Magnitude 2.7, Sat May 16 2026 9:17 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p365913
UTC Time 2026-05-16T09:17:23Z
Latitude -32.80 (± 139.7 km)
Longitude 178.86 (± 58.6 km)
Depth 500 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 8
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.58 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 329.81 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 5.03 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 2.7 (± 0.4)  
mB 3.7 1
Mw(mB) 2.7 (± 0.4) 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


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Station Magnitudes (mB)


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Magnitude Residuals (mB)


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