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Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.3 on date 14-10-2022 and time 00:20:24 (Italy) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 6.3 earthquake occured in region: Papua New Guinea [Sea], on

  • 13-10-2022 22:20:24 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2022 00:20:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 14-10-2022 09:20:24 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Bougainville)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -4.8450, 153.4990 at 94 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 6.3
Mwpd 6.3 		2022-10-13
22:20:24		 -4.8445 153.499 95 2022-10-13
22:39:45		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 110799821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-13 22:20:24
Latitude -4.8445
Longitude 153.4990
Depth (km) 95 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 110799821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 10763
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3769
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 37
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 9181.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 23.963
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 116
Number of defining phases 116
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.14932
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 7.77507
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 107.41527
Number of stations at which the event was observed 109
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 109
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 54
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 110799821
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-13 22:39:45

Mwp:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 56
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 110799821
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-13 22:39:45

mb:5.6

Field Value
Value 5.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 89
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 110799821
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-13 22:39:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IU.GNI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:34:31.97 10.0 positive automatic Pdiff 311 107.4153 1.35432 0
GE.SNAA.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:34:06.01 10.0 positive automatic Pdiff 187 101.9325 -0.0975527 0
II.PFO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:54.60 10.0 negative automatic sP 56 92.7130 -4.21752 0
US.RLMT.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:51.95 10.0 negative automatic P 45 98.5282 0.776529 0.0437573
US.WUAZ.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:45.00 10.0 positive automatic P 55 96.9765 0.889847 0.0478659
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:33:43.92 10.0 positive automatic ScP 279 41.8864 5.40057 0
II.SIMI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:35.07 10.0 positive automatic pP 309 88.7387 3.92985 0
MY.KKM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:33:31.02 10.0 positive automatic S 286 38.7840 3.13521 0
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:30.95 10.0 positive automatic P 49 94.1103 -0.217553 0.0621661
US.NEW.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:25.38 10.0 positive automatic P 42 93.1958 -1.33785 0.0743988
II.PFO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:25.10 10.0 positive automatic P 56 92.7130 0.522475 0.0669046
US.BMO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:23.63 10.0 negative automatic P 45 92.8410 -1.5206 0.0765866
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:19.50 10.0 positive automatic P 48 91.6907 -0.363754 0.0725362
US.HAWA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:18.15 10.0 positive automatic P 44 91.4171 -0.281887 0.0790208
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:13.47 10.0 positive automatic ScP 268 33.6179 6.11845 0
II.SIMI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:06.52 10.0 positive automatic P 309 88.7387 0.395436 0.0960796
US.NLWA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:33:05.45 10.0 positive automatic P 42 88.6006 0.10627 0.0938752
CN.EAGLY.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:32:54.95 10.0 positive automatic P 22 86.5186 -0.450391 0.11804
AU.MAW.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:32:51.78 10.0 positive automatic P 202 85.7570 0.241265 0.114485
CN.ATLI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:32:50.80 10.0 positive automatic P 29 85.6127 -0.154665 0
II.AAK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:50.37 10.0 positive automatic P 314 85.2581 1.03081 0.12936
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:48.77 10.0 positive automatic P 180 85.0816 0.104426 0.130781
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:44.09 10.0 positive automatic P 322 84.3026 -0.200757 0.14222
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:43.13 10.0 positive automatic P 23 84.2143 -0.73985 0.121907
G.PAF.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:34.45 10.0 positive automatic P 221 81.9523 2.28156 0.150096
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:29.25 10.0 positive automatic P 21 81.7326 -1.80201 0.161111
