Magnitude 2.1, Sun Dec 3 2023 12:45 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p908081
UTC Time 2023-12-02T23:45:58Z
Latitude -38.38 (± 6.2 km)
Longitude 178.50 (± 7.9 km)
Depth 20 km (± 11 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.42 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 252.69 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.26 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 2.1 (± 0.2)  
MLv 2.1 (± 0.2) 2
ML 2.0 (± 0.4) 6
M 2.1 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


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)