Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.2 on date 30-11-2021 and time 11:36:21 (Italy) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

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

  • 30-11-2021 10:36:21 (UTC)
  • 30-11-2021 11:36:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 30-11-2021 21:36:21 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Bougainville)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -3.5370, 150.9960 at 10 km depth.

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

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 6.3 		2021-11-30
10:36:21		 -3.5367 150.996 10 2021-11-30
10:51:11		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 97964911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-11-30 10:36:21
Latitude -3.5367
Longitude 150.9960
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 97964911

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 20983
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 16711
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 231
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 16938.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 66.1816
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 85
Number of defining phases 85
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 2.11384
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.33610
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 95.75748
Number of stations at which the event was observed 78
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 78
Magnitudes information

Mwp:6.2

Field Value
Value 6.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 48
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 97964911
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-11-30 10:51:11

Mwpd:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 42
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 97964911
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-11-30 10:51:11

mb:5.4

Field Value
Value 5.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 52
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 97964911
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-11-30 10:51:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.HLID.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:50.70 10.0 positive automatic PcP 47 95.7575 4.3265 0
NN.PRN.HHZ. 2021-11-30T10:49:45.44 10.0 positive automatic P 53 95.2817 1.51512 0.06029
US.TPNV.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:39.63 10.0 positive automatic P 53 94.3207 0.0774352 0.0610523
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:34.03 10.0 positive automatic P 48 92.6522 2.2016 0.0733451
US.NEW.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:39.95 10.0 negative automatic P 42 93.8861 2.54683 0.0677838
US.BMO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:39.15 10.0 negative automatic P 45 93.6925 2.56947 0.0681076
US.HAWA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:32.93 10.0 positive automatic P 44 92.1917 3.39569 0.0760885
BK.CMB.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:29.40 10.0 negative automatic P 52 91.0870 4.92899 0.0810332
CN.PAULN.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:49:28.18 10.0 positive automatic P 21 91.5223 1.8056 0.0264218
IU.COR.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:27.77 10.0 positive automatic PcP 45 89.4229 9.77638 0
II.SIMI.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:01.10 10.0 negative automatic P 309 85.9771 1.05019 0.122201
CN.EAGLY.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:49:02.35 10.0 positive automatic P 22 86.2568 0.795432 0.11595
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:49:01.17 10.0 negative automatic P 180 86.3888 -1.40303 0.112418
AT.SKAG.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:49:00.42 10.0 positive automatic P 29 84.8656 5.89282 0.130052
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:48:37.60 10.0 positive automatic P 322 81.7405 -0.829897 0.15725
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:48:34.30 10.0 positive automatic P 22 81.4451 -2.57645 0.158
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:48:19.92 10.0 positive automatic P 319 78.4812 -0.978995 0.18504
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:48:13.38 10.0 positive automatic P 22 77.3775 -1.4528 0.202241
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:48:07.77 10.0 positive automatic P 177 74.7787 7.90513 0.214342
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:47:58.28 10.0 positive automatic P 178 74.2073 1.71327 0.215276
II.PALK.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:47:42.92 10.0 positive automatic P 279 70.9685 5.58324 0.269411
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:47:41.37 10.0 negative automatic P 280 71.2526 2.37583 0.171963
IO.EVN.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:47:29.00 10.0 negative automatic P 302 69.2038 1.71314 0
II.TLY.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:47:20.17 10.0 positive automatic P 331 68.2275 -0.269989 0.139423
IU.YAK.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:47:14.22 10.0 positive automatic P 349 67.5644 -1.96511 0.1432
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:46:53.92 10.0 positive automatic P 329 64.1236 -0.350772 0.286323
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:46:49.02 10.0 positive automatic P 360 63.1098 1.66473 0.359527
IU.ADK.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:46:41.45 10.0 negative automatic P 22 61.8251 2.71363 0.390326
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:45:58.80 10.0 negative automatic P 296 55.8663 1.4306 0.461654
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:45:41.42 10.0 negative automatic P 274 53.6101 0.469395 0.42662
