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This is a summary of earthquakes in the Otago and Southland region.

Summary Data

Quakes per day (last year)


Table summarising earthquake numbers over the past week, month and year.

MagnitudeLast weekLast monthLast year
< 2000
2 - 31336
3 - 41126
4 - 5013
5 - 6000
>= 6000
Total2565