Magnitude 5.7, Tue Aug 19 2025 11:03 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p621520
UTC Time 2025-08-18T23:03:06Z
Latitude -24.56 (± 0.0 km)
Longitude -176.03 (± 0.0 km)
Depth 35 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model
Used Phase Count 0
Used Station Count 0
Standard Error 8.14 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 0.00 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.00 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (mB) 5.7 (± 0.7)  
MLv 6.1 (± 0.5) 2
ML 6.2 (± 0.4) 2
mB 5.7 (± 0.7) 4
Mw(mB) 5.2 (± 0.7) 4
M 5.9 4

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


-21.0-19.0-17.0-15.0-13.0-11.0-9.0-7.0-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.07.09.011.013.015.017.019.021.0residual (s)024681012141618Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude567Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude567Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.07.0Magnitude810121416Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual567Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual567Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual810121416Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)