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	157	840	11003
2 - 3	125	643	7987
3 - 4	26	124	1915
4 - 5	5	39	593
5 - 6	2	11	77
>= 6	0	1	2
Total	315	1658	21577