Magnitude 3.8, Tue Feb 7 2017 4:50 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2017p100432
UTC Time 2017-02-07T03:50:10Z
Latitude -41.17 (± 24.3 km)
Longitude 174.44 (± 31.3 km)
Depth 277 km (± 26 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 6.06 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 322.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 1.88 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 3.8  
ML 4.1 (± 0.3) 5
MLv 3.8 (± 0.1) 7
M 3.8 7

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


-11.0-9.0-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.09.011.0residual (s)0123Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude23Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude23Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual23Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual23Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)