Earthquake Papua New Guinea [Sea], Magnitude Mwp 5.9, 7 March 2023 time 13:51:52 (Timezone UTC)

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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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

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Recent and historical seismicity

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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	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

TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor

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Fault Plane solutions in the area

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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 5.9 on date 07-03-2023 and time 13:51:52 (UTC) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

Origin

Uncertainty

Quality

Mwp:5.9

Mwpd:6.0

mb:5.3