Magnitude 1.2, Sun Aug 15 2021 2:10 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2021p611054
UTC Time 2021-08-15T02:10:22Z
Latitude -39.34 (± 3.7 km)
Longitude 175.44 (± 3.1 km)
Depth 7 km (± 9 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 13
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.39 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 147.92 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.05 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 1.2 (± 0.2)  
MLv 1.2 (± 0.2) 8

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 (MLv)


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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


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