The 1968 Inangahua earthquake caused widespread damage and was felt over much of the country.
| PublicID | 1550210 |
| UTC Time | 1968-05-23T17:24:17Z |
| Latitude | -41.76 (± 0.0 km) |
| Longitude | 172.04 (± 0.1 km) |
| Depth | 12 km (± 0 km) |
| Depth Type | operator assigned |
| Earth Model | nz1d |
| Used Phase Count | 7 |
| Used Station Count | 7 |
| Standard Error | 0.60 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 185.00 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 0.84 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (Mw) | 7.1 | |
| ML | 6.7 | 1 |
| MS | 7.4 | 0 |
| Mw | 7.1 | 0 |
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).
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.