Magnitude 2.6, Mon Sep 29 2014 5:42 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2014p731611
UTC Time 2014-09-28T16:42:36Z
Latitude -45.30 (± 6.0 km)
Longitude 167.02 (± 6.9 km)
Depth 5 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model nz3drx
Used Phase Count 14
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.72 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 212.70 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.78 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 2.6  
MLv 2.6 (± 0.1) 3
ML 2.9 (± 0.3) 6
M 2.6 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


-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.0residual (s)012345Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude12Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude12Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual12Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual12Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)