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Subject: Re: Reported magnitudes in posted winquake files
From: Bob McClure bobmcclure90@.........
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:20:34 -0400


  Whenever I need to update an event file, I just resubmit it. If the start
time is unchanged, the new file overwrites the original.

Bob

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Dave Nelson wrote:

> hi gang
>
> I notice  a lot of guys post their files relatively quickly after the
> event and often the
> magnitudes are in the mean time revised by the USGS... usually downwards.
> As a result I have made it a bit of a habit for some time now to hold off
> posting too
> quickly and give the reported magnitude time to settle, usually within the
> first hour
> or two.
>  Well tonite I got "zapped" by the USGS, I waited ~ 3 hours before posting
> the
> New Guinea event, only to have the USGS revise the magnitude about the time
> I hit the send button .... sometimes ya just cant win !!! haha
> so frustrating  huh!! ??
>
> the revised mag is Mw 6.8, rather than the original Mw 7.0 in my file
>
> cheers
> Dave
>
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=C2=A0 Whenever I need to upd=
ate an event file, I just resubmit it. If the start time is unchanged, the =
new file overwrites the original.

Bob<= br>
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:0= 1 AM, Dave Nelson <dave.nelson@...............> wrote:
hi gang

I notice =C2=A0a lot of guys post their files relatively quickly after the = event and often the
magnitudes are in the mean time revised by the USGS... usually downwards. As a result I have made it a bit of a habit for some time now to hold off p= osting too
quickly and give the reported magnitude time to settle, usually within the = first hour
or two.
=C2=A0Well tonite I got "zapped" by the USGS, I waited ~ 3 hours= before posting the
New Guinea event, only to have the USGS revise the magnitude about the time=
I hit the send button .... sometimes ya just cant win !!! haha
so frustrating =C2=A0huh!! ??

the revised mag is Mw 6.8, rather than the original Mw 7.0 in my file

cheers
Dave

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