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| PublicID | 2026p752830 |
| UTC Time | 2026-10-06T13:07:58Z |
| Latitude | -40.55 (± 6.6 km) |
| Longitude | 175.79 (± 5.0 km) |
| Depth | 43 km (± 10 km) |
| Depth Type | free |
| Earth Model | iasp91 |
| Used Phase Count | 13 |
| Used Station Count | 9 |
| Standard Error | 0.43 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 113.69 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 0.14 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (MLv) | 0.8 (± 0.3) | |
| MLv | 0.8 (± 0.3) | 3 |
| ML | 1.2 (± 0.4) | 7 |
| M | 0.8 | 3 |
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).
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.