Magnitude 5.0, Tue Mar 16 2021 4:13 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2021p200369
UTC Time 2021-03-16T03:13:36Z
Latitude -30.02 (± 4.3 km)
Longitude -177.26 (± 30.9 km)
Depth 12 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 9
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 3.83 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 241.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.95 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 5.0 (± 0.2)  
MLv 5.0 (± 0.2) 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


-11.0-9.0-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.09.011.0residual (s)0246810121416Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)