Magnitude 1.7, Thu May 6 2021 4:11 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2021p338310
UTC Time 2021-05-06T04:11:46Z
Latitude -43.16 (± 3.4 km)
Longitude 170.87 (± 4.2 km)
Depth 5 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.64 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 100.05 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.13 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 1.7 (± 0.2)  
ML 1.9 (± 0.5) 6
MLv 1.7 (± 0.2) 2
M 1.7 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).

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


-4.0-3.0-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.04.0residual (s)012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)