GeoNet: Earthquake Statistics

The GeoNet project locates between 50 and 80 earthquakes each day, or about 20,000 a year.

Plot showing earthquakes per day over the last 365 days. The maximum earthquakes per day was 139 on 5 May, 2026.

Table summarising earthquake numbers over the last 365 days between latitudes 54°S and 24°S and longitudes 160°E and 170°W.
Magnitude	Last 7 days	Last 28 days	Last 365 days
< 2	161	874	11042
2 - 3	126	642	7987
3 - 4	26	124	1921
4 - 5	6	43	594
5 - 6	2	11	77
>= 6	0	1	2
Total	321	1695	21623