Magnitude 0.3, Tue Mar 14 2023 9:38 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p194215
UTC Time 2023-03-13T20:38:23Z
Latitude -39.30 (± 4.8 km)
Longitude 175.65 (± 4.5 km)
Depth 7 km (± 12 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.34 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 128.60 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.05 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 0.3  
ML 0.8 (± 0.3) 7
MLv 0.3 1
M 0.3 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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Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)