Magnitude 3.2, Thu Jan 19 2023 4:37 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p047706
UTC Time 2023-01-18T15:37:55Z
Latitude -35.63 (± 19.5 km)
Longitude 178.06 (± 36.5 km)
Depth 33 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.87 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 336.80 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 2.14 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 3.2 (± 0.3)  
MLv 3.2 (± 0.3) 2
ML 3.4 (± 0.1) 7
M 3.2 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


-6.0-4.0-2.00.02.04.06.0residual (s)01234Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual3Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)