Magnitude 3.1, Sat Mar 7 2026 3:44 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p174636
UTC Time 2026-03-06T14:44:57Z
Latitude -32.64 (± 27.4 km)
Longitude -178.95 (± 65.0 km)
Depth 100 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.77 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 353.20 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 5.60 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 3.1 (± 0.4)  
mB 4.1 (± 0.2) 4
ML 3.9 (± 0.0) 2
MLv 5.3 1
Mw(mB) 3.1 (± 0.4) 4
M 4.8 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


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0residual (s)01234567Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude67Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0MagnitudeDistance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual67Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)