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Earthquakes in New Zealand

337,149 earthquakes catalogued in and around New Zealand between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.8
Latest earthquake · depth 10 km
04.08.2026 08:41 UTC · from centre 6689 km
337,149
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.86
mean magnitude
326,687
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

09006180131900: 1 (M5+)19001901: 6 (M5+)1902: 6 (M5+)1903: 8 (M5+)1904: 5 (M5+)1905: 20 (M5+)1906: 24 (M5+)1907: 13 (M5+)1908: 5 (M5+)1909: 14 (M5+)1910: 25 (M5+)19101911: 9 (M5+)1912: 8 (M5+)1913: 11 (M5+)1914: 13 (M5+)1915: 6 (M5+)1916: 12 (M5+)1917: 29 (M5+)1918: 23 (M5+)1919: 23 (M5+)1920: 24 (M5+)19201921: 12 (M5+)1922: 20 (M5+)1923: 15 (M5+)1924: 22 (M5+)1925: 31 (M5+)1926: 63 (M5+)1927: 56 (M5+)1928: 60 (M5+)1929: 52 (M5+)1930: 41 (M5+)19301931: 60 (M5+)1932: 48 (M5+)1933: 49 (M5+)1934: 57 (M5+)1935: 31 (M5+)1936: 52 (M5+)1937: 53 (M5+)1938: 48 (M5+)1939: 63 (M5+)1940: 59 (M5+)19401941: 37 (M5+)1942: 27 (M5+)1943: 36 (M5+)1944: 36 (M5+)1945: 10 (M5+)1946: 32 (M5+)1947: 32 (M5+)1948: 24 (M5+)1949: 27 (M5+)1950: 50 (M5+)19501951: 41 (M5+)1952: 1 (M4–5)1952: 39 (M5+)1953: 40 (M5+)1954: 35 (M5+)1955: 42 (M5+)1956: 10 (M4–5)1956: 70 (M5+)1957: 11 (M4–5)1957: 58 (M5+)1958: 4 (M4–5)1958: 88 (M5+)1959: 7 (M4–5)1959: 91 (M5+)1960: 4 (M4–5)1960: 141 (M5+)19601961: 1 (M4–5)1961: 106 (M5+)1962: 7 (M4–5)1962: 61 (M5+)1963: 1 (M3–4)1963: 40 (M4–5)1963: 153 (M5+)1964: 9 (M3–4)1964: 689 (M4–5)1964: 134 (M5+)1965: 13 (M3–4)1965: 800 (M4–5)1965: 274 (M5+)1966: 11 (M3–4)1966: 1,008 (M4–5)1966: 256 (M5+)1967: 12 (M3–4)1967: 933 (M4–5)1967: 211 (M5+)1968: 8 (M3–4)1968: 1,187 (M4–5)1968: 216 (M5+)1969: 12 (M3–4)1969: 914 (M4–5)1969: 203 (M5+)1970: 4 (M3–4)1970: 868 (M4–5)1970: 300 (M5+)19701971: 1 (M3–4)1971: 576 (M4–5)1971: 254 (M5+)1972: 2 (M3–4)1972: 517 (M4–5)1972: 325 (M5+)1973: 43 (M3–4)1973: 773 (M4–5)1973: 348 (M5+)1974: 30 (M3–4)1974: 813 (M4–5)1974: 373 (M5+)1975: 15 (M3–4)1975: 660 (M4–5)1975: 338 (M5+)1976: 8 (M3–4)1976: 677 (M4–5)1976: 452 (M5+)1977: 8 (M3–4)1977: 834 (M4–5)1977: 693 (M5+)1978: 1 (M<3)1978: 12 (M3–4)1978: 549 (M4–5)1978: 402 (M5+)1979: 30 (M3–4)1979: 754 (M4–5)1979: 413 (M5+)1980: 23 (M3–4)1980: 713 (M4–5)1980: 435 (M5+)19801981: 31 (M3–4)1981: 930 (M4–5)1981: 384 (M5+)1982: 33 (M3–4)1982: 764 (M4–5)1982: 446 (M5+)1983: 21 (M3–4)1983: 715 (M4–5)1983: 416 (M5+)1984: 45 (M3–4)1984: 1,014 (M4–5)1984: 425 (M5+)1985: 11 (M<3)1985: 106 (M3–4)1985: 1,326 (M4–5)1985: 524 (M5+)1986: 9 (M<3)1986: 68 (M3–4)1986: 1,105 (M4–5)1986: 484 (M5+)1987: 2 (M<3)1987: 91 (M3–4)1987: 1,294 (M4–5)1987: 415 (M5+)1988: 6 (M<3)1988: 74 (M3–4)1988: 1,301 (M4–5)1988: 