Magnitude 1.8, Tue Aug 5 2025 9:52 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p584896
UTC Time 2025-08-05T09:52:43Z
Latitude -41.77 (± 4.4 km)
Longitude 174.24 (± 12.9 km)
Depth 12 km (± 12 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 11
Used Station Count 7
Standard Error 0.36 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 177.52 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.03 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 1.8  
MLv 1.8 1
ML 1.6 (± 0.2) 7
M 1.8 1

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


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0residual (s)01Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.0Magnitude1Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual1Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)