Magnitude 4.4, Fri Feb 1 2013 2:35 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2013p083964
UTC Time 2013-02-01T01:35:50Z
Latitude -48.51 (± 10.3 km)
Longitude 165.17 (± 10.8 km)
Depth 33 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 14
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.72 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 328.99 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 2.54 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 4.4 (± 0.2)  
MLv 4.4 (± 0.2) 13
ML 4.5 (± 0.1) 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


-3.0-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.0residual (s)012345Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude345Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude3Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual345Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual3Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)