488 (M5+)1989: 1 (M<3)1989: 53 (M3–4)1989: 1,068 (M4–5)1989: 391 (M5+)1990: 64 (M<3)1990: 108 (M3–4)1990: 1,092 (M4–5)1990: 449 (M5+)19901991: 1 (M<3)1991: 188 (M3–4)1991: 1,229 (M4–5)1991: 358 (M5+)1992: 819 (M3–4)1992: 1,944 (M4–5)1992: 451 (M5+)1993: 415 (M<3)1993: 764 (M3–4)1993: 1,519 (M4–5)1993: 407 (M5+)1994: 246 (M<3)1994: 849 (M3–4)1994: 1,690 (M4–5)1994: 553 (M5+)1995: 225 (M<3)1995: 937 (M3–4)1995: 3,410 (M4–5)1995: 427 (M5+)1996: 269 (M<3)1996: 706 (M3–4)1996: 2,850 (M4–5)1996: 246 (M5+)1997: 174 (M<3)1997: 854 (M3–4)1997: 3,305 (M4–5)1997: 308 (M5+)1998: 416 (M<3)1998: 1,629 (M3–4)1998: 2,802 (M4–5)1998: 322 (M5+)1999: 397 (M<3)1999: 1,403 (M3–4)1999: 3,147 (M4–5)1999: 353 (M5+)2000: 237 (M<3)2000: 1,080 (M3–4)2000: 2,594 (M4–5)2000: 377 (M5+)20002001: 598 (M<3)2001: 2,047 (M3–4)2001: 3,630 (M4–5)2001: 501 (M5+)2002: 546 (M<3)2002: 2,029 (M3–4)2002: 3,381 (M4–5)2002: 435 (M5+)2003: 2,217 (M<3)2003: 2,120 (M3–4)2003: 3,677 (M4–5)2003: 389 (M5+)2004: 1,681 (M<3)2004: 1,606 (M3–4)2004: 3,832 (M4–5)2004: 665 (M5+)2005: 928 (M<3)2005: 1,799 (M3–4)2005: 3,016 (M4–5)2005: 444 (M5+)2006: 842 (M<3)2006: 2,470 (M3–4)2006: 3,972 (M4–5)2006: 539 (M5+)2007: 972 (M<3)2007: 2,055 (M3–4)2007: 3,782 (M4–5)2007: 592 (M5+)2008: 511 (M<3)2008: 1,583 (M3–4)2008: 3,428 (M4–5)2008: 488 (M5+)2009: 15 (M<3)2009: 720 (M3–4)2009: 5,039 (M4–5)2009: 658 (M5+)2010: 26 (M<3)2010: 1,324 (M3–4)2010: 5,625 (M4–5)2010: 798 (M5+)20102011: 73 (M<3)2011: 1,049 (M3–4)2011: 4,367 (M4–5)2011: 665 (M5+)2012: 546 (M<3)2012: 1,761 (M3–4)2012: 3,365 (M4–5)2012: 516 (M5+)2013: 1,490 (M<3)2013: 3,113 (M3–4)2013: 4,353 (M4–5)2013: 584 (M5+)2014: 1,555 (M<3)2014: 3,617 (M3–4)2014: 4,270 (M4–5)2014: 612 (M5+)2015: 1,307 (M<3)2015: 3,619 (M3–4)2015: 4,726 (M4–5)2015: 606 (M5+)2016: 1,461 (M<3)2016: 4,011 (M3–4)2016: 4,764 (M4–5)2016: 616 (M5+)2017: 466 (M<3)2017: 3,613 (M3–4)2017: 3,387 (M4–5)2017: 536 (M5+)2018: 358 (M<3)2018: 3,272 (M3–4)2018: 3,775 (M4–5)2018: 577 (M5+)2019: 651 (M<3)2019: 4,316 (M3–4)2019: 3,399 (M4–5)2019: 531 (M5+)2020: 3,288 (M<3)2020: 5,361 (M3–4)2020: 3,447 (M4–5)2020: 481 (M5+)20202021: 3,450 (M<3)2021: 7,046 (M3–4)2021: 3,991 (M4–5)2021: 798 (M5+)2022: 4,574 (M<3)2022: 7,687 (M3–4)2022: 3,292 (M4–5)2022: 541 (M5+)2023: 4,070 (M<3)2023: 7,678 (M3–4)2023: 3,311 (M4–5)2023: 521 (M5+)2024: 4,458 (M<3)2024: 7,929 (M3–4)2024: 2,913 (M4–5)2024: 498 (M5+)2025: 5,980 (M<3)2025: 8,150 (M3–4)2025: 3,013 (M4–5)2025: 424 (M5+)2026: 9,299 (M<3)2026: 6,934 (M3–4)2026: 1,523 (M4–5)2026: 257 (M5+)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
9.622.05.1960 19:1125 km7168 km
8.827.02.2010 06:3422.9 km7099 km
8.711.11.1922 04:3270 km6782 km
8.423.06.2001 20:3315.6 km7304 km
