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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 5.9 on date 07-03-2023 and time 14:51:52 (Italy) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 5.9 earthquake occured in region: Papua New Guinea [Sea], on

  • 07-03-2023 13:51:52 (UTC)
  • 07-03-2023 14:51:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 08-03-2023 00:51:52 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Bougainville)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -3.0590, 150.5880 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 5.3
Mwp 5.9
Mwpd 6.0 		2023-03-07
13:51:52		 -3.0586 150.588 10 2023-03-07
14:07:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115072041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-07 13:51:52
Latitude -3.0586
Longitude 150.5880
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 115072041

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 19652
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 14398
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 70
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 15863.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 60.6576
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 43
Number of defining phases 43
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 2.27051
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.93757
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 86.86687
Number of stations at which the event was observed 39
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 39
Magnitudes information

Mwp:5.9

Field Value
Value 5.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 115072041
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-07 14:07:32

Mwpd:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 115072041
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-07 14:07:32

mb:5.3

Field Value
Value 5.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 29
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 115072041
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-07 14:07:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:04:37.12 10.0 positive automatic P 180 86.8669 0.788754 0.116775
US.WRAK.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:04:35.98 10.0 positive automatic P 33 85.4546 7.0951 0.116676
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:04:20.80 10.0 negative automatic P 23 83.7163 0.663371 0.137129
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:04:06.90 10.0 positive automatic P 322 81.1133 0.378547 0.164752
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:04:06.17 10.0 negative automatic P 22 81.1558 -0.574063 0.162434
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:03:49.52 10.0 positive automatic P 319 77.8534 0.683333 0.172944
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:03:40.55 10.0 negative automatic P 177 75.2804 6.36548 0.202512
AK.GAMB.BHZ. 2023-03-07T14:03:23.75 10.0 negative automatic P 16 72.4654 6.06882 0
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:02:22.72 10.0 positive automatic P 329 63.5038 1.12068 0.338589
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:02:14.87 10.0 positive automatic P 0 62.6316 -0.716867 0.383723
IU.POHA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:01:44.17 10.0 positive automatic P 64 57.5883 2.88332 0.441353
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T14:01:27.37 10.0 positive automatic P 295 55.2930 2.71174 0.459595
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2023-03-07T14:01:08.97 10.0 negative automatic P 274 53.1700 -0.161022 0.480575
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2023-03-07T14:01:04.82 10.0 positive automatic P 300 51.7717 5.96647 0
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2023-03-07T14:00:02.80 10.0 positive automatic P 350 44.7013 -1.35972 0.644047
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:59:33.57 10.0 positive automatic P 345 41.2518 -2.69603 0.675124
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:59:28.15 10.0 positive automatic P 343 40.5977 -2.75647 0.583094
G.INU.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:59:27.71 10.0 positive automatic P 343 40.4547 -1.93169 0.721373
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:59:25.70 10.0 positive automatic P 338 40.0237 -0.447373 0.712886
JP.JSU.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:59:21.75 10.0 positive automatic P 333 39.5167 -0.152312 0.722248
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2023-03-07T13:59:14.08 10.0 negative automatic P 149 38.5855 0.0387205 0.763905
JP.JOW.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:59:00.05 10.0 positive automatic P 326 36.8482 0.667247 0.809305
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:58:46.55 10.0 positive automatic P 215 34.9383 3.54785 0.868773
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:58:42.25 10.0 negative automatic P 236 35.0442 -1.67273 0.835963
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:58:04.45 10.0 positive automatic P 222 30.7154 -1.70916 0.915264
GE.LUWI.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:57:41.77 10.0 negative automatic P 274 27.8688 0.975453 0.952381
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:57:38.70 10.0 positive automatic P 178 27.3762 2.12316 0.930233
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:57:11.32 10.0 negative automatic P 272 24.5946 0.110009 0.909091
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:57:06.95 10.0 positive automatic P 194 24.2992 -1.59875 0.941176
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:56:46.80 10.0 positive automatic P 179 22.3146 -1.86414 0.91954
ND.KOUNC.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:56:44.45 10.0 positive automatic P 144 22.0020 -0.8529 0
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:56:40.00 10.0 negative automatic P 242 21.5859 -0.850719 0
GE.BNDI.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:56:32.62 10.0 negative automatic P 265 20.6884 1.47487 0.769231
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:56:26.38 10.0 positive automatic P 241 20.3428 -1.02698 0.91954
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2023-03-07T13:56:04.62 10.0 negative automatic P 270 18.3140 -0.501931 0.888889
IU.GUMO.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:55:57.35 10.0 positive automatic P 341 17.5878 1.16563 0.930233
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:55:54.60 10.0 positive automatic P 194 17.5458 -1.09551 0.987654
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:54:35.12 10.0 positive automatic P 125 11.2764 2.94541 0.97561
AU.RABL.BHZ.00 2023-03-07T13:52:20.20 10.0 positive automatic P 126 1.9376 -3.80092 0.930233
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