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	270	1038	11150
2 - 3	185	708	8001
3 - 4	29	154	1925
4 - 5	11	57	598
5 - 6	1	13	79
>= 6	0	1	2
Total	496	1971	21755