Magnitude 4.1, Wed Sep 2 2026 11:47 PM


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Origin


PublicID 2026p660789
UTC Time 2026-09-02T11:47:33Z
Latitude -32.96 (± 17.9 km)
Longitude 179.83 (± 63.2 km)
Depth 300 km (± 0 km)
Depth Type operator assigned
Earth Model iasp91
Used Phase Count 13
Used Station Count 9
Standard Error 0.71 (s)
Azimuthal Gap 349.56 (degrees)
Minimum Distance 4.76 (degrees)

Magnitudes


Type Magnitude Station Count
Preferred (Mw(mB)) 4.1 (± 0.4)  
mB 4.8 (± 0.4) 3
Mw(mB) 4.1 (± 0.4) 3
ML 4.2 (± 0.3) 3
MLv 4.5 (± 0.3) 5
M 4.4 5

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)0123456Distance (degrees)Pick Residuals

Station Magnitudes (mB)


0.01.02.03.04.05.06.0Magnitude6Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (mB)

Station Magnitudes (ML)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude56Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (ML)

Station Magnitudes (MLv)


0.01.02.03.04.05.0Magnitude56Distance (degrees)Station Magnitudes (MLv)

Magnitude Residuals (mB)


-1.00.01.0Residual6Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (mB)

Magnitude Residuals (ML)


-1.00.01.0Residual56Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (ML)

Magnitude Residuals (MLv)


-1.00.01.0Residual56Distance (degrees)Magnitude Residuals (MLv)