Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.3 on date 28-01-2018 and time 16:03:05 (UTC) in region Southwest of Africa [Sea]

A magnitude Mwp 6.3 earthquake occured in region: Southwest of Africa [Sea], on

  • 28-01-2018 16:03:05 (UTC)
  • 28-01-2018 17:03:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 28-01-2018 16:03:05 (UTC +00:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Antarctica/Troll)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -52.8680, 9.5690 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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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 5.5
Mwp 6.3

Mwpd 6.5
2018-01-28
16:03:05
-52.868 9.5691 1 2018-01-28
16:21:19
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 53513011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-01-28 16:03:05
Latitude -52.8680
Longitude 9.5691
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 53513011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 18804
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 10896
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 313
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 15177.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 65.1133
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 70
Number of defining phases 70
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.47201
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 19.57474
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 108.04924
Number of stations at which the event was observed 68
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 68
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.5

Field Value
Value 6.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 43
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 53513011
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-28 16:21:19

Mwp:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 41
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 53513011
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-28 16:21:19

mb:5.5

Field Value
Value 5.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 61
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 53513011
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-28 16:21:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
AU.NIUE.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:17:26.85 10.0 positive automatic Pdiff 181 108.0492 0.409184 0
IO.EVN.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:17:09.70 10.0 positive automatic Pdiff 63 104.8304 -3.26821 0
HL.RDO.HHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:29.49 10.0 positive automatic P 12 95.0167 1.31157 0.0567022
MY.KUM.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:26.57 10.0 negative automatic P 88 94.8624 -0.901551 0
HT.FNA.HHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:26.26 10.0 positive automatic P 9 94.2017 1.69968 0.0556336
HL.KEK.HHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:24.66 10.0 positive automatic P 8 92.9998 5.73062 0
KO.BNN.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:24.80 10.0 positive automatic P 20 94.5039 -1.2477 0
IU.PAB.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:16:18.92 10.0 negative automatic P 349 93.1926 -1.03016 0.0686307
MN.VSL.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:15.07 10.0 negative automatic P 360 92.3600 -0.931487 0.0750798
MN.TIP.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:14.77 10.0 positive automatic P 6 92.2542 -0.816949 0.075713
KO.ELL.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:11.32 10.0 positive automatic P 16 91.3403 -0.112735 0.0442685
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:11.87 10.0 negative automatic P 140 91.2978 0.812187 0.0834544
MN.CEL.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:10.12 10.0 positive automatic P 5 91.2896 -0.984596 0.0780603
GE.KARP.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:07.10 10.0 positive automatic PcP 14 89.7275 1.98419 0
HL.ARG.HHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:07.21 10.0 negative automatic P 15 90.5277 -0.263121 0
GE.CSS.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:05.30 10.0 positive automatic P 19 90.2285 -0.820011 0
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:16:05.17 10.0 positive automatic P 88 89.8326 0.946897 0.0930465
IU.OTAV.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:16:00.72 10.0 positive automatic P 272 88.9904 -0.141488 0.0732456
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2018-01-28T16:15:56.80 10.0 negative automatic P 170 88.2274 0.122253 0.104154
AU.WRKA.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:45.77 10.0 negative automatic P 127 85.7220 1.18947 0.127179
GE.EIL.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:42.05 10.0 positive automatic P 22 85.4513 -1.11522 0.109555
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:42.87 10.0 positive automatic P 70 85.5074 -0.55902 0.124406
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:15:41.75 10.0 positive automatic P 148 85.0182 0.666733 0.131293
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2018-01-28T16:15:35.12 10.0 positive automatic P 168 83.7144 0.760926 0.138097
AU.HTT.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:33.47 10.0 positive automatic P 139 83.1168 2.07858 0.140424
AU.TOO.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:27.07 10.0 positive automatic P 146 81.8093 2.52407 0.156646
