Thread: events without mags, depending on whether mag range is specified

Started: 2013-04-22 22:07:46
Last activity: 2013-04-23 01:51:18
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Russ Welti
events without mags, depending on whether mag range is specified
2013-04-22 22:07:46
I am seeing a small, sometimes up to 2%, number of events served up with no mag values.

This in format=text, if that matters.

If I use minmag=0 and maxmag=9 and query
service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&minmag=0&maxmag=9&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

...skipping to the last N lines of output: all is good.
2843778|2010-01-26T04:20:27|37.477|-121.79|7.8|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2843696|2010-01-24T07:30:35|37.86|-121.799|14.3|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2848695|2010-04-11T02:26:49|32.67|-115.887|8.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|2.0|PAS|CALIF.-BAJA CALIF. BORDER REGION
2843273|2010-01-15T12:36:10|37.57|-121.84|12.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2846259|2010-03-08T06:03:14|33.316|-116.376|7.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


But if I leave mag out entirely from that query

service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

last few lines now include 5 "mystery" events:
2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2844574|2010-02-16T09:21:28|34.007|-117.187|8.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2848951|2010-04-14T22:59:01|37.39|-121.78|0.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2844821|2010-02-23T05:57:26|38.83|-122.809|1.7|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2844760|2010-02-21T07:57:56|34.785|-118.927|11.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
2844489|2010-02-13T23:25:41|33.999|-117.186|8.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

It affects me some, because when in certain tight loops, say drawing or sorting events, if I can assume they will have some valid magnitude I can keep that loop as fast as possible.

Currently I discard them at fetch time.

The workaround is of course to always specify a mag range even if it is 0-10, but I wonder if that is the intended side effect of specifying a range vs. not....

No mag range specified, 2 invalid events:


Specify a range 0-10 and the two bad ones are not served:




Thanks!
Russ


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  • Philip Crotwell
    Re: events without mags, depending on whether mag range is specified
    2013-04-23 01:51:18
    Switching to xml output and adding includeallmagnitudes still shows no
    magnitudes. For example:
    http://service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?nodata=404&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72&includeallmagnitudes=true

    Or directly
    http://service.iris.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=2844489

    Kind of surprising that a PDE-M event in 2010 would not have a magnitude.

    Hopefully this is a database error, or bad data. It would be nice if
    clients did not need to be defense about the existence of magnitudes. But
    maybe you always have to be defensive. :(

    Philip



    On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Russ Welti <russ<at>iris.washington.edu>wrote:

    I am seeing a small, sometimes up to 2%, number of events served up with
    no mag values.

    This in format=text, if that matters.

    If I use minmag=0 and maxmag=9 and query

    service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&minmag=0&maxmag=9&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

    ...skipping to the last N lines of output: all is good.

    2843778|2010-01-26T04:20:27|37.477|-121.79|7.8|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    2843696|2010-01-24T07:30:35|37.86|-121.799|14.3|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    2848695|2010-04-11T02:26:49|32.67|-115.887|8.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|2.0|PAS|CALIF.-BAJA CALIF. BORDER REGION
    2843273|2010-01-15T12:36:10|37.57|-121.84|12.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    2846259|2010-03-08T06:03:14|33.316|-116.376|7.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


    But if I leave mag out entirely from that query


    service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

    last few lines now include 5 "mystery" events:

    2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2844574|2010-02-16T09:21:28|34.007|-117.187|8.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2848951|2010-04-14T22:59:01|37.39|-121.78|0.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    2844821|2010-02-23T05:57:26|38.83|-122.809|1.7|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2844760|2010-02-21T07:57:56|34.785|-118.927|11.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    2844489|2010-02-13T23:25:41|33.999|-117.186|8.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


    It affects me some, because when in certain tight loops, say drawing or
    sorting events, if I can assume they will have some valid magnitude I can
    keep that loop as fast as possible.

    Currently I discard them at fetch time.

