Early-est:     Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G.    2024.12.14-16:44:54.71    q:B      mb:4.6*    Mwp:-    Mwpd:-    Td*T50Ex:-     fmamp_polarity:./hypo.1734194694416.mech.fmamp_polarity.thumb.jpg     fmamp_polarity_waveform:./hypo.1734194694416.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.thumb.jpg     hash:./hypo.1734194694416.mech.hash.thumb.jpg

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: mb: 4.6* [8]    Mwp: - [0]    Mwpd: - [0]
Region: Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G.
Origin Time: 2024.12.14-16:44:54.71 UTC
Hypocenter: lat: -5.77°  lon: 146.78°  [+/-14km]    depth: 59km  [+/-22km]
Location Quality: qualityCode:  B     stdErr: 1.6s   assocPhases: 14   usedPhases: 12
minDist: 3.7°   maxDist: 146.7°   AzGap: 79°   2ndAzGap: 107°   atten: -1.12 [+/-0.44]
Location Uncertainty: 68%ConfEllipse:   minHorUnc: 12km   maxHorUnc: 14km   azMaxHorUnc: 152°
68%ConfEllipsoid:   semiMajorAxisLength: 25km   majorAxisAzimuth: 145°   majorAxisPlunge: 56°   semiIntermediateAxisLength: 15km   intermediateAxisAzimuth: 40°   intermediateAxisPlunge: 10°   semiMinorAxisLength: 13km
Tsunamigeneic Assesment:
Discriminants: Prob Underwater: 76%
T50Ex: 0.6 [7]    Td: -s [0]    Td*T50Ex: - [0]    To: 11.4s [7]
Closest plate boundaries:
   South Bismarck - Woodlark [continental convergent boundary]: distance: ~90km
Subduction geometry:    Zone: Solomon Islands: DEBUG: error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'gmt'    Slab depth at epicenter: error: evaluating slab depth: -999.9
Decision table (TEST!):
Event type: Subduction Zone Other Thrust/Normal Strike-slip
Compatible close plate boundary?:
 no
 YES (90km)
 no
Prob underwater:
 76%
 76%
 76%
Td*T50Ex:
   -
   -
   -
Td*To:
     -
     -
     -
Mwp magnitude:
       -
       -
       -
Hypocenter depth:
       59km
       59km
       59km
Slab depth at epicenter:
       n/a
       -
       -
Tsunami and Rupture predictions (TEST!): No prediction: Event too small (Mwp<7.0) or too few Mwp readings (N<20)
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First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 131°   dip: 18°   rake: -112°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 334°   dip: 73°   rake: -83°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 9   misfitWeightCount: 5.6   misfit: 0.00   stationDistributionRatio: 0.55   meanDistP: 32.3   meanDistT: 46.6   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity
./hypo.1734194694416.mech.fmamp_polarity.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY_WAVEFORM):    (No solution available)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 0°   dip: 0°   rake: 0°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 270°   dip: 90°   rake: 90°
Quality: azimuthalGap: -1°   stationPolarityCount: 0   misfitWeightCount: -1.0   misfit: -1.00   stationDistributionRatio: -1.00   meanDistP: -1.0   meanDistT: -1.0   qualityCode: X
Method: methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity_waveform
./hypo.1734194694416.mech.fmamp_polarity_waveform.mechanism.jpg
First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH):    (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1: strike: 50°   dip: 46°   rake: -112°
Nodal Plane 2: strike: 260°   dip: 48°   rake: -68°
Quality: azimuthalGap: 102°   stationPolarityCount: 9   misfit: 0.01   stationDistributionRatio: 0.57   rmsAngDiffAccPref: 41.96   fracAcc30degPref: 0.42   qualityCode: C
Method: methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2
./hypo.1734194694416.mech.hash.mechanism.jpg

Event ID: smi:alomax.net_BETA/author/ee/event/1734194694416
Event info last updated: 2024.12.14-17:43:01 UTC
Event first association/location: 2024.12.14-16:49:01 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.10 (2024.02.23)
Agency: alomax.net_BETA