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| PublicID | 2021p033776 |
| UTC Time | 2021-01-13T11:55:28Z |
| Latitude | -28.17 (± 20.9 km) |
| Longitude | -179.60 (± 44.3 km) |
| Depth | 696 km (± 29 km) |
| Depth Type | free |
| Earth Model | iasp91 |
| Used Phase Count | 14 |
| Used Station Count | 13 |
| Standard Error | 0.79 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 279.04 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 1.83 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (mB) | 3.5 (± 0.7) | |
| mB | 3.5 (± 0.7) | 2 |
| Mw(mB) | 2.4 (± 0.7) | 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).
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.