Magnitude 4.6, Sun Dec 17 2023 6:30 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2023p945220
UTC Time 2023-12-16T17:30:07Z
Latitude -30.88 (± 20.4 km)
Longitude -179.68 (± 40.4 km)
Depth 300 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 11
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 1.10 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 204.24 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 2.22 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 4.6 (± 0.7)  
MLv 4.6 (± 0.7) 3
M 4.6 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


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Magnitude34567Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual34567Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)