Magnitude 3.6, Fri Sep 19 2025 1:40 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p705596
UTC Time 2025-09-19T01:40:29Z
Latitude -32.57 (± 32.7 km)
Longitude -179.71 (± 29.5 km)
Depth 345 km (± 83 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 13
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 1.50 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 312.69 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 5.57 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 3.6 (± 0.4)  
mB 4.5 (± 0.1) 3
Mw(mB) 3.6 (± 0.4) 3
ML 4.4 (± 0.3) 3
MLv 4.4 (± 0.3) 5
M 4.3 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


-4.0-3.0-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.04.0residual (s)01234567Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)