Magnitude 3.5, Sun Dec 3 2023 1:48 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p906850
UTC Time 2023-12-02T12:48:26Z
Latitude -30.86 (± 31.7 km)
Longitude -179.71 (± 85.8 km)
Depth 348 km (± 42 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.69 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 204.78 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 2.22 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 3.5 (± 0.6)  
MLv 4.2 (± 0.2) 2
ML 4.6 1
mB 4.4 (± 0.6) 2
Mw(mB) 3.5 (± 0.6) 1
M 4.2 2

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


-3.0-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.0residual (s)0246810Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude8Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual8Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)