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	489	1279	10346
2 - 3	347	1066	7990
3 - 4	28	149	1306
4 - 5	12	69	759
5 - 6	2	10	147
>= 6	0	2	11
Total	878	2575	20559