Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.2 on date 02-09-2022 and time 22:39:53 (UTC) in region Papua New Guinea [Land]

A magnitude Mwp 6.2 earthquake occured in region: Papua New Guinea [Land], on

  • 02-09-2022 22:39:53 (UTC)
  • 03-09-2022 00:39:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 03-09-2022 08:39:53 (UTC +10:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Port_Moresby)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -5.6460, 148.7040 at 129 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 5.6
Mwp 6.2
Mwpd 6.2 		2022-09-02
22:39:53		 -5.6461 148.704 129 2022-09-02
22:56:55		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 109259141
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-09-02 22:39:53
Latitude -5.6461
Longitude 148.7040
Depth (km) 129 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109259141

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 11676
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3326
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 73
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 9625.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 33.9071
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 92
Number of defining phases 92
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.889338
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 3.74130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 87.82523
Number of stations at which the event was observed 85
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 85
Magnitudes information

Mwp:6.2

Field Value
Value 6.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 44
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 109259141
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-02 22:56:55

Mwpd:6.2

Field Value
Value 6.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 109259141
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-02 22:56:55

mb:5.6

Field Value
Value 5.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 69
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 109259141
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-02 22:56:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:52:39.87 10.0 positive automatic pP 180 9355.0023 -2.81381 0
AT.SKAG.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:52:27.74 10.0 positive automatic P 30 9748.5972 0.854209 0
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:52:21.30 10.0 negative automatic P 24 9639.129 -0.892914 0.109189
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:52:09.37 10.0 positive automatic P 180 9355.0023 -0.598073 0.128178
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:52:07.27 10.0 negative automatic P 22 9353.1708 -2.15843 0.121552
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:57.27 10.0 negative automatic P 323 9105.9738 -0.717615 0
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:51:47.72 10.0 positive automatic P 22 8901.201 -0.65037 0.162384
II.KDAK.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:40.59 10.0 negative automatic P 28 8758.9989 -0.696439 0.15723
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:39.27 10.0 negative automatic P 320 8725.9209 -0.469688 0
IU.BILL.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:17.62 10.0 negative automatic P 7 8298.5265 -0.444361 0.203104
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:07.97 10.0 negative automatic P 176 8082.9534 1.26937 0.248407
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:51:02.95 10.0 positive automatic P 177 8015.0436 -0.135511 0.129165
AT.AKUT.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:50:54.40 10.0 positive automatic P 26 7859.2662 -0.255352 0.249898
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:50:46.12 10.0 negative automatic P 281 7702.9671 0.0374752 0.287924
IU.YAK.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:50:44.82 10.0 negative automatic P 351 7686.0951 -0.325684 0.283008
IU.CASY.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:50:24.72 10.0 positive automatic P 196 7339.098 -0.802649 0.328501
AK.ATKA.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:50:23.61 10.0 positive automatic P 24 7311.8253 -0.349618 0.31092
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:50:19.92 10.0 negative automatic P 1 7241.5845 -0.0215025 0.331925
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:50:17.87 10.0 negative automatic P 330 7191.6456 0.61472 0.337663
IU.ADK.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:50:15.80 10.0 negative automatic P 23 7175.7171 -0.27195 0.335604
IN.SHL.HHZ. 2022-09-02T22:50:07.40 10.0 negative automatic P 302 7032.0831 -0.18371 0.170247
AT.SMY.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:50:00.38 10.0 positive automatic P 17 6906.0981 0.303022 0.369705
IU.POHA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:49:48.87 10.0 positive automatic P 63 6706.1205 0.577017 0.354771
IU.PET.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:49:40.27 10.0 negative automatic P 7 6578.7813 0.14572 0.421913
GE.MMRI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:49:37.57 10.0 positive automatic S 262 2932.9197 -2.21355 0
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:49:08.80 10.0 negative automatic P 298 6079.7808 0.256554 0.495463
IU.XMAS.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:49:06.05 10.0 positive automatic P 83 6030.0972 0.809242 0.479453
IU.YSS.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:48:54.90 10.0 negative automatic P 355 5868.0483 0.286574 0.507702
IU.RAR.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:48:50.80 10.0 positive automatic P 113 5794.5663 1.07518 0.524251
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:48:45.77 10.0 positive automatic P 303 5720.1519 0.917642 0.54144
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:48:43.27 10.0 positive automatic P 276 5719.3527 -1.43683 0.528963
JP.JKA.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:48:34.70 10.0 negative automatic pP 354 5227.7559 -5.92891 0
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:48:22.57 10.0 negative automatic P 281 5402.9916 -0.682452 0.589357
II.ERM.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:48:18.52 10.0 negative automatic P 354 5319.8748 1.04919 0.574875
IU.INCN.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:48:17.37 10.0 negative automatic P 336 5303.5023 1.03233 0.540465
