Magnitude 0.6, Tue Sep 18 2018 3:39 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2018p703114
UTC Time 2018-09-18T03:39:37Z
Latitude -39.01 (± 2.2 km)
Longitude 175.74 (± 2.8 km)
Depth 6 km (± 2 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model nz3drx
Used Phase Count 13
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.15 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 234.44 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.05 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 0.6  
MLv 0.6 (± 0.1) 2
ML 0.9 (± 0.2) 6
M 0.6 2

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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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)