Magnitude 2.1, Fri Oct 23 2020 12:11 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2020p799909
UTC Time 2020-10-22T23:11:56Z
Latitude -37.37 (± 13.5 km)
Longitude 176.70 (± 19.0 km)
Depth 149 km (± 12 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 14
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.51 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 283.45 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.94 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 2.1  
MLv 2.1 (± 0.2) 4
M 2.1 4

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


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0residual (s)012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)