Magnitude 4.7, Mon Sep 11 2017 1:32 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2017p683959
UTC Time 2017-09-11T01:32:07Z
Latitude -29.33 (± 14.3 km)
Longitude 179.21 (± 23.5 km)
Depth 203 km (± 44 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 9
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.37 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 231.50 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 2.51 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 4.7  
MLv 4.7 1
ML 4.9 (± 0.3) 4
mB 4.5 1
Mw(mB) 3.6 (± 0.4) 1
M 4.7 1

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


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (mB)


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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


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Magnitude Residuals (ML)


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Magnitude Residuals (mB)


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