8.319.08.1977 06:0833 km11470 km
8.316.09.2015 22:5412.1 km6954 km
8.209.06.1994 00:33638 km6820 km
8.217.08.1906 00:4035 km6928 km
8.221.05.1960 10:0225 km7158 km
8.209.12.1950 21:38113.9 km6631 km
8.230.04.1919 07:1725 km16673 km
8.219.08.2018 00:19578.5 km17204 km
8.101.04.2014 23:4617.1 km6974 km
8.106.04.1943 16:0735 km6923 km
8.103.10.1974 14:2115.1 km7786 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.804.08.2026 08:4110 km6689 km
2.504.08.2026 08:2499.9 km6716 km
2.604.08.2026 07:4231 km11570 km
2.504.08.2026 06:30126 km6733 km
3.104.08.2026 06:01224.2 km6591 km
2.504.08.2026 05:5187 km12066 km
2.804.08.2026 05:25136.3 km6717 km
3.904.08.2026 05:16223 km6585 km
2.504.08.2026 05:1544 km10819 km
2.504.08.2026 04:3513 km11688 km
2.604.08.2026 04:10227.9 km6547 km
2.704.08.2026 04:08134.4 km6732 km
2.504.08.2026 03:09114.3 km6814 km
2.504.08.2026 03:05113 km6733 km
2.904.08.2026 02:3556 km11927 km
2.604.08.2026 02:30214.2 km6545 km
2.504.08.2026 01:31233.4 km6560 km
3.004.08.2026 01:2544.9 km6904 km
2.604.08.2026 01:19216.4 km6543 km
3.104.08.2026 01:1393.6 km16778 km
3.504.08.2026 00:5147 km12010 km
2.604.08.2026 00:49142 km6560 km
3.304.08.2026 00:4091.9 km6830 km
3.104.08.2026 00:36136.9 km6730 km
2.504.08.2026 00:145 km11124 km
3.403.08.2026 23:19182 km6569 km
3.303.08.2026 22:45167.4 km16828 km
3.203.08.2026 22:1810 km6588 km
2.703.08.2026 22:11166.9 km6621 km
2.503.08.2026 22:04105 km6647 km
2.703.08.2026 21:2797.4 km6720 km
3.103.08.2026 21:2579.3 km16509 km
2.503.08.2026 21:035 km11604 km
4.403.08.2026 20:4795.7 km6839 km
3.203.08.2026 20:44109.1 km6727 km
3.303.08.2026 20:34134.4 km6731 km
2.503.08.2026 19:5217 km11557 km
2.503.08.2026 19:4718 km6648 km
2.503.08.2026 19:2317 km6282 km
2.503.08.2026 19:14118.9 km6778 km
3.003.08.2026 19:1333 km6625 km
3.703.08.2026 19:1259 km12404 km
2.703.08.2026 19:0310 km6545 km
3.603.08.2026 17:57190 km6526 km
2.703.08.2026 17:5588.8 km6818 km
3.203.08.2026 17:2488.6 km6806 km
2.803.08.2026 17:1588 km6639 km
2.503.08.2026 17:1213 km6293 km
3.303.08.2026 16:19142 km6548 km
2.803.08.2026 15:47116.3 km6725 km
2.903.08.2026 15:1823 km12218 km
2.703.08.2026 15:1288 km6635 km
2.603.08.2026 14:4520 km11425 km
3.203.08.2026 14:32211.8 km6548 km
2.903.08.2026 13:3339.1 km6930 km
3.803.08.2026 13:137 km11604 km
4.203.08.2026 12:58204.4 km17052 km
2.703.08.2026 12:24212.5 km6534 km
3.403.08.2026 12:2310 km10999 km
3.203.08.2026 12:17118 km6728 km

Regions

Bay of Plenty7,768Waikato6,878Manawatū-Whanganui5,606Southland3,335Canterbury3,259Hawke's Bay3,108Marlborough3,059West Coast3,040Gisborne2,329Taranaki1,876Tasman1,503Wellington1,407Otago898Kermadec Islands376Nelson304

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.