Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 6.3 on date 25-02-2023 and time 21:24:48 (UTC) in region Papua New Guinea [Land]

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

  • 25-02-2023 21:24:48 (UTC)
  • 25-02-2023 22:24:48 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 26-02-2023 07:24:48 (UTC +10:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Port_Moresby)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -6.0400, 149.8010 at 20 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 5.3
Mwp 6.3

Mwpd 6.6
2023-02-25
21:24:48
-6.0398 149.801 20 2023-02-25
21:39:39
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114807171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-25 21:24:48
Latitude -6.0398
Longitude 149.8010
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 114807171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 14856
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 6178
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 248
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 12126.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85.8259
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 61
Number of defining phases 61
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1.65756
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 4.26945
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 86.76338
Number of stations at which the event was observed 57
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 57
Magnitudes information

Mwpd:6.6

Field Value
Value 6.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 114807171
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-25 21:39:39

Mwp:6.3

Field Value
Value 6.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 114807171
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-25 21:39:39

mb:5.3

Field Value
Value 5.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 43
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 114807171
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-25 21:39:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:37:29.00 10.0 positive automatic P 23 86.7634 -0.158383 0.117566
II.AAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:37:12.22 10.0 positive automatic P 314 83.4337 -0.480544 0.0572199
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:37:12.30 10.0 positive automatic P 22 84.2125 -4.14035 0.0564996
II.KURK.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:37:07.02 10.0 positive automatic P 323 83.0074 -3.22776 0.0683302
IU.MAKZ.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:36:50.62 10.0 positive automatic P 320 79.6150 -1.70157 0.08243
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:36:51.12 10.0 positive automatic P 22 80.1442 -4.13612 0.0599759
GT.VNDA.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:36:06.33 10.0 negative automatic P 177 71.7603 -0.955577 0.0867738
GE.MALK.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:35:59.97 10.0 positive automatic P 281 70.5429 0.0612145 0.17728
IO.EVN.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:35:53.00 10.0 positive automatic P 303 69.5343 -1.56448 0.250488
IU.YAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:35:52.97 10.0 positive automatic P 350 69.8153 -2.48005 0.182816
IU.ULN.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:35:28.22 10.0 positive automatic P 330 65.6730 -1.37289 0.230115
IU.MA2.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:35:26.62 10.0 positive automatic P 1 65.6171 -2.39541 0.21642
IN.SHL.HHZ. 2023-02-25T21:35:18.77 10.0 negative automatic P 302 64.4852 -2.8309 0.119413
IU.CHTO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:34:22.00 10.0 positive automatic P 298 55.9219 -0.0228612 0.217751
IU.YSS.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:34:02.75 10.0 positive automatic P 354 53.3624 -1.65457 0.413397
II.COCO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:34:01.15 10.0 negative automatic P 259 52.5772 2.5572 0.500597
RM.SLV.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:34:00.48 10.0 positive automatic P 303 52.6630 0.188753 0.2219
GE.GSI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:33:57.92 10.0 positive automatic P 276 52.6532 -1.24635 0.24148
MY.IPM.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:33:40.72 10.0 positive automatic P 281 49.8219 2.77382 0.569889
MY.KUM.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:33:40.07 10.0 positive automatic P 282 50.3581 -1.91478 0.222242
II.ERM.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:33:27.17 10.0 positive automatic P 353 48.4338 -0.112936 0.273925
JP.JTM.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:33:19.05 10.0 positive automatic P 351 47.5097 -1.10169 0.568859
IU.MAJO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:32:50.62 10.0 positive automatic P 347 43.9470 -1.42518 0.657464
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:45.55 10.0 positive automatic P 345 43.2551 -0.950862 0.316541
G.INU.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:32:44.31 10.0 positive automatic P 345 43.0983 -0.842454 0.317879
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:40.50 10.0 positive automatic P 340 42.5330 -0.146348 0.322727
JP.JSU.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:35.40 10.0 positive automatic P 335 41.8436 0.400452 0.328691
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:32:22.95 10.0 negative automatic P 224 40.4733 -0.782587 0.747086
GE.SMRI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:15.27 10.0 positive automatic P 266 39.1040 2.97026 0.746887
JP.JOW.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:13.70 10.0 negative automatic P 329 38.9256 2.88409 0.75029
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:32:13.60 10.0 negative automatic P 230 39.3074 -0.430538 0.72613
II.TAU.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:31:54.72 10.0 positive automatic P 183 36.9336 0.738493 0.753754
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2023-02-25T21:31:49.71 10.0 positive automatic P 146 36.4815 -0.41096 0.801416
GE.JAGI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:31:39.67 10.0 positive automatic P 264 35.4329 -1.48519 0.818469
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:31:18.27 10.0 positive automatic P 240 32.7978 -0.0262782 0.842482
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:31:10.80 10.0 positive automatic P 217 32.0638 -1.06113 0.908165
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:31:09.28 10.0 positive automatic P 186 31.7735 -0.10748 0.936648
II.KAPI.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:30:53.57 10.0 positive automatic P 270 29.9220 0.571634 0
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:30:45.85 10.0 positive automatic P 181 29.2869 -1.59416 0.952381
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:30:35.58 10.0 negative automatic P 225 28.0155 -0.541258 0.952381
GE.MMRI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:30:30.62 10.0 positive automatic P 263 27.4524 -0.37975 0.43956
GE.SOEI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:30:15.67 10.0 positive automatic P 260 25.5531 1.65283 0.615385
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:30:01.70 10.0 positive automatic P 176 24.4379 -2.19092 0.879121
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:29:57.52 10.0 positive automatic P 279 24.0794 -2.90711 0.43956
ND.MARNC.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:54.50 10.0 positive automatic P 133 23.4414 -0.0317222 0.909091
ND.ONTNC.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:49.30 10.0 positive automatic P 137 22.8710 0.761372 0.888889
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:29:29.95 10.0 negative automatic P 194 21.2169 -0.95142 0.963855
ND.KOUNC.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:22.25 10.0 negative automatic P 137 20.1979 2.40093 0.930233
IU.GUMO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:22.65 10.0 positive automatic P 346 20.2299 2.43295 0.43956
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:15.13 10.0 positive automatic P 248 19.6179 1.59042 0.952381
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:12.35 10.0 negative automatic P 120 19.4930 0.191722 0.930233
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:29:09.52 10.0 negative automatic P 177 19.3672 -1.28657 0.941176
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:29:00.33 10.0 positive automatic P 247 18.3318 0.935157 0.930233
GE.FAKI.BHZ. 2023-02-25T21:28:50.62 10.0 positive automatic P 279 17.7710 -1.93055 0.384615
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:28:09.35 10.0 negative automatic P 193 14.4638 -0.623689 0.816327
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:27:19.25 10.0 negative automatic P 109 10.6110 1.96849 0.43956
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2023-02-25T21:25:52.52 10.0 positive automatic P 218 4.2695 2.27403 0.97561
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