    The workaround is of course to always specify a mag range even if it is
    0-10, but I wonder if that is the intended side effect of specifying a
    range vs. not....

    No mag range specified, 2 invalid events:

    Specify a range 0-10 and the two bad ones are not served:



    Thanks!
    Russ


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    • Chad Trabant
      Re: events without mags, depending on whether mag range is specified
      2013-04-22 23:43:11

      Hi,

      Prepare to be surprised.

      Looking at the source of our PDE information there is no magnitude for the event you identified. Here is a link to the PDE for February 2010:
      ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/pde/ehdf201002.dat

      If you find the event line starting "GS 201002132325418733999N117186W" (aka 2013-02-13T23:25:41) you'll see that there is no magnitude information.

      Furthermore, I found the event in the NEIC catalog search and it is listed as a M0.0:
      http://comcat.cr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pde20100213232541870_8#summary

      Spot checking a few of the other "mystery" events and the story is the same.

      So there are events with no magnitudes.

      Chad


      On Apr 22, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Philip Crotwell <crotwell<at>seis.sc.edu> wrote:


      Switching to xml output and adding includeallmagnitudes still shows no magnitudes. For example:
      http://service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?nodata=404&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72&includeallmagnitudes=true

      Or directly
      http://service.iris.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?eventid=2844489

      Kind of surprising that a PDE-M event in 2010 would not have a magnitude.

      Hopefully this is a database error, or bad data. It would be nice if clients did not need to be defense about the existence of magnitudes. But maybe you always have to be defensive. :(

      Philip



      On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Russ Welti <russ<at>iris.washington.edu> wrote:
      I am seeing a small, sometimes up to 2%, number of events served up with no mag values.

      This in format=text, if that matters.

      If I use minmag=0 and maxmag=9 and query
      service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&minmag=0&maxmag=9&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

      ...skipping to the last N lines of output: all is good.
      2843778|2010-01-26T04:20:27|37.477|-121.79|7.8|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
      2843696|2010-01-24T07:30:35|37.86|-121.799|14.3|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
      2848695|2010-04-11T02:26:49|32.67|-115.887|8.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|2.0|PAS|CALIF.-BAJA CALIF. BORDER REGION
      2843273|2010-01-15T12:36:10|37.57|-121.84|12.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||MD|2.0|NC|CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
      2846259|2010-03-08T06:03:14|33.316|-116.376|7.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


      But if I leave mag out entirely from that query

      service.iris.washington.edu/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=text&nodata=404&starttime=2010-01-14&endtime=2010-04-15&orderby=magnitude&limit=2500&maxlat=45.33&minlat=18.65&maxlon=-99.14&minlon=-129.72

      last few lines now include 5 "mystery" events:
      2843226|2010-01-14T15:28:55|33.911|-118.471|10.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.9|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2848014|2010-04-05T10:02:35|34.031|-117.516|11.4|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.7|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2845037|2010-02-27T08:31:52|33.999|-117.181|9.0|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M||ML|1.5|PAS|SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2844574|2010-02-16T09:21:28|34.007|-117.187|8.3|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2848951|2010-04-14T22:59:01|37.39|-121.78|0.0|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
      2844821|2010-02-23T05:57:26|38.83|-122.809|1.7|NC|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2844760|2010-02-21T07:57:56|34.785|-118.927|11.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      2844489|2010-02-13T23:25:41|33.999|-117.186|8.8|PAS|NEIC PDE|NEIC PDE-M|||||SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

      It affects me some, because when in certain tight loops, say drawing or sorting events, if I can assume they will have some valid magnitude I can keep that loop as fast as possible.

      Currently I discard them at fetch time.

      The workaround is of course to always specify a mag range even if it is 0-10, but I wonder if that is the intended side effect of specifying a range vs. not....

      No mag range specified, 2 invalid events:
      <IRIS Earthquake Browser-18.jpg>

      Specify a range 0-10 and the two bad ones are not served:
      <IRIS Earthquake Browser-19.jpg>



      Thanks!
      Russ


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