Magnitude 3.4, Sat Oct 14 2023 3:20 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p771887
UTC Time 2023-10-13T14:20:33Z
Latitude -31.70 (± 27.7 km)
Longitude -179.56 (± 49.0 km)
Depth 300 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 1.01 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 342.01 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 6.10 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 3.4 (± 0.6)  
mB 4.3 (± 0.6) 2
Mw(mB) 3.4 (± 0.6) 2
MLv 4.6 (± 0.2) 3

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


-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.0residual (s)0246810Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude7Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude7Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual7Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual7Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)