M5.1 Earthquake Recorded Near 155 km north of Te Araroa
GeoNet New Zealand reports M5.1 near 155 km north of Te Araroa, with a 195.0 km catalog depth.
The event began at Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:28:42 GMT. GeoNet New Zealand reports magnitude 5.1, 195.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -36.261, 177.840.
The catalog location label is 155 km north of Te Araroa; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 3.30e+12 joules, or about 789 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
The GeoNet New Zealand catalog currently marks the solution as best. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. Other agency solutions retained for this same origin are EMSC Global M4.7. These are alternate reported solutions, not additional earthquakes.
The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.1
- 195.0 km catalog depth
- 3.30e+12 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:28:42 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- Alternate solution: EMSC Global M4.7
- GeoNet New Zealand monitoring record