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 449 on 18 March, 2023.

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	138	688	10550
2 - 3	181	613	8000
3 - 4	33	131	1492
4 - 5	10	41	704
5 - 6	4	7	107
>= 6	0	1	12
Total	366	1481	20865