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:45:35.02 10.0 positive automatic P 301 52.3650 3.16954 0.527868
MY.KUM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:45:22.82 10.0 negative automatic P 280 51.0566 0.835639 0.536512
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:45:18.72 10.0 negative automatic P 279 50.5647 0.414439 0.257284
IU.YSS.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:45:18.80 10.0 positive automatic P 353 51.0130 -2.86541 0.25385
MY.KOM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:44:55.82 10.0 positive automatic P 276 47.4246 1.62781 0.557846
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2021-11-30T10:44:39.65 10.0 positive automatic P 160 44.9411 4.96799 0.63685
RM.DLV.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:44:38.47 10.0 negative automatic P 291 45.0085 3.0938 0.624109
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:44:34.20 10.0 positive automatic P 349 45.2452 -2.87507 0
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:44:27.25 10.0 negative automatic P 223 43.1079 7.2562 0
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:44:12.02 10.0 negative automatic P 229 41.8418 2.35011 0.687638
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2021-11-30T10:44:09.99 10.0 positive automatic P 149 42.1047 -1.79483 0
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:44:05.52 10.0 positive automatic P 345 41.8204 -3.99541 0.460449
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:44:03.85 10.0 positive automatic P 343 41.1730 -0.379333 0.707985
G.INU.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:44:00.81 10.0 positive automatic P 343 41.0322 -2.18557 0.7106
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:43:48.62 10.0 positive automatic P 278 39.2208 0.633727 0.762393
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2021-11-30T10:43:37.99 10.0 positive automatic P 149 37.9677 0.563146 0.709307
GE.JAGI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:43:27.12 10.0 positive automatic P 261 36.9521 -1.72242 0.66477
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:43:14.22 10.0 positive automatic P 237 35.1234 1.03603 0.864881
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:43:10.03 10.0 positive automatic P 216 34.7855 -0.238329 0.841214
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:43:07.30 10.0 positive automatic P 188 34.4050 0.252883 0.829455
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:43:01.22 10.0 negative automatic P 285 33.6109 1.14391 0.404111
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:42:44.05 10.0 positive automatic P 199 31.9473 -1.56303 0.879243
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:42:43.70 10.0 positive automatic P 183 31.8345 -0.913852 0.871545
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:42:38.77 10.0 negative automatic P 266 31.1880 -0.085362 0.427791
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:42:34.85 10.0 positive automatic P 223 30.6412 0.761201 0.906291
AU.FITZ.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:42:15.88 10.0 negative automatic P 238 28.7803 -1.63798 0.963855
GE.LUWI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:42:12.02 10.0 negative automatic P 274 28.3081 -1.2717 0.606061
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:42:04.02 10.0 negative automatic P 255 27.2502 0.00910796 0
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:42:00.07 10.0 negative automatic P 179 26.8870 -0.683944 0.869565
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:41:42.57 10.0 positive automatic P 273 25.0202 -1.09716 0.888889
GE.TNTI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:41:35.02 10.0 negative automatic P 280 24.0055 0.603113 0.909091
ND.ONTNC.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:41:34.70 10.0 positive automatic P 143 24.0177 0.1608 0.888889
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:41:32.87 10.0 positive automatic P 195 23.9381 -0.960781 0.930233
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:41:23.72 10.0 positive automatic P 223 23.0650 -1.50372 0.930233
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:41:11.15 10.0 positive automatic P 180 21.8315 -0.941699 0.987654
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:41:09.13 10.0 positive automatic P 243 21.7287 -1.84104 0.97561
ND.KOUNC.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:41:07.40 10.0 positive automatic P 144 21.3758 0.235295 0.888889
GE.BNDI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:41:03.72 10.0 positive automatic P 267 21.0608 -0.0405758 0.833333
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:40:56.38 10.0 negative automatic P 242 20.4733 -1.0328 0.465116
GE.SAUI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:40:54.07 10.0 negative automatic P 256 20.0890 0.829076 0.43956
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:40:52.85 10.0 positive automatic P 128 19.9074 1.5985 0.43956
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:40:37.72 10.0 negative automatic P 271 18.7265 -0.615805 0.909091
IU.GUMO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:40:30.17 10.0 positive automatic P 341 18.1727 -1.8089 0.43956
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:40:20.22 10.0 positive automatic P 195 17.1841 0.450969 0.8
GE.GENI.BHZ. 2021-11-30T10:38:57.02 10.0 negative automatic P 275 10.8533 2.05751 0.43956
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:38:53.72 10.0 positive automatic P 124 10.6702 1.25675 0
AU.MANU.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:37:17.43 10.0 negative automatic P 292 3.9209 -2.40798 0.761905
AU.RABL.BHZ.00 2021-11-30T10:36:39.70 10.0 positive automatic P 119 1.3361 -4.60072 0.941176
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