<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am seeing a small, sometimes up to 2%, number of events served up with no mag values.<div><br></div><div>This in format=text, if that matters.</div><div><br></div><div>If I use minmag=0 and maxmag=9 and query</div><div><a href="http://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">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</a></div><div><br></div><div>...skipping to the last N lines of output: all is good.</div><div><pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">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</pre></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>But if I leave mag out entirely from that query</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://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">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</a></div><div><br></div><div>last few lines now include 5 "mystery" events:</div><div><pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">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</pre></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently I discard them at fetch time.</div><div><br></div><div>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....</div><div><br></div><div>No mag range specified, 2 invalid events:</div><div><img id="133d95ea-a6af-48c0-9751-6d0a61a98293" height="653" width="780" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:8BF6D16A-9F1E-4715-BDF8-EA2091F6E9FE"></div><div><br></div><div>Specify a range 0-10 and the two bad ones are not served:</div><div><img id="bbab1bd7-1ccf-4a51-a9d9-e2ee39327f2c" height="662" width="779" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:21409ACE-6179-45A7-B81B-3A2AF10B845D"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Russ</div><div><br></div></body></html>