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:32:28.15 10.0 positive automatic P 319 81.1040 0.344096 0.166823
II.KDAK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:59.17 10.0 positive automatic P 26 76.0264 -0.675415 0.199762
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:31:49.92 10.0 positive automatic P 280 73.9402 2.08078 0.236101
II.PALK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:48.30 10.0 negative automatic P 279 73.6387 2.15766 0.239381
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:45.65 10.0 positive automatic P 177 73.3361 1.35131 0.234327
AK.GAMB.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:31:44.19 10.0 positive automatic P 15 73.3896 -0.408378 0.244436
IU.BILL.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:43.57 10.0 positive automatic P 5 73.4736 -1.57572 0.215529
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:41.45 10.0 positive automatic P 178 72.8066 0.264044 0.0859181
IU.YAK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:19.07 10.0 positive automatic P 348 69.3304 -1.11942 0.252622
IU.CASY.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:13.27 10.0 negative automatic P 197 68.2414 -0.143964 0.301912
IN.SHL.HHZ. 2022-10-13T22:31:06.73 10.0 negative automatic P 300 67.0129 1.04284 0.296014
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:03.07 10.0 positive automatic P 328 66.5450 0.0761353 0.31555
G.TAOE.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:31:00.12 10.0 positive automatic P 98 65.9239 1.23369 0.304856
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:30:47.92 10.0 positive automatic P 358 64.4537 -1.38573 0.341982
IN.PBA.HHZ. 2022-10-13T22:30:37.40 10.0 positive automatic P 286 62.6298 0.145353 0.269413
IU.ADK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:30:33.37 10.0 positive automatic P 20 62.1440 -0.655133 0.385868
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:30:12.10 10.0 negative automatic P 295 58.6826 1.57448 0.198666
G.PPTF.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:30:01.15 10.0 positive automatic P 108 57.0591 1.93512 0.454531
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:52.67 10.0 negative automatic P 275 56.2021 -0.375423 0.446259
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:48.47 10.0 negative automatic P 300 55.1799 2.64212 0.461267
G.KIP.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:29:41.37 10.0 negative automatic P 59 54.2700 2.20118 0.449305
MY.KUM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:35.82 10.0 positive automatic P 280 53.7414 0.505917 0.518131
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:32.22 10.0 negative automatic P 279 53.2352 0.57558 0.490502
GE.MNAI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:09.42 10.0 negative automatic P 268 50.3691 -0.910596 0.362306
AU.MCQ.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:29:06.90 10.0 positive automatic P 176 49.8487 0.525612 0.562738
JP.JKA.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:29:06.35 10.0 positive automatic pP 349 47.0322 -0.99685 0
IU.XMAS.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:29:05.47 10.0 positive automatic P 83 49.4891 1.82157 0.537139
IU.INCN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:29:00.72 10.0 positive automatic P 332 49.1566 -0.406759 0.581148
IU.RAR.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:53.60 10.0 positive automatic P 114 48.1389 0.268965 0.613183
RM.DLV.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:52.47 10.0 negative automatic P 291 47.8069 1.50209 0.551776
AU.XMI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:50.87 10.0 negative automatic P 260 47.6679 1.13813 0.504615
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:43.00 10.0 positive automatic P 347 47.0336 -1.79227 0.61781
JP.JTU.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:31.95 10.0 positive automatic P 332 45.4529 -0.450789 0.417311
JP.JMM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:21.45 10.0 positive automatic P 346 44.3154 -1.93603 0.559768
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:19.75 10.0 positive automatic P 226 43.9192 -0.524358 0.681741
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:16.62 10.0 positive automatic P 342 43.7890 -2.61202 0.66029
GE.SMRI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:12.32 10.0 negative automatic P 265 42.8674 0.530652 0.606391
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:11.72 10.0 negative automatic P 231 42.9135 -0.459134 0.676066
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:11.50 10.0 positive automatic P 341 43.1924 -2.96864 0.577078
G.INU.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:11.01 10.0 positive automatic P 340 43.0690 -2.39007 0.615953
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2022-10-13T22:28:10.95 10.0 negative automatic P 162 42.9005 -1.12037 0.695718
IU.JOHN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:10.07 10.0 positive automatic P 59 42.4319 1.84051 0.633278
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:10.00 10.0 positive automatic P 336 42.8044 -1.34079 0.583119
JP.JSU.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:08.00 10.0 positive automatic P 330 42.4733 -0.632679 0.639456
MY.SBM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:28:05.37 10.0 negative automatic P 279 41.8864 1.53044 0.679024
