Table 3.
Criteria Used to Remove Poorly Constrained Events
Criterium number |
Criterium |
Value |
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1 |
Condition number |
< 100 |
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2 |
Weighted RMS residual |
< 2.0 s |
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3 |
Closest station distance |
< 150 km |
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4 |
Azimuth gap |
< 200 degrees |
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5 |
Average residual |
< 1.0 s |
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6 |
Theoretical location error |
< 10 km |
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7 |
Final iteration step |
< 3 km |
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8 |
Depth |
> 0.1 km |
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9 |
Horizontal shift |
< 10 km |
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10 |
Vertical shift |
< 10 km |
The criteria were applied after relocation. Criteria 1, 3, and 4 check that a good station geometry is used to determine the location. Criteria 2 and 5 check that the location provides a reasonable fit to the data. Criterion 7 checks that the solution converges. Criterion 8 was required to remove a significant number of events that attempted to converge to a location above ground. Criteria 9 and 10 were used during the 1-D and 3-D inversion iterations to remove any events that were shifted a significant amount when relocated in the new velocity models.