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	216	981	11175
2 - 3	166	623	7896
3 - 4	30	135	1900
4 - 5	15	51	580
5 - 6	1	2	66
>= 6	0	0	1
Total	428	1792	21618