Magnitude 1.4, Fri May 22 2026 4:25 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p380227
UTC Time 2026-05-21T16:25:07Z
Latitude -38.69 (± 25.8 km)
Longitude 176.12 (± 11.1 km)
Depth 76 km (± 20 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 12
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.22 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 186.59 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.27 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 1.4 (± 0.2)  
ML 1.7 (± 0.4) 7
MLv 1.4 (± 0.2) 2
M 1.4 2

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)012Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-2.0-1.00.01.02.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


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