Magnitude 4.9, Tue Jul 13 2021 7:38 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2021p521134
UTC Time 2021-07-12T19:38:29Z
Latitude -30.08 (± 34.6 km)
Longitude -179.26 (± 96.8 km)
Depth 278 km (± 40 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 13
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.61 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 211.25 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 1.42 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (mB) 4.9 (± 0.7)  
mB 4.9 (± 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).

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


-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.0residual (s)024681012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Magnitude911Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual911Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)