Magnitude 4.0, Sat Apr 29 2023 10:05 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p318705
UTC Time 2023-04-28T22:05:54Z
Latitude -33.80 (± 40.5 km)
Longitude -178.35 (± 53.8 km)
Depth 300 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.89 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 351.53 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 5.05 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 4.0 (± 0.1)  
mB 4.1 (± 0.2) 2
Mw(mB) 3.2 (± 0.4) 2
ML 4.1 (± 0.2) 3
MLv 4.0 (± 0.1) 5
M 4.0 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


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Station Magnitudes (mB)


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)