Magnitude 5.6, Sun Jan 5 2025 11:23 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p010638
UTC Time 2025-01-04T22:23:36Z
Latitude -16.11 (± 0.0 km)
Longitude 167.50 (± 0.0 km)
Depth 35 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model
Used Phase Count 0
Used Station Count 0
Standard Error 3.15 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 0.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.00 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (mB) 5.6 (± 0.2)  
mB 5.6 (± 0.2) 11
Mw(mB) 5.1 (± 0.4) 11
ML 5.9 (± 0.4) 2
MLv 6.0 (± 0.1) 2
M 5.4 11

GeoNet combines magnitudes into a summary magnitude, M, which consists of a weighted average of the individual magnitudes and attempts to be a best possible compromise between all magnitudes for a range of earthquake sizes. Summary magnitude for GeoNet is then defined as:

M = (2 * MLv + (0.4 * number_of stations(Mw(mB)) - 1) * Mw(mB)) / (2 + (0.4 * number_of_stations(Mw(mB)) - 1))

Where MLv is local magnitude calculated on the vertical component and Mw(mB) is a Mw estimation based of mB by Bormann and Saul (2008).

Origin Map


Map of New Zealand.

Map showing stations with picks used to locate the earthquake. Stations with picks that have a zero weight in the solution are shown as small grey circles. Those with a higher weight are shown as larger circles. The quake is shown by the largest circle.

Pick Residuals


-16.0-14.0-12.0-10.0-8.0-6.0-4.0-2.00.02.04.06.08.010.012.014.016.0residual (s)024681012141618202224262830323436384042444648505254565860Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude791113151719212325Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude123456Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude123456Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual791113151719212325Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual123456Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual123456Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)