Magnitude 1.8, Tue Jun 9 2026 11:27 AM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p429668
UTC Time 2026-06-08T23:27:25Z
Latitude -38.30 (± 4.8 km)
Longitude 177.76 (± 4.5 km)
Depth 48 km (± 10 km)
Depth Type free
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 16
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.44 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 106.69 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 0.15 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (MLv) 1.8 (± 0.3)  
ML 1.7 (± 0.2) 6
MLv 1.8 (± 0.3) 4
M 1.8 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


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Station Magnitudes (ML)


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Station Magnitudes (MLv)


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Magnitude Residuals (ML)


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Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0ResidualDistance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)