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| PublicID | 2026p680447 |
| UTC Time | 2026-09-09T18:18:53Z |
| Latitude | -20.08 (± 82.5 km) |
| Longitude | -176.39 (± 162.1 km) |
| Depth | 500 km (± 0 km) |
| Depth Type | operator assigned |
| Earth Model | iasp91 |
| Used Phase Count | 8 |
| Used Station Count | 8 |
| Standard Error | 1.07 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 260.46 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 5.75 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (M) | 4.7 | |
| MLv | 4.7 | 1 |
| M | 4.7 | 1 |
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).
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.