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| PublicID | 2019p294611 |
| UTC Time | 2019-04-20T00:08:42Z |
| Latitude | -36.55 (± 4.5 km) |
| Longitude | 178.21 (± 6.7 km) |
| Depth | 150 km (± 0 km) |
| Depth Type | operator assigned |
| Earth Model | iasp91 |
| Used Phase Count | 47 |
| Used Station Count | 30 |
| Standard Error | 0.51 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 255.77 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 1.01 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (M) | 3.1 | |
| MLv | 3.1 (± 0.1) | 15 |
| ML | 3.4 (± 0.2) | 19 |
| M | 3.1 | 15 |
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.