Magnitude 7.0, Thu Mar 17 2022 3:37 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2022p201665
UTC Time 2022-03-16T14:37:32Z
Latitude 37.70 (± 0.0 km)
Longitude 141.70 (± 0.0 km)
Depth 33 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model
Used Phase Count 0
Used Station Count 0
Standard Error 59.56 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 0.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.00 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 7.0  
mB 7.1 (± 0.4) 23
Mw(mB) 7.0 (± 0.4) 23
M 7.0 23

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


-69.0-67.0-65.0-63.0-61.0-59.0-57.0-55.0-53.0-51.0-49.0-47.0-45.0-43.0-41.0-39.0-37.0-35.0-33.0-31.0-29.0-27.0-25.0-23.0-21.0-19.0-17.0-15.0-13.0-11.0-9.0-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.09.011.013.015.017.019.021.023.025.027.029.031.033.035.037.039.041.043.045.047.049.051.053.055.057.059.061.063.065.067.069.0residual (s)024681012141618202224262830323436384042444648505254565860626466687072747678808284Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.08.0Magnitude666870727476788082Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0Residual666870727476788082Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)