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 138 on 30 January, 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	208	904	12114
2 - 3	160	601	8224
3 - 4	48	165	1901
4 - 5	13	52	550
5 - 6	2	6	66
>= 6	0	0	5
Total	431	1728	22860