AU.GIRL.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:28:04.60 10.0 positive automatic P 241 41.8813 0.824279 0.656727
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2022-10-13T22:27:59.82 10.0 positive automatic P 158 41.5760 -1.45938 0.74194
IU.SNZO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:27:56.05 10.0 positive automatic P 156 41.0993 -1.34457 0.726242
JP.JOW.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:27:49.25 10.0 positive automatic P 324 39.9849 1.01799 0.747581
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2022-10-13T22:27:45.38 10.0 positive automatic P 151 39.7158 -0.601457 0.742179
GE.JAGI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:27:40.02 10.0 negative automatic P 263 39.2303 -1.94516 0.727561
MY.KKM.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:27:38.97 10.0 positive automatic P 286 38.7840 0.613014 0.770925
II.TAU.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:27:36.32 10.0 negative automatic P 187 38.4559 0.828688 0.777363
JP.JMZ.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:27:29.15 10.0 positive automatic P 326 37.5098 1.62594 0.796082
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:27:19.47 10.0 positive automatic P 240 36.5841 -0.240491 0.786523
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2022-10-13T22:27:11.54 10.0 positive automatic P 151 35.5917 0.311241 0.772205
IU.AFI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:27:09.77 10.0 positive automatic P 107 35.3852 0.197596 0.783001
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:27:08.20 10.0 negative automatic P 220 35.2838 -0.412075 0.861514
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:54.37 10.0 negative automatic P 268 33.6179 0.105736 0.835636
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:54.08 10.0 positive automatic P 192 33.5328 0.495937 0.877205
AU.MILA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:44.90 10.0 positive automatic P 186 32.4535 0.691056 0.910743
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:34.95 10.0 positive automatic P 228 31.5038 -0.91084 0.888382
GE.LUWI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:26:30.82 10.0 negative automatic P 276 30.9137 0.258057 0.416774
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:29.85 10.0 positive automatic P 187 30.7551 0.563982 0.914426
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:26:17.92 10.0 negative automatic P 259 29.3923 0.60727 0.8
AU.RIV.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:26:15.02 10.0 positive automatic P 184 29.0651 0.779709 0.941176
AU.NFK.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:26:02.48 10.0 positive automatic P 152 27.7952 -0.514974 0.934579
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:26:00.92 10.0 positive automatic P 275 27.5983 -0.283834 0.930233
GE.TNTI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:53.57 10.0 negative automatic P 281 26.7013 0.382705 0.930233
IU.FUNA.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:45.32 10.0 positive automatic P 100 25.7782 0.455085 0.952381
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:44.10 10.0 positive automatic P 184 25.6333 0.352081 0.91954
II.WRAB.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:28.57 10.0 negative automatic P 229 23.9709 0.0496987 0.952381
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:24.00 10.0 negative automatic P 249 23.4813 -0.0143696 0.869565
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:23.82 10.0 negative automatic P 201 23.4707 -0.111197 0.465116
GE.BNDI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:23.22 10.0 negative automatic P 270 23.5160 -1.08948 0.909091
GE.SAUI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:12.07 10.0 negative automatic P 261 22.2780 -0.18365 0.8
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:10.98 10.0 negative automatic P 248 22.1916 -0.356441 0.879121
ND.MARNC.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:05.65 10.0 positive automatic P 141 21.7999 -1.53299 0.769231
ND.ONTNC.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:25:02.75 10.0 positive automatic P 146 21.4943 -1.19332 0.909091
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:25:01.07 10.0 negative automatic P 274 21.2863 -0.659164 0.909091
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:24:55.30 10.0 negative automatic P 186 20.6542 0.319101 0.941176
II.KWJN.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:24:49.39 10.0 positive automatic P 45 19.8854 2.748 0.930233
ND.KOUNC.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:24:35.90 10.0 positive automatic P 147 18.8831 0.136047 0.952381
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:24:15.15 10.0 positive automatic P 129 17.1395 -1.26142 0.816327
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:24:12.80 10.0 negative automatic P 204 16.7942 0.561769 0.879121
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:23:41.52 10.0 positive automatic S 234 7.7751 2.88983 0
GE.GENI.BHZ. 2022-10-13T22:23:30.27 10.0 negative automatic P 279 13.4910 -0.0577613 0.909091
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:22:14.52 10.0 positive automatic P 126 7.8750 -0.113633 0.860215
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2022-10-13T22:22:14.02 10.0 negative automatic P 234 7.7751 0.750667 0.952381
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