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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.0 on date 05-11-2019 and time 23:17:26 (UTC) in region Vanuatu Islands [Sea: Vanuatu]

A magnitude Mwp 6.0 earthquake occured in region: Vanuatu Islands [Sea: Vanuatu], on

  • 05-11-2019 23:17:26 (UTC)
  • 06-11-2019 00:17:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 06-11-2019 10:17:26 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Efate)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -13.7600, 167.7320 at 1 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 6.0
Mwpd 6.2 		2019-11-05
23:17:26		 -13.7602 167.732 1 2019-11-05
23:33:11		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73683051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-05 23:17:26
Latitude -13.7602
Longitude 167.7320
Depth (km) 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73683051

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 18499
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 10534
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 85
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 15536.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146.569
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 24
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.99434
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.76278
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 94.32774
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 24
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 73683051
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-05 23:33:11

Mwp:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 73683051
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-05 23:33:11

mb:5.4

Field Value
Value 5.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 73683051
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-05 23:33:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GE.SNAA.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:30:44.01 10.0 negative automatic PcP 183 94.3277 -2.06664 0
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:28:27.22 10.0 positive automatic P 280 68.6299 -1.84362 0.265557
JP.JNU.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:27:22.20 10.0 positive automatic P 324 58.6048 -0.687436 0.431583
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:27:14.30 10.0 positive automatic P 327 57.4000 -0.136095 0.438968
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:26:41.47 10.0 positive automatic P 288 52.3953 3.34234 0.48152
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:26:20.02 10.0 positive automatic P 243 50.0696 -0.672523 0.572543
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:26:04.37 10.0 positive automatic P 276 48.0483 -0.826016 0.48012
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:25:26.27 10.0 positive automatic P 270 42.6844 3.502 0.573526
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:25:22.57 10.0 positive automatic P 282 42.8800 -1.61654 0.646602
GE.BNDI.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:24:45.52 10.0 positive automatic P 280 38.4107 -1.727 0
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:23:58.15 10.0 positive automatic P 228 32.7200 -0.324845 0.905046
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:23:46.35 10.0 positive automatic P 216 30.9502 3.46037 0
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:23:14.25 10.0 positive automatic P 215 27.3700 3.15391 0.816327
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2019-11-05T23:22:57.62 10.0 positive automatic P 163 25.8723 0.140958 0.961538
AU.RIV.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:22:57.70 10.0 positive automatic P 214 25.0735 7.47861 0
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:22:53.27 10.0 negative automatic P 236 25.4391 -0.296059 0.952381
AU.COEN.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:22:38.60 10.0 positive automatic P 267 23.8312 -0.335413 0.930233
AU.MANU.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:22:32.30 10.0 negative automatic P 298 23.2933 -1.28508 0.941176
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:22:23.72 10.0 negative automatic P 219 22.3050 0.441534 0.888889
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2019-11-05T23:22:19.78 10.0 negative automatic P 167 22.1015 -1.14981 0.952381
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2019-11-05T23:21:54.70 10.0 negative automatic P 231 19.4811 2.10139 0.97561
II.MSVF.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:19:57.47 10.0 positive automatic P 113 10.6989 -1.27395 0.909091
ND.ONTNC.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:19:30.39 10.0 positive automatic P 188 8.6325 0.0888808 0.909091
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2019-11-05T23:17:52.45 10.0 negative automatic P 197 1.7628 -5.57511 0.327869
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