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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 5.9 on date 02-03-2023 and time 04:40:45 (UTC) in region Oaxaca, Mexico [Land: Mexico]

A magnitude Mwp 5.9 earthquake occured in region: Oaxaca, Mexico [Land: Mexico], on

  • 02-03-2023 04:40:45 (UTC)
  • 02-03-2023 05:40:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 01-03-2023 22:40:45 (UTC -06:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (America/Guatemala)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 16.3090, -94.2150 at 105 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 5.9
Mwpd 6.4 		2023-03-02
04:40:45		 16.309 -94.2151 105 2023-03-02
04:55:21		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114930331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-02 04:40:45
Latitude 16.3090
Longitude -94.2151
Depth (km) 105 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 114930331

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5914
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5443
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 225
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6481.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124.297
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 63
Number of defining phases 63
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.47404
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.99488
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 65.05013
Number of stations at which the event was observed 61
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 61
Magnitudes information

Mwp:5.9

Field Value
Value 5.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 15
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 114930331
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-02 04:55:21

Mwpd:6.4

Field Value
Value 6.4
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 114930331
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-02 04:55:21

mb:5.4

Field Value
Value 5.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 47
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 114930331
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-02 04:55:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:51:22.78 10.0 positive automatic pP 333 62.8375 -2.30871 0
G.COYC.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:51:12.55 10.0 negative automatic P 163 65.0501 -0.970453 0.34223
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:59.44 10.0 positive automatic P 333 62.8375 0.28022 0.371713
C1.LL02.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:57.50 10.0 positive automatic P 162 62.9386 -2.22234 0.365983
C1.LL01.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:52.33 10.0 negative automatic P 162 62.0286 -1.28644 0.373894
DK.KULLO.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:51.26 10.0 positive automatic P 10 61.6690 0.0645025 0.391504
DK.ANGG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:50.75 10.0 positive automatic P 23 61.7021 -0.664926 0.387316
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:50:47.35 10.0 negative automatic pP 338 57.7708 -2.7405 0
DK.ISOG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:47.35 10.0 positive automatic P 23 61.1723 -0.505388 0.376765
GT.PLCA.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:50:46.63 10.0 negative automatic P 160 61.1240 -1.08597 0.400146
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:50:42.70 10.0 positive automatic P 337 60.2738 0.898675 0.407398
C.GO06.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:37.33 10.0 negative automatic P 160 59.7835 -1.3018 0.40012
DK.ILULI.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:34.40 10.0 positive automatic P 16 59.2531 -0.384407 0.42612
BL.PMNB.HHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:30.62 10.0 positive automatic P 125 58.5151 0.788261 0.441229
DK.NRS.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:15.55 10.0 negative automatic P 26 56.5648 -0.455796 0.46192
C1.BO02.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:09.50 10.0 negative automatic P 157 55.7384 -0.777146 0.433269
C.GO05.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:50:07.53 10.0 positive automatic P 158 55.5069 -0.954488 0.489759
G.PEL.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:49:59.00 10.0 positive automatic P 156 54.3216 -1.0462 0.44373
C1.CO02.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:49:46.15 10.0 positive automatic P 155 52.4833 -0.540344 0.525872
IU.LCO.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:49:33.37 10.0 negative automatic P 153 50.6929 -0.18235 0.555234
C.GO03.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:49:25.40 10.0 positive automatic P 152 49.6745 -0.205907 0.565556
IU.WVT.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:48:57.62 10.0 positive automatic S 15 20.6170 -1.75335 0
