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Earthquakes in New Zealand

337,206 earthquakes catalogued in and around New Zealand between 1900 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 5 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.7
Latest earthquake · depth 49.8 km
05.08.2026 00:43 UTC · from centre 6906 km
337,206
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.86
mean magnitude
326,743
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

09035180701900: 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: 9,338 (M<3)2026: 6,950 (M3–4)2026: 1,523 (M4–5)2026: 259 (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
8.221.05.1960 10:0225 km7158 km
8.219.08.2018 00:19578.5 km17204 km
8.230.04.1919 07:1725 km16673 km
8.209.12.1950 21:38113.9 km6631 km
8.217.08.1906 00:4035 km6928 km
8.101.04.2014 23:4617.1 km6974 km
8.117.10.1966 21:4128.3 km7907 km
8.103.10.1974 14:2115.1 km7786 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.705.08.2026 00:4349.8 km6906 km
2.805.08.2026 00:1123 km6958 km
2.504.08.2026 23:52105 km11572 km
2.904.08.2026 23:0226 km11015 km
2.704.08.2026 22:5910 km11367 km
2.604.08.2026 22:3668.1 km6871 km
2.704.08.2026 22:2610 km6657 km
2.704.08.2026 22:1210 km6628 km
2.604.08.2026 21:1694 km11582 km
3.204.08.2026 20:32354.4 km16940 km
3.004.08.2026 20:29103.8 km6803 km
3.204.08.2026 20:1099.5 km6837 km
2.804.08.2026 19:5510 km10740 km
2.604.08.2026 19:5110 km6654 km
3.304.08.2026 19:4710 km10998 km
2.704.08.2026 19:4615 km11714 km
2.604.08.2026 19:0310 km10765 km
2.904.08.2026 18:23104.5 km6752 km
2.604.08.2026 18:17305 km11397 km
2.504.08.2026 18:0351 km12040 km
3.004.08.2026 17:34112.4 km6773 km
2.604.08.2026 17:31108 km11527 km
2.604.08.2026 17:0810 km2584 km
2.904.08.2026 16:4610 km2605 km
2.804.08.2026 16:09106 km6683 km
2.704.08.2026 15:3782.2 km6759 km
2.304.08.2026 15:3414.3 km12825 km
2.504.08.2026 15:1427.1 km6998 km
2.704.08.2026 15:09122.3 km6760 km
3.104.08.2026 14:57228.8 km16821 km
5.104.08.2026 14:56149 km16988 km
5.104.08.2026 14:5610 km16891 km
2.504.08.2026 14:51111 km6658 km
2.504.08.2026 14:47128.6 km6726 km
3.104.08.2026 14:2510 km10750 km
2.904.08.2026 14:2210 km10732 km
3.604.08.2026 13:0869.5 km6831 km
2.504.08.2026 13:0718 km11103 km
2.904.08.2026 13:0518 km11535 km
3.104.08.2026 12:4892 km6892 km
2.904.08.2026 12:35128.1 km6684 km
2.004.08.2026 12:3410 km2787 km
2.604.08.2026 12:32131.5 km6863 km
3.104.08.2026 12:2643.9 km6926 km
2.504.08.2026 11:5283 km10811 km
3.404.08.2026 11:5110 km10922 km
2.004.08.2026 11:445 km11468 km
3.204.08.2026 11:4110 km10848 km
2.104.08.2026 11:2410 km2789 km
3.604.08.2026 10:4015 km10707 km
2.504.08.2026 10:268 km6649 km
2.504.08.2026 10:1410.8 km6810 km
3.204.08.2026 09:3372.5 km6882 km
3.104.08.2026 09:0410 km16941 km
2.904.08.2026 08:58139 km10976 km
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

Regions

Bay of Plenty7,769Waikato6,879Manawatū-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.