Magnitude 2.3, Sat Aug 12 2023 3:50 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p603135
UTC Time 2023-08-12T03:50:22Z
Latitude -37.03 (± 14.5 km)
Longitude 177.54 (± 19.0 km)
Depth 128 km (± 26 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.32 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 288.80 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.75 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 2.3 (± 0.2)  
MLv 2.3 (± 0.2) 7

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


-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.0residual (s)01234Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)