CX.MNMCX.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:48:33.65 10.0 negative automatic P 145 42.9191 0.622255 0.322918
GT.LPAZ.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:48:22.15 10.0 negative automatic P 140 41.5246 0.00752491 0.718087
US.WMOK.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:48:20.33 10.0 positive automatic S 348 18.8764 -4.69004 0
US.NEW.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:45.65 10.0 positive automatic P 335 37.0519 1.38665 0.795652
US.MSO.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:25.98 10.0 positive automatic P 336 34.6205 2.37496 0.854526
US.BMO.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:23.15 10.0 positive automatic P 331 34.5170 0.463156 0.765528
US.EGMT.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:20.48 10.0 positive automatic P 341 34.1854 0.663723 0.863521
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:14.48 10.0 negative automatic P 326 33.4391 1.0772 0.858617
US.DGMT.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:12.53 10.0 positive automatic P 348 33.1819 1.48536 0.874043
US.LONY.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:47:05.75 10.0 negative automatic P 26 32.7869 -1.81705 0.871992
US.AGMN.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:59.68 10.0 positive automatic P 358 32.0158 -1.13529 0.877733
CU.GRGR.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:58.90 10.0 positive automatic P 93 31.8025 -0.0217133 0.902874
US.RLMT.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:56.83 10.0 positive automatic P 339 31.4634 0.557062 0.840792
US.EYMN.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:56.48 10.0 positive automatic P 3 31.7148 -1.7179 0.926523
NN.PRN.HHZ. 2023-03-02T04:46:50.09 10.0 positive automatic pP 323 27.9789 1.51379 0
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:49.35 10.0 positive automatic P 328 30.4544 1.94043 0.920673
US.AHID.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:47.50 10.0 negative automatic P 335 30.1278 3.01312 0.8671
US.HWUT.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:41.80 10.0 positive automatic P 333 29.3716 4.02004 0.952381
II.PFO.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:34.70 10.0 positive automatic pP 315 26.4528 -0.0705005 0
US.MCWV.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:33.68 10.0 negative automatic pP 25 26.4915 -1.2699 0
US.AAM.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:19.25 10.0 negative automatic P 17 27.5206 -1.8084 0.930233
US.JFWS.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:13.58 10.0 positive automatic P 6 26.8187 -1.24002 0.963855
US.ACSO.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:04.23 10.0 negative automatic P 20 25.8336 -1.7153 0.91954
US.SCIA.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:46:03.10 10.0 positive automatic P 2 25.6112 -0.838776 0.97561
CU.GRTK.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:45:34.75 10.0 positive automatic P 73 22.4215 0.315794 0.869565
CU.SDDR.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:45:30.55 10.0 positive automatic P 80 21.9944 0.522029 0.941176
IU.CCM.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:45:27.22 10.0 positive automatic P 6 21.9022 -1.76784 0.97561
IM.TKL.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:45:22.72 10.0 positive automatic P 24 21.4697 -1.70001 0.909091
MX.HSIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:45:09.07 10.0 positive automatic P 312 19.9558 0.907804 0.952381
US.WMOK.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:44:55.88 10.0 positive automatic P 348 18.8764 -0.616179 0.97561
US.MIAR.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:44:49.43 10.0 positive automatic P 2 18.2446 -0.108311 0.97561
US.LRAL.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:44:46.50 10.0 positive automatic P 20 17.9554 0.149263 0.930233
MX.HPIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:44:12.97 10.0 positive automatic P 317 15.0226 1.56514 0.888889
G.HDC.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:43:28.85 10.0 positive automatic P 121 11.6806 1.01496 0.930233
II.JTS.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:43:17.12 10.0 positive automatic P 123 10.8336 0.770335 0.97561
MX.ZAIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:43:07.21 10.0 positive automatic P 311 10.1773 -0.633903 0.930233
GE.BOAB.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:42:54.25 10.0 positive automatic P 114 9.1341 0.92936 0.909091
MX.MOIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:42:30.22 10.0 positive automatic P 298 7.4566 -0.586535 0.97561
G.UNM.BHZ.00 2023-03-02T04:42:05.15 10.0 positive automatic P 303 5.6070 -0.594718 0.909091
MX.TLIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:41:45.46 10.0 positive automatic P 287 4.3470 -3.04446 0.952381
MX.CCIG.BHZ. 2023-03-02T04:41:18.91 10.0 positive automatic P 90 1.9949 1.52534 0.97561
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