Magnitude 4.2, Sat Jan 29 2022 8:40 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2022p076544
UTC Time 2022-01-29T07:40:03Z
Latitude -33.15 (± 22.5 km)
Longitude -178.29 (± 49.9 km)
Depth 33 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 11
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.79 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 204.09 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 3.89 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 4.2 (± 0.9)  
Mw(mB) 4.2 (± 0.9) 1

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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