 positive automatic P 282 73.9637 -0.0696573 0.236171
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:35:15.22 10.0 positive automatic P 180 67.0681 -0.783273 0.31684
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:35:13.72 10.0 positive automatic P 331 67.2210 -2.83166 0.314923
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:34:49.62 10.0 positive automatic P 285 63.0535 0.156774 0.304092
MY.KKM.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:34:37.67 10.0 positive automatic P 291 61.2801 -0.00212152 0.359451
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:34:22.47 10.0 positive automatic P 292 58.8822 1.35608 0.359488
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:33:33.90 10.0 positive automatic P 281 52.9957 -5.08295 0.530815
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:33:16.57 10.0 positive automatic P 250 49.8288 1.30999 0.544354
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:33:07.30 10.0 positive automatic P 246 48.4989 2.20299 0.607362
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:33:07.12 10.0 positive automatic P 289 48.7885 -0.142324 0.574263
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:33:00.10 10.0 positive automatic P 262 47.8035 0.407067 0.612192
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:32:54.97 10.0 positive automatic P 278 46.9912 1.45688 0.40002
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:32:20.22 10.0 positive automatic P 292 42.9381 -0.885515 0.660795
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:31:52.73 10.0 positive automatic P 249 39.3443 1.17568 0.760571
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:31:52.98 10.0 positive automatic P 258 39.4051 0.839747 0.77791
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:31:43.08 10.0 positive automatic P 279 38.4302 -0.790916 0.359288
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:31:10.77 10.0 positive automatic P 268 34.6426 -0.849059 0.875637
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:30:35.87 10.0 positive automatic P 242 30.4767 0.659326 0.920939
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:29:47.37 10.0 positive automatic P 256 25.0223 1.08881 0.97561
AU.MILA.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:29:37.88 10.0 negative automatic P 229 23.9178 1.56144 0
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:29:34.85 10.0 positive automatic P 272 23.6555 1.00498 0.833333
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:29:30.45 10.0 negative automatic P 233 23.2093 1.03329 0.888889
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-10T12:29:16.91 10.0 negative automatic P 182 22.1892 -1.62524 0.97561
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2021-02-10T12:28:51.12 10.0 negative automatic P 243 19.2880 3.82771 0.43956
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-10T12:28:48.97 10.0 negative automatic P 176 19.6208 -1.78476 0.934579
IU.AFI.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:28:34.45 10.0 positive automatic P 63 18.1711 -0.291815 0.963855
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:28:23.32 10.0 positive automatic P 319 17.4162 -1.99395 0.43956
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-10T12:28:08.02 10.0 negative automatic P 164 16.1177 -0.898552 0.97561
II.MSVF.BHZ.00 2021-02-10T12:26:20.72 10.0 positive automatic P 51 7.9736 2.34572 0.952381
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