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:48:09.25 10.0 positive automatic P 352 5212.56 -0.761034 0.619103
MY.KOM.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:57.62 10.0 negative automatic P 278 5040.4878 -0.25286 0.577821
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:48.12 10.0 negative automatic S 223 2215.9374 -2.63779 0
JP.JTU.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:48.35 10.0 negative automatic P 337 4896.1989 0.772781 0.639677
JP.JMM.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:47.45 10.0 positive automatic P 351 4898.6853 -0.311093 0.686064
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2022-09-02T22:47:44.38 10.0 positive automatic P 158 4860.9564 -0.700695 0.70272
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:41.17 10.0 negative automatic P 348 4808.4867 -0.151567 0.684646
AU.XMI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:38.40 10.0 positive automatic P 261 4753.6971 1.06856 0.710708
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2022-09-02T22:47:36.37 10.0 positive automatic P 153 4756.461 -1.12267 0.699991
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:35.70 10.0 positive automatic P 346 4729.155 0.104896 0.697901
G.INU.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:34.51 10.0 negative automatic P 346 4710.84 0.324611 0.654247
IU.SNZO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:33.00 10.0 positive automatic P 151 4721.6958 -0.97768 0.707576
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:30.05 10.0 negative automatic P 341 4640.1108 0.959593 0.680525
JP.JSG.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:27.25 10.0 negative automatic P 347 4609.3083 0.493409 0.701465
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2022-09-02T22:47:26.70 10.0 negative automatic P 146 4613.2932 -0.344905 0.724388
JP.JSU.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:23.60 10.0 positive automatic P 336 4554.5964 0.822239 0.65012
IU.TATO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:19.32 10.0 negative automatic P 320 4491.8259 1.2205 0.738314
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:14.22 10.0 positive automatic P 223 4440.7881 -0.12879 0.756154
IU.AFI.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:47:12.75 10.0 negative automatic P 105 4412.3388 0.454587 0.726169
JP.JHJ2.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:10.60 10.0 positive automatic P 348 4403.0592 -0.891054 0.753724
JP.YOJ.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:47:08.75 10.0 negative automatic P 321 4345.5945 1.56237 0.729066
JP.JOW.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:46:59.45 10.0 negative automatic P 330 4221.0414 1.5996 0.717481
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2022-09-02T22:46:53.57 10.0 positive automatic P 146 4153.4979 0.863582 0.801712
AU.GIRL.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:53.60 10.0 negative automatic P 239 4144.4292 1.56886 0.799524
II.TAU.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:51.47 10.0 positive automatic P 182 4138.3353 -0.103293 0.730999
GE.JAGI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:46:23.92 10.0 negative automatic P 263 3817.6008 -3.02552 0.555259
JP.JCJ.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:46:16.85 10.0 positive automatic P 349 3700.9953 -1.01139 0.88119
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:07.25 10.0 positive automatic P 238 3559.3149 0.501963 0.919063
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:06.45 10.0 positive automatic P 185 3558.438 -0.295269 0.887166
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:04.00 10.0 negative automatic P 215 3523.2621 0.103445 0.915039
AU.MILA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:46:00.53 10.0 positive automatic P 179 3486.4989 -0.573485 0.900675
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:45:45.55 10.0 positive automatic P 180 3293.6475 -0.234119 0.869565
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:45:27.03 10.0 positive automatic P 223 3056.9067 0.161032 0.987654
GE.LUWI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:45:14.82 10.0 negative automatic P 279 2917.6794 -0.713728 0.454545
GE.MMRI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:45:14.67 10.0 negative automatic P 262 2932.9197 -2.12169 0.43956
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:45:03.10 10.0 positive automatic P 174 2766.5196 -0.333607 0.91954
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:45:00.32 10.0 negative automatic P 259 2725.3497 0.26408 0.851064
ND.MARNC.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:59.55 10.0 positive automatic P 132 2720.7987 0.036615 0.952381
ND.ONTNC.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:53.25 10.0 negative automatic P 136 2653.8102 -0.784456 0.888889
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:44:43.37 10.0 positive automatic P 278 2546.6508 -1.84443 0.909091
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:44:29.25 10.0 positive automatic P 191 2371.6593 0.0000901581 0.97561
ND.KOUNC.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:27.85 10.0 positive automatic P 136 2356.9074 0.0424023 0.952381
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:20.95 10.0 positive automatic P 120 2290.4628 -0.466312 0.97561
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:15.04 10.0 positive automatic P 223 2215.9374 0.782848 0.963855
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:44:13.55 10.0 positive automatic P 174 2203.6941 0.49967 0.952381
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:44:02.05 10.0 negative automatic P 246 2082.7374 0.834008 0.898876
GE.BNDI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:44:01.57 10.0 negative automatic P 273 2082.0714 0.439889 0.851064
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:43:46.73 10.0 positive automatic P 245 1941.4455 -0.558153 0.842105
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:43:35.27 10.0 negative automatic P 279 1846.0965 -2.38341 0.43956
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:43:13.37 10.0 positive automatic P 189 1624.6404 0.382038 0.909091
GE.GENI.BHZ. 2022-09-02T22:41:59.07 10.0 positive automatic P 289 1003.8396 -0.617064 0.740741
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:40:53.52 10.0 positive automatic P 202 451.1595 0.760516 0.909091
AU.RABL.BHZ.00 2022-09-02T22:40:48.50 10.0 negative automatic P 67 415.2843 -0.0162142 0.91954
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