National Advisory: Tsunami activity. We expect New Zealand coastal areas to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges at the shore following a M6.8 earthquake off the West Coast of the South Island at 2025-03-25 2:43 PM. Please see NEMA (The National Emergency Management Agency) for official tsunami warning information.
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.
| Magnitude | Last 7 days | Last 28 days | Last 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 2 | 266 | 1011 | 12323 |
| 2 - 3 | 141 | 603 | 8252 |
| 3 - 4 | 36 | 138 | 1821 |
| 4 - 5 | 14 | 49 | 552 |
| 5 - 6 | 2 | 5 | 66 |
| >= 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 460 | 1807 | 23018 |