AU.FORT.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:15:22.55 10.0 positive automatic P 130 80.7555 3.67183 0.153398
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2018-01-28T16:15:18.80 10.0 negative automatic P 167 80.7485 -0.0555727 0.167275
II.NNA.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:15:06.47 10.0 negative automatic P 266 78.3105 0.837619 0.186663
II.TAU.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:15:05.07 10.0 negative automatic P 150 77.5504 3.74926 0.193974
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:14:53.02 10.0 negative automatic P 120 76.2434 -0.964215 0.0977525
G.TAM.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:14:49.85 10.0 positive automatic P 356 75.7380 -1.44446 0.20255
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:14:39.07 10.0 positive automatic P 124 73.7620 -0.598312 0.232502
IU.SAML.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:14:30.92 10.0 positive automatic P 278 72.4898 -1.17654 0.240626
G.ATD.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:14:21.05 10.0 negative automatic P 35 70.4172 1.38346 0.257444
GE.LVC.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:13:48.17 10.0 negative automatic P 265 65.2955 0.377102 0.323686
C.GO02.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:13:37.68 10.0 negative automatic P 262 63.7823 -0.157588 0.327821
C.GO03.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:13:27.75 10.0 positive automatic P 260 62.3526 -0.26736 0.369607
IU.LCO.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:13:22.87 10.0 positive automatic P 259 61.5813 -0.226165 0.380017
GT.DBIC.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:13:14.85 10.0 negative automatic P 344 60.7840 -2.47273 0.400236
C1.CO02.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:13:14.85 10.0 negative automatic P 257 60.1533 1.65702 0.414117
G.PEL.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:13:02.30 10.0 positive automatic P 255 58.5622 0.19379 0.442748
C.GO05.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:13:00.10 10.0 negative automatic P 253 57.9595 2.31655 0.394165
C1.BO02.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:12:54.22 10.0 positive automatic P 254 57.4494 -0.113751 0.433209
GE.KMBO.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:49.87 10.0 positive automatic P 34 56.6217 1.22058 0.412076
GT.CPUP.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:39.58 10.0 positive automatic P 271 55.5340 -0.982564 0.461283
II.MBAR.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:38.12 10.0 positive automatic P 26 55.1593 0.0460991 0.414473
AF.SOE.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:12:33.85 10.0 negative automatic S 36 23.2042 10.0826 0
C.GO06.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:12:32.13 10.0 positive automatic P 249 54.5147 -1.24896 0.499549
GT.PLCA.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:23.08 10.0 negative automatic P 249 53.2196 -0.792282 0.502152
C1.LL02.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:12:16.25 10.0 negative automatic P 246 52.3115 -0.779377 0.51644
G.COYC.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:07.15 10.0 positive automatic P 243 50.8954 0.73354 0.551955
II.SUR.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:12:02.52 10.0 positive automatic S 26 22.0330 -0.266027 0
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:11:48.40 10.0 positive automatic P 174 48.5251 0.0708773 0.591936
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:11:47.08 10.0 positive automatic P 172 48.4769 -0.894884 0.58579
G.RER.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:11:40.80 10.0 negative automatic P 66 47.3297 1.60294 0.282753
IU.CASY.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:11:35.52 10.0 negative automatic P 147 46.8647 0.0942291 0.606339
GE.VOI.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:10:56.65 10.0 negative automatic P 57 41.8308 1.35724 0.328802
IU.LSZ.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:10:42.22 10.0 positive automatic P 28 40.3646 -1.03692 0.706627
II.EFI.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:10:38.32 10.0 positive automatic P 244 39.8327 -0.334172 0.750519
IU.TSUM.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:09:51.02 10.0 positive automatic P 14 34.2355 -0.246103 0.823377
GE.WIN.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:09:21.55 10.0 positive automatic P 14 30.8379 -0.0386362 0.872118
GT.LBTB.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:09:15.73 10.0 positive automatic P 30 30.3564 -1.49851 0.793653
G.CRZF.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:08:53.45 10.0 negative automatic P 94 27.6936 0.059747 0.816327
II.HOPE.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:08:49.12 10.0 negative automatic P 248 26.8933 2.93469 0.869565
GT.BOSA.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:08:45.93 10.0 positive automatic P 32 26.8735 -0.296914 0.963855
AF.SOE.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:08:13.10 10.0 positive automatic P 36 23.2042 0.84789 0.151515
AF.GRHM.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:08:09.95 10.0 positive automatic P 38 22.9923 -0.0261027 0.615385
II.SUR.BHZ.00 2018-01-28T16:08:00.27 10.0 positive automatic P 26 22.0330 0.288718 0.930233
GE.SNAA.BHZ. 2018-01-28T16:07:30.31 10.0 positive automatic P 192 19.5747 -2.90071 0.909091
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