Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.0 on date 11-02-2021 and time 04:15:20 (UTC) in region New Caledonia [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 6.0 earthquake occured in region: New Caledonia [Sea], on

  • 11-02-2021 04:15:20 (UTC)
  • 11-02-2021 05:15:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 11-02-2021 15:15:20 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Noumea)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -22.7880, 171.0200 at 20 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 6.0
Mwpd 6.1 		2021-02-11
04:15:20		 -22.7883 171.02 20 2021-02-11
04:38:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 87031281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-11 04:15:20
Latitude -22.7883
Longitude 171.0200
Depth (km) 20 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87031281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 12946
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 8587
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 143
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 12363.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75.0997
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 44
Number of defining phases 44
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.6659
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 6.84010
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 95.10991
Number of stations at which the event was observed 42
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 42
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.1

Field Value
Value 6.1
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 87031281
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-11 04:38:03

Mwp:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 87031281
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-11 04:38:03

mb:5.3

Field Value
Value 5.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 27
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 87031281
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-11 04:38:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.HLID.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:43.23 10.0 positive automatic P 45 95.1099 2.37013 0.0609415
US.WUAZ.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:33.90 10.0 positive automatic P 53 93.6628 -0.286267 0.066002
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:35.63 10.0 negative automatic P 47 93.2777 3.1036 0.073019
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:30.90 10.0 negative automatic P 16 93.1924 -0.887748 0.0701918
IU.TUC.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:29.12 10.0 negative automatic P 56 92.7254 -0.628098 0.0754871
NN.PRN.HHZ. 2021-02-11T04:28:23.75 10.0 positive automatic P 50 91.8616 -2.1052 0.0763513
C1.LL02.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:28:29.30 10.0 positive automatic P 140 92.3708 1.27774 0.0767598
G.COYC.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:23.15 10.0 positive automatic P 141 90.8763 2.07594 0.0823308
US.NLWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:21.95 10.0 positive automatic P 38 91.2793 -1.06642 0.083572
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:18.47 10.0 positive automatic P 323 90.8995 -2.94907 0.0754784
US.TPNV.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:28:18.90 10.0 negative automatic P 50 90.8036 -2.07515 0.0886937
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:27:36.02 10.0 positive automatic PcP 294 81.7363 -0.105133 0.163042
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:27:19.37 10.0 positive automatic P 299 78.8599 -1.3029 0.0857481
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:27:01.12 10.0 positive automatic PcP 278 75.2929 0.586668 0.216513
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:26:49.22 10.0 positive automatic P 282 73.4862 -0.825777 0.230093
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:26:11.27 10.0 positive automatic P 180 67.1451 -0.440602 0.288064
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:25:40.97 10.0 positive automatic P 286 62.5781 -0.548734 0.342681
MY.KKM.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:25:28.67 10.0 positive automatic P 291 60.8123 -1.05141 0.381663
MY.LDM.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:25:14.17 10.0 positive automatic P 292 58.4153 1.08768 0
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:24:30.30 10.0 positive automatic P 282 52.5178 -0.381211 0.495878
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:23:57.57 10.0 positive automatic P 289 48.3167 -1.28616 0.555819
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:23:57.92 10.0 positive automatic P 245 48.1015 0.660923 0.571991
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:23:51.40 10.0 negative automatic P 262 47.3479 0.0161542 0.61969
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:23:45.67 10.0 positive automatic P 278 46.5131 0.665545 0.289372
AU.FITZ.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:23:13.60 10.0 negative automatic P 268 42.6183 -0.138102 0.681429
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:23:11.02 10.0 positive automatic P 292 42.4715 -1.53212 0.668554
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:22:43.63 10.0 positive automatic P 249 38.9324 0.283902 0.750159
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:22:43.30 10.0 negative automatic P 258 38.9600 -0.351396 0.7862
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:22:33.65 10.0 positive automatic P 279 37.9520 -1.42464 0.623903
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:22:00.97 10.0 positive automatic P 268 34.1742 -1.82797 0.874265
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:21:27.90 10.0 negative automatic P 242 30.0947 0.821607 0.907304
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:20:37.67 10.0 positive automatic P 256 24.5840 0.133368 0.97561
AU.MILA.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:20:30.33 10.0 negative automatic P 228 23.6176 1.51295 0
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:20:24.52 10.0 positive automatic P 272 23.1812 0.190965 0.754717
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:20:22.85 10.0 negative automatic P 232 22.8838 1.596 0.816327
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-11T04:19:47.36 10.0 negative automatic P 174 19.7387 0.0420697 0.49505
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2021-02-11T04:19:41.17 10.0 positive automatic P 242 18.9056 2.78554 0.952381
IU.AFI.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:19:33.32 10.0 positive automatic P 64 18.5608 -1.20363 0.963855
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-11T04:19:07.63 10.0 negative automatic P 163 16.3267 0.711477 0.657895
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2021-02-11T04:18:17.47 10.0 positive automatic P 170 12.6336 0.0567578 0.900901
II.MSVF.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:17:21.52 10.0 positive automatic P 54 8.3013 3.30021 0.869565
AU.NFK.BHZ.00 2021-02-11T04:16:55.10 10.0 positive automatic P 203 6.8401 -2.96525 0.909091
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