Magnitude 0.8, Sat Mar 15 2025 9:36 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p196915
UTC Time 2025-03-14T20:36:58Z
Latitude -39.01 (± 4.5 km)
Longitude 175.73 (± 4.2 km)
Depth 5 km (± 4 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.13 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 92.99 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.05 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 0.8 (± 0.1)  
ML 0.8 (± 0.1) 6
MLv 0.8 (± 0.1) 5
M 0.8 5

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


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)