Magnitude 5.7, Sat May 15 2021 1:42 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2021p361011
UTC Time 2021-05-14T13:42:28Z
Latitude -29.98 (± 2.7 km)
Longitude -177.49 (± 17.8 km)
Depth 10 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model tab
Used Phase Count 16
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 4.21 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 230.14 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.81 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 5.7  
ML 5.7 (± 0.1) 3
MLv 5.7 (± 0.1) 3
M 5.7 3

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


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Magnitude Residuals (ML)


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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


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