Magnitude 4.5, Tue Feb 21 2023 3:22 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p138106
UTC Time 2023-02-21T02:22:23Z
Latitude -33.06 (± 25.3 km)
Longitude -179.43 (± 65.8 km)
Depth 100 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.85 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 351.35 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 4.86 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 4.5 (± 0.1)  
MLv 4.5 (± 0.1) 6
ML 4.0 (± 0.2) 4
mB 5.0 (± 0.1) 5
Mw(mB) 4.3 (± 0.4) 5

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)0123456Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude5Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual5Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)