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We presented the calculation formula of this scheme from the boundary value problem of electric field and magnetic field, and compared finite-difference solutions with finite-element numerical results and analytical solutions of a 1D model. First, a homogeneous half-space model was tested and the finite-difference approach can provide very good accuracy for 2D magnetotelluric modeling. Then we compared them to the analytical solutions for the two-layered geo-electric model; the relative errors of the apparent resistivity and the impedance phase were both increased when the frequency was increased. To conclude, we compare our finite-difference simulation results with COMMEMI 2D-0 model with the finite-element solutions. Both results are in close agreement to each other. These comparisons can confirm the validity and reliability of our finite-difference algorithm. 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