Magnitude 4.4, Mon Dec 19 2016 6:56 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2016p954727
UTC Time 2016-12-19T05:56:19Z
Latitude -26.82 (± 0.0 km)
Longitude -177.85 (± 0.0 km)
Depth 181 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model
Used Phase Count 0
Used Station Count 0
Standard Error 10.80 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 0.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.00 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 4.4  
mB 4.7 (± 0.4) 9
Mw(mB) 3.9 (± 0.4) 9
MLv 5.1 (± 0.2) 2
M 4.4 9

GeoNet combines magnitudes into a summary magnitude, M, which consists of a weighted average of the individual magnitudes and attempts to be a best possible compromise between all magnitudes for a range of earthquake sizes. Summary magnitude for GeoNet is then defined as:

M = (2 * MLv + (0.4 * number_of stations(Mw(mB)) - 1) * Mw(mB)) / (2 + (0.4 * number_of_stations(Mw(mB)) - 1))

Where MLv is local magnitude calculated on the vertical component and Mw(mB) is a Mw estimation based of mB by Bormann and Saul (2008).

Origin Map


Map of New Zealand.

Map showing stations with picks used to locate the earthquake. Stations with picks that have a zero weight in the solution are shown as small grey circles. Those with a higher weight are shown as larger circles. The quake is shown by the largest circle.

Pick Residuals


-31.0-29.0-27.0-25.0-23.0-21.0-19.0-17.0-15.0-13.0-11.0-9.0-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.09.011.013.015.017.019.021.023.025.027.029.031.0residual (s)02468101214Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Magnitude13Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual13Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)