Magnitude 2.9, Sat Aug 17 2024 8:00 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2024p619823
UTC Time 2024-08-17T08:00:47Z
Latitude -31.53 (± 22.5 km)
Longitude 179.66 (± 93.7 km)
Depth 500 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.50 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 350.87 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 6.36 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 2.9 (± 0.4)  
MLv 4.7 (± 0.2) 3
ML 4.3 (± 0.2) 3
mB 3.9 (± 0.1) 5
Mw(mB) 2.9 (± 0.4) 5
M 4.1 5

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


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0residual (s)0123456789Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude78Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude78Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude012345678Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual78Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual78Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual012345678Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)