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Earthquakes in New Zealand

342,088 earthquakes catalogued in and around New Zealand between 1900 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
2.7
Latest earthquake · depth 92.1 km
13.10.2026 01:08 UTC · from centre 6701 km
342,088
recorded earthquakes
M9.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.85
mean magnitude
331,275
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

011476229521900: 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: 11,776 (M<3)2026: 8,717 (M3–4)2026: 2,045 (M4–5)2026: 414 (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
8.230.04.1919 07:1725 km16673 km
8.217.08.1906 00:4035 km6928 km
8.219.08.2018 00:19578.5 km17204 km
8.221.05.1960 10:0225 km7158 km
8.209.12.1950 21:38113.9 km6631 km
8.101.04.2014 23:4617.1 km6974 km
8.101.05.1917 18:2615 km16996 km
8.117.10.1966 21:4128.3 km7907 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
2.713.10.2026 01:0892.1 km6701 km
2.513.10.2026 01:06127.6 km6723 km
2.513.10.2026 01:0322.4 km6988 km
3.013.10.2026 00:53216.5 km6584 km
3.013.10.2026 00:02195.7 km6544 km
2.712.10.2026 23:4775 km6700 km
2.512.10.2026 23:2781 km6769 km
2.312.10.2026 22:3510 km2615 km
2.912.10.2026 21:5637 km6907 km
2.712.10.2026 21:0314.9 km7190 km
2.712.10.2026 20:23112.2 km6726 km
2.712.10.2026 20:20137.6 km6740 km
2.812.10.2026 19:56229.2 km6583 km
2.712.10.2026 19:16137 km6616 km
2.812.10.2026 18:5185.4 km6754 km
3.312.10.2026 18:3929.1 km7057 km
4.612.10.2026 18:3010 km6531 km
4.712.10.2026 18:2710 km6548 km
4.812.10.2026 18:1733.6 km6974 km
2.612.10.2026 17:3079 km6639 km
4.312.10.2026 16:5610 km11557 km
3.012.10.2026 16:3095 km6631 km
3.112.10.2026 16:17244.5 km6580 km
3.912.10.2026 16:1285 km11959 km
2.512.10.2026 16:0440.7 km6872 km
2.512.10.2026 15:58133 km6711 km
3.212.10.2026 15:4810 km11990 km
4.212.10.2026 15:4210 km11988 km
2.712.10.2026 15:2717 km11558 km
2.912.10.2026 15:1910 km16794 km
3.512.10.2026 15:14142.9 km16722 km
2.812.10.2026 15:0799.1 km6863 km
3.512.10.2026 14:46247.8 km6565 km
2.312.10.2026 14:3010 km2610 km
4.812.10.2026 13:4410 km6547 km
2.612.10.2026 13:3815.5 km7141 km
2.512.10.2026 12:52103.8 km6821 km
3.112.10.2026 12:09193.7 km6574 km
3.212.10.2026 11:58165.5 km6683 km
4.612.10.2026 11:5855.2 km11021 km
2.712.10.2026 11:543 km6517 km
2.712.10.2026 11:5010 km6556 km
2.612.10.2026 11:4229 km7323 km
3.212.10.2026 11:3584.7 km6901 km
5.412.10.2026 11:2810 km6821 km
3.012.10.2026 11:26110 km6752 km
3.412.10.2026 11:06252.2 km6605 km
2.912.10.2026 10:50219.1 km6589 km
3.512.10.2026 10:29102.5 km6822 km
4.712.10.2026 09:5742 km7677 km
3.612.10.2026 09:4069 km11779 km
2.912.10.2026 08:46175 km6532 km
2.612.10.2026 08:38247.4 km6595 km
2.712.10.2026 08:36238.8 km6578 km
4.112.10.2026 08:3510 km11012 km
2.912.10.2026 07:21197.1 km6515 km
4.212.10.2026 06:5232.3 km16819 km
2.912.10.2026 06:1017.5 km6975 km
2.612.10.2026 06:03167 km6528 km
2.812.10.2026 05:46108.7 km6780 km

Regions

Bay of Plenty7,818Waikato6,931Manawatū-Whanganui5,646Southland3,385Canterbury3,267Hawke's Bay3,131West Coast3,085Marlborough3,070Gisborne2,353Taranaki1,901Tasman1,508Wellington1,416Otago936Kermadec Islands377Nelson304

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.