Magnitude 3.0, Mon Sep 6 2010 11:58 PM


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Origin


PublicID 3367756
UTC Time 2010-09-06T11:58:15Z
Latitude -43.52 (± 0.0 km)
Longitude 172.44 (± 0.0 km)
Depth 5 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model nz1dr
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 6
Standard Error 0.21 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 121.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.14 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (ML) 3.0 (± 0.3)  
ML 3.0 (± 0.3) 7

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


-1.00.01.0residual (s)01Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude0Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual0Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)