Early-est: West of Macquarie Island 2017.03.09-11:14:28.06 q:A mb:5.2 Mwp:5.8 Mwpd:- Td*T50Ex:2.3 fmamp_polarity: hash: fmamp_amp_aref: fmamp_amp_mwp:

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude:	mb: 5.2 [56] Mwp: 5.8 [35] Mwpd: 6.0Xinv [25]
Region:	West of Macquarie Island
Origin Time:	2017.03.09-11:14:28.06 UTC
Hypocenter:	lat: -60.12° lon: 150.19° [+/-14km] depth: 10km [+/-12km]
Location Quality:	qualityCode: A stdErr: 1.1s assocPhases: 120 usedPhases: 79 minDist: 7.3° maxDist: 162.9° AzGap: 27° 2ndAzGap: 35° atten: -0.60 [+/-0.22]
Location Uncertainty:	68%ConfEllipse: minHorUnc: 11km maxHorUnc: 14km azMaxHorUnc: 153° 68%ConfEllipsoid: semiMajorAxisLength: 17km majorAxisAzimuth: 153° majorAxisPlunge: 5° semiIntermediateAxisLength: 14km intermediateAxisAzimuth: 62° intermediateAxisPlunge: 7° semiMinorAxisLength: 12km

Tsunamigeneic Assesment:

Discriminants:

Prob Underwater: >99%
T50Ex: 0.5 [37] Td: 4.8s [29] Td*T50Ex: 2.3 [29] To: 15.5s [31]
Closest plate boundaries:
Australia - Antarctica [oceanic transform fault]: distance: ~50km
Subduction geometry: none or not available

Decision table (TEST!):

Event type:

Subduction Zone

Other Thrust/Normal

Strike-slip

Compatible close plate boundary?:

YES (50km)

Prob underwater:

>99%

Td*T50Ex:

2.3

Td*To:

74.4

Mwp magnitude:

5.8

Hypocenter depth:

10km

Slab depth at epicenter:

n/a

First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_POLARITY): (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1:	strike: 93° dip: 7° rake: 129°
Nodal Plane 2:	strike: 234° dip: 84° rake: 85°
Quality:	azimuthalGap: -1° stationPolarityCount: 70 misfitWeightCount: 10.3 misfit: 0.08 stationDistributionRatio: 0.40 meanDistP: 33.0 meanDistT: 31.6 qualityCode: C
Method:	methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_polarity

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First-motion Focal Mechanism (HASH): (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1:	strike: 59° dip: 84° rake: -168°
Nodal Plane 2:	strike: 327° dip: 78° rake: -6°
Quality:	azimuthalGap: 43° stationPolarityCount: 70 misfit: 0.24 stationDistributionRatio: 0.67 rmsAngDiffAccPref: 27.27 fracAcc30degPref: 0.84 qualityCode: C
Method:	methodID: smi:gov.usgs/focalmec/HASH_1.2

./hypo.1489058066897.mech.hash.mechanism.jpg

First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_AMP_AREF): (Warning: VERY UNRELIABLE SOLUTION, qualityCode=D)
Nodal Plane 1:	strike: 14° dip: 40° rake: 3°
Nodal Plane 2:	strike: 282° dip: 88° rake: 130°
Quality:	azimuthalGap: -1° stationPolarityCount: 37 misfitWeightCount: 4.0 misfit: 9999.90 stationDistributionRatio: 0.18 meanDistP: 44.9 meanDistT: 40.9 qualityCode: D
Method:	methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_amp_aref

./hypo.1489058066897.mech.fmamp_amp_aref.mechanism.jpg

First-motion Focal Mechanism (FMAMP_AMP_MWP): (Warning: Unreliable solution, qualityCode=C)
Nodal Plane 1:	strike: 59° dip: 32° rake: 128°
Nodal Plane 2:	strike: 196° dip: 65° rake: 69°
Quality:	azimuthalGap: -1° stationPolarityCount: 31 misfitWeightCount: 4.0 misfit: 9999.90 stationDistributionRatio: 0.36 meanDistP: 33.7 meanDistT: 35.7 qualityCode: C
Method:	methodID: smi:net.alomax/focalmec/fmamp_0.0.5X_2016.06.14/_amp_mwp

./hypo.1489058066897.mech.fmamp_amp_mwp.mechanism.jpg

Event ID: smi:localhost/ee/event/1489058066897
Event info last updated: 2017.03.09-12:14:56 UTC
Event first association/location: 2017.03.09-11:20:42 UTC
Software: Early-est 1.2.0 (2016.06.27)
Agency: localhost

Early-est: West of Macquarie Island 2017.03.09-11:14:28.06 q:A mb:5.2 Mwp:5.8 Mwpd:- Td*T50Ex:2.3 fmamp_polarity: hash: fmamp_amp_aref: fmamp_amp_mwp:

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!

Automatic solution - this event has not been reviewed by a seismologist
Automatically determined event information may be incorrect!