mttime.imaging.source.beach_map

beach_map(m, event, longitude, latitude, distance, used, show, format)[source]

Plot beach ball on a map

Function to plot stations and focal mechanisms on a map.

Parameters

  • m (list) – focal mechanism.

  • event (dict) – event origin time, longitude and latitude.

  • longitude (list or ndarray) – station longitudes.

  • latitude (list or ndarray) – station latitudes.

  • distance (list or ndarray) – source-receiver distance.

  • used (list or ndarray) – inverted stations. Sets the station marker colors, True for green and False for gray.

  • show (bool) – display image after plotting instead of saving it to file.

  • format (str) – figure file format.