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Earthquake Statistics

The GeoNet project locates between 50 and 80 earthquakes each day, or about 20,000 a year.

Earthquakes Per Day

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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
< 2 255 840 11389
2 - 3 184 619 8127
3 - 4 28 119 1922
4 - 5 11 36 586
5 - 6 0 4 81
>= 6 0 0 2
Total 478 1618 22107