Magnitude 3.2, Sun Jul 20 2025 6:29 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p539920
UTC Time 2025-07-19T18:29:39Z
Latitude -42.44 (± 31.4 km)
Longitude 172.19 (± 24.1 km)
Depth 9 km (± 48 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model nz3drx
Used Phase Count 9
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 1.32 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 94.86 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.35 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 3.2  
ML 2.4 (± 0.3) 6
MLv 3.2 (± 0.7) 2
M 3.2 2

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


-6.0-4.0-2.00.02.04.06.0residual (s)012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude12Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0Residual12Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)