Magnitude 4.6, Wed Dec 28 2022 9:25 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2022p976633
UTC Time 2022-12-28T08:25:52Z
Latitude -30.70 (± 4.8 km)
Longitude -177.43 (± 25.4 km)
Depth 33 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 11
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 2.42 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 220.94 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 1.49 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (mB) 4.6 (± 0.2)  
MLv 4.8 (± 0.1) 2
ML 4.7 (± 0.1) 2
mB 4.6 (± 0.2) 2
Mw(mB) 3.8 (± 0.4) 2

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


-12.0-10.0-8.0-6.0-4.0-2.00.02.04.06.08.010.012.0residual (s)024681012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude911Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual911Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)