Magnitude 0.7, Tue May 20 2025 2:50 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p375995
UTC Time 2025-05-20T02:50:36Z
Latitude -39.48 (± 10.4 km)
Longitude 175.65 (± 7.3 km)
Depth 15 km (± 14 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 14
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.21 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 253.26 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.11 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 0.7 (± 0.4)  
ML 0.9 (± 0.7) 7
MLv 0.7 (± 0.4) 5
M 0.7 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


-1.00.01.0residual (s)0Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)