Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.0 on date 05-12-2018 and time 04:14:38 (UTC) in region New Caledonia [Sea]

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

  • 05-12-2018 04:14:38 (UTC)
  • 05-12-2018 05:14:38 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 05-12-2018 15:14:38 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Noumea)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -21.8880, 169.4610 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.

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 6.0

Mwpd 6.0
2018-12-05
04:14:38
-21.8883 169.461 20 2018-12-05
04:38:25
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 63652741
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-05 04:14:38
Latitude -21.8883
Longitude 169.4610
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 63652741

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 14213
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 6764
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 80
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 11586.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95.4573
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.53021
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 63652741
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-05 04:38:25

Mwp:6.0

Field Value
Value 6.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 63652741
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-05 04:38:25

mb:5.5

Field Value
Value 5.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 43
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 63652741
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-05 04:38:25
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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