Magnitude 3.4, Sat Nov 22 2025 2:35 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2025p877209
UTC Time 2025-11-21T13:35:47Z
Latitude -32.91 (± 44.8 km)
Longitude 178.01 (± 41.5 km)
Depth 420 km (± 66 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 10
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.59 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 305.05 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 4.37 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (M) 3.4  
MLv 3.4 1
mB 3.5 1
Mw(mB) 2.4 (± 0.4) 1
M 3.4 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


-5.0-3.0-1.01.03.05.0residual (s)01234567Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)