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Earthquake with magnitude of mb 4.8 on date 06-02-2023 and time 21:15:21 (UTC) in region Turkey

A magnitude mb 4.8 earthquake occured in region: Turkey, on

  • 06-02-2023 21:15:21 (UTC)
  • 06-02-2023 22:15:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 06-02-2023 23:15:21 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Asia/Famagusta)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8770, 37.0810 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 4.8 2023-02-06
21:15:21		 37.8773 37.0811 20 2023-02-06
21:31:12		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114185981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-06 21:15:21
Latitude 37.8773
Longitude 37.0811
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 114185981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 13376
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1206
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 0
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 10797.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113.385
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.99465
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 3.88576
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 77.33249
Number of stations at which the event was observed 28
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 28
Magnitude information

mb:4.8

Field Value
Value 4.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 114185981
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-06 21:31:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:27:14.48 10.0 positive automatic P 359 77.3325 0.272132 0.196095
AK.GAMB.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:27:05.35 10.0 positive automatic P 13 75.8099 -0.188766 0.210264
GT.LBTB.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:25:53.65 10.0 positive automatic P 192 63.8077 1.77131 0.35036
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:24:17.57 10.0 negative automatic P 55 50.4547 0.0582226 0.521997
IO.EVN.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:23:19.40 10.0 positive automatic pP 88 42.3934 -1.49456 0
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:21:44.22 10.0 negative automatic P 53 31.8620 -0.401331 0.833116
II.AAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:21:17.57 10.0 positive automatic P 69 28.7051 0.600469 0.952381
II.SIMI.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:20:44.02 10.0 positive automatic P 78 24.9508 0.885124 0.869565
G.SSB.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:20:43.50 10.0 positive automatic P 297 25.2454 -2.19462 0.952381
G.ECH.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:20:32.20 10.0 negative automatic P 305 23.9832 -1.97694 0.952381
MN.BNI.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:20:30.62 10.0 negative automatic P 297 23.7238 -1.32743 0.952381
IV.BOB.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:20:13.45 10.0 positive automatic P 297 21.7419 2.25044 0.909091
OE.DAVA.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:20:12.07 10.0 negative automatic P 304 21.9762 -1.75142 0.952381
GE.VSU.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:20:06.95 10.0 positive automatic P 345 21.6512 -3.12887 0.952381
MN.VLC.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:20:06.72 10.0 positive automatic P 296 20.9898 3.67598 0.869565
OE.KBA.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:19:49.17 10.0 positive automatic P 305 19.6665 0.299486 0.930233
IV.MGAB.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:19:47.25 10.0 negative automatic P 293 19.5901 -0.589544 0.869565
IV.PTCC.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:19:46.15 10.0 positive automatic P 304 19.4490 -0.173298 0.930233
GE.PSZ.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:19:04.95 10.0 negative automatic P 314 16.0412 -0.517904 0.869565
PL.KWP.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:19:02.61 10.0 positive automatic P 323 15.6280 2.57212 0.851064
MN.DIVS.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:18:42.65 10.0 positive automatic P 301 14.2836 0.486759 0.97561
IU.KIEV.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:18:42.82 10.0 positive automatic P 339 13.9832 4.90619 0.869565
MN.BZS.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:18:34.52 10.0 positive automatic P 309 13.8415 -1.47409 0.930233
HL.RDO.HHZ. 2023-02-06T21:17:36.22 10.0 negative automatic P 294 9.4782 -0.0793731 0.961538
II.KIV.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:17:06.42 10.0 positive automatic P 33 7.4038 -1.59098 0.816327
IU.GNI.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:16:54.12 10.0 positive automatic P 67 6.3672 0.247986 0.930233
GE.CSS.BHZ. 2023-02-06T21:16:24.50 10.0 positive automatic P 227 4.1956 0.678488 0.711111
IU.ANTO.BHZ.00 2023-02-06T21:16:18.57 10.0 positive automatic P 302 3.8858 -1.10761 0.97561
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