Earthquake with magnitude of Mwpd 7.6 on date 29-03-2015 and time 23:48:30 (UTC) in region Papua New Guinea [Sea]

A magnitude Mwpd 7.6 earthquake occured in region: Papua New Guinea [Sea], on

  • 29-03-2015 23:48:30 (UTC)
  • 30-03-2015 01:48:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 30-03-2015 10:48:30 (UTC +11:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Pacific/Bougainville)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) -4.7320, 152.5150 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
Rev200
Mwpd 7.6 2015-03-29
23:48:30
-4.732 152.515 20 2015-03-30
00:08:38
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 18073501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-03-29 23:48:30 ± 0
Latitude -4.7320
Longitude 152.5150
Depth (km) 20 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 18073501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
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)
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

Mwpd:7.6

Field Value
Value 7.6
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Mwpd
Reference to an origin 18073501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-30 00:08:38
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