Earthquake with magnitude of mb 5.2 on date 27-02-2023 and time 09:50:44 (UTC) in region Solomon Is. [Sea]

A magnitude mb 5.2 earthquake occured in region: Solomon Is. [Sea], on

  • 27-02-2023 09:50:44 (UTC)
  • 27-02-2023 10:50:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 27-02-2023 20:50:44 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Guadalcanal)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -11.3340, 166.3770 at 84 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 5.2 2023-02-27
09:50:44
-11.3344 166.377 84 2023-02-27
10:30:38
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114849911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-27 09:50:44
Latitude -11.3344
Longitude 166.3770
Depth (km) 84 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 114849911

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 18678
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4146
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 214
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 15077.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 105.21
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) 1.0925
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
Magnitude information

mb:5.2

Field Value
Value 5.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 114849911
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-27 10:30:38
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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