Magnitude 4.2, Sat May 23 2026 6:17 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p383151
UTC Time 2026-05-22T18:17:25Z
Latitude -5.88 (± 59.7 km)
Longitude 154.57 (± 60.8 km)
Depth 600 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 8
Used Station Count 8
Standard Error 0.33 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 346.49 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 38.18 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (mB) 4.2 (± 0.1)  
mB 4.2 (± 0.1) 7
Mw(mB) 3.3 (± 0.4) 7
M 3.3 7

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)024681012141618202224262830323436384042Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude39Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual39Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)