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.

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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 5.2 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 61
Number of defining phases 61
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) 4.19037
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 93.37938
Number of stations at which the event was observed 51
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 51
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
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
US.BW06.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:49.65 10.0 negative automatic P 47 93.3794 0.613601 0.0709034
US.MVCO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:48.30 10.0 positive automatic P 53 93.0069 0.986366 0.0757492
US.AHID.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:44.68 10.0 positive automatic P 47 92.2753 0.772753 0.0775324
US.MSO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:39.35 10.0 negative automatic P 42 91.3247 -0.0293055 0.0844605
US.WUAZ.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:36.38 10.0 negative automatic P 54 90.3709 1.36607 0.089664
US.DUG.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:36.25 10.0 positive automatic PcP 49 90.4099 -0.0148958 0
IU.TUC.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:35.55 10.0 positive automatic PcP 57 90.0954 0.771047 0
US.HLID.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:34.68 10.0 positive automatic P 45 90.1347 0.732573 0.0881548
US.NEW.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:31.75 10.0 positive automatic P 40 89.6688 0.156838 0.0954687
US.ELK.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:28.63 10.0 positive automatic PcP 48 88.7759 -0.530833 0
US.BMO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:26.68 10.0 positive automatic P 44 88.5170 0.414789 0
CN.EAGLY.BHZ. 2023-02-27T10:03:23.55 10.0 positive automatic P 20 88.0164 -0.27214 0.108402
US.HAWA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:21.83 10.0 negative automatic P 42 87.5275 0.384238 0.10693
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:19.15 10.0 positive automatic P 46 86.8517 0.800782 0.114401
AT.SKAG.BHZ. 2023-02-27T10:03:07.78 10.0 negative automatic P 26 84.6844 0.3579 0.129329
US.WRAK.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:06.48 10.0 negative automatic P 29 84.4356 0.314165 0.133127
BK.CMB.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:05.65 10.0 positive automatic P 49 84.1621 0.759171 0.135336
BK.SAO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:03:00.02 10.0 negative automatic P 50 82.9423 1.44321 0.148871
IU.COLA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:02:59.80 10.0 negative automatic P 18 83.5358 -1.81261 0.140463
BK.MCCM.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:02:56.65 10.0 negative automatic P 49 82.3575 1.15615 0.157703
AT.TTA.BHZ. 2023-02-27T10:02:40.42 10.0 positive automatic P 16 79.7163 -1.21549 0.174607
IU.QSPA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:02:35.27 10.0 positive automatic P 180 78.5962 -0.582533 0.180055
AK.GAMB.BHZ. 2023-02-27T10:02:25.67 10.0 positive automatic P 10 76.9561 -0.589982 0.195542
IU.SBA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T10:01:25.40 10.0 negative automatic P 180 66.5122 1.7161 0.323869
JP.JMN.BHZ. 2023-02-27T10:00:01.20 10.0 positive automatic P 327 54.6465 -1.89033 0.492019
JP.JGF.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:59:58.35 10.0 positive automatic P 331 54.3585 -2.66285 0.484987
GE.JAGI.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:59:38.72 10.0 negative automatic P 268 51.4611 -0.903311 0.543123
AU.MORW.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:59:28.82 10.0 positive automatic P 241 50.0203 -0.00547372 0.567068
IU.NWAO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:59:27.02 10.0 positive automatic P 236 49.8124 -0.246084 0.520952
IU.MBWA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:58:55.72 10.0 positive automatic P 251 45.6768 0.448745 0.642378
GE.SANI.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:58:17.87 10.0 positive automatic P 280 41.1159 -0.707029 0.598303
AU.FORT.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:58:12.45 10.0 positive automatic P 235 40.4018 -0.276863 0.749068
AU.FITZ.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:58:08.63 10.0 negative automatic P 255 39.8934 0.110758 0.724079
AU.WRKA.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:57:56.15 10.0 positive automatic P 244 38.5137 -0.96246 0.750043
AU.MTN.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:57:22.78 10.0 negative automatic P 264 34.4684 0.147521 0.848304
NZ.ODZ.HHZ.10 2023-02-27T09:57:17.44 10.0 positive automatic P 175 33.9059 -0.348679 0.891287
AU.KDU.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:57:10.88 10.0 positive automatic P 264 33.1656 -0.442661 0.907136
AU.TOO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:57:03.10 10.0 positive automatic P 212 32.2294 -0.141186 0.916208
NZ.KHZ.HHZ.10 2023-02-27T09:56:56.85 10.0 positive automatic P 170 31.7015 -1.66824 0.460463
IU.SNZO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:56:50.42 10.0 positive automatic P 168 30.8518 -0.639938 0.946037
G.CAN.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:56:32.00 10.0 negative automatic P 210 28.7009 -0.144842 0.952381
NZ.URZ.HHZ.10 2023-02-27T09:56:30.44 10.0 positive automatic P 162 28.5811 -0.535261 0.995025
AU.QLP.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:56:06.25 10.0 positive automatic P 231 25.8243 -0.0698674 0.952381
NZ.OUZ.HHZ.10 2023-02-27T09:55:58.33 10.0 negative automatic P 166 24.7674 1.61793 0.97561
AU.ARMA.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:55:45.40 10.0 positive automatic P 213 23.4809 0.22144 0.97561
IU.CTAO.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:55:22.47 10.0 positive automatic P 243 21.2278 0.476382 0.963855
AU.EIDS.BHZ. 2023-02-27T09:55:11.55 10.0 positive automatic P 224 20.1534 1.13159 0.963855
GE.PMG.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:54:58.27 10.0 positive automatic P 274 19.0020 0.393181 0.8
AU.RABL.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:54:23.15 10.0 positive automatic P 296 15.7812 2.92477 0.784314
IU.HNR.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:52:16.45 10.0 positive automatic P 286 6.6014 -0.87251 0.909091
G.SANVU.BHZ.00 2023-02-27T09:51:44.80 10.0 positive automatic P 169 4.1904 0.326492 0.465116
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