Magnitude 3.4, Mon Sep 16 2024 2:09 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2024p698892
UTC Time 2024-09-15T14:09:34Z
Latitude -34.44 (± 15.3 km)
Longitude 179.25 (± 35.6 km)
Depth 300 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 14
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.84 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 345.43 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 3.44 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 3.4 (± 0.1)  
MLv 3.4 (± 0.1) 6
M 3.4 6

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)012345Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude45Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual45Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)