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 147 on 7 July, 2025.

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	229	877	11485
2 - 3	162	552	7756
3 - 4	26	129	1893
4 - 5	4	34	525
5 - 6	2	3	61
>= 6	0	0	6
Total	423	1595	21726