The energy chart shows how much energy has been released on a daily basis since September 2010 and also a count of how many earthquakes have occurred each day
The depth chart shows the depth of the earthquakes and the magnitude of the earthquakes over time.
The weekly chart shows the number of earthquakes per week over magnitude 3 and the maximum magnitude per week
Allows you to browse the quakes with details and map locations using the up and down arrow keys.
The earthquake drum represents one day's recording of the seismometer located at McQueens Valley, Banks Peninsula.
The search page allows you to search for earthquakes anywhere in New Zealand. You can filter on location, magnitude and date ranges.
The following show the top 100 earthquakes around Canterbury, New Zealand and the world on a map.
Index | Date Time | Mag | Mercalli | Depth | Distance | Address |
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1 | 27 Mar 2025 4:59am | 1.52 | I | 5.00 | 141.58 km | 9 km north of South Island, West Coast, New Zealand | |||
2 | 27 Mar 2025 3:23am | 2.80 | II | 5.18 | 84.64 km | 2 km south-south-east of Culverden, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
3 | 27 Mar 2025 3:20am | 2.61 | II | 4.61 | 83.94 km | 3 km south of Culverden, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
4 | 27 Mar 2025 2:44am | 2.59 | II | 32.59 | 111.87 km | In the water 16 km east-north-east of Shag Rock, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
5 | 26 Mar 2025 5:42pm | 1.72 | I | 5.00 | 128.77 km | 9 km south of Charwell Forks, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
6 | 26 Mar 2025 3:12pm | 1.79 | I | 4.50 | 78.00 km | 10 km south of Castle Hill, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
7 | 26 Mar 2025 1:02pm | 2.03 | II | 4.52 | 19.57 km | 740 meters north-north-east of Weedons, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
8 | 25 Mar 2025 8:03pm | 2.94 | II | 33.00 | 101.40 km | In the water 54 km south-east of Port Robinson, New Zealand | |||
9 | 25 Mar 2025 8:32am | 1.18 | I | 5.00 | 146.97 km | 29 km east-south-east of Harihari, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
10 | 25 Mar 2025 5:00am | 1.44 | I | 5.00 | 103.64 km | 13 km east-north-east of Arthur’s Pass, West Coast, New Zealand | |||
11 | 25 Mar 2025 4:58am | 1.66 | I | 5.80 | 9.83 km | In the water 3 km south-east of New Brighton, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
12 | 24 Mar 2025 11:05pm | 1.58 | I | 5.00 | 84.51 km | 32 km north-east of Craigieburn, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
13 | 23 Mar 2025 9:15pm | 1.63 | I | 5.00 | 146.32 km | 29 km east-south-east of Harihari, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
14 | 23 Mar 2025 8:49pm | 2.47 | II | 5.00 | 74.09 km | 24 km east-north-east of Craigieburn, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
15 | 23 Mar 2025 2:26am | 1.60 | I | 5.00 | 147.25 km | 29 km south-east of Harihari, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
16 | 22 Mar 2025 6:21am | 1.83 | I | 5.00 | 143.89 km | 27 km south-south-west of South Island, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
17 | 21 Mar 2025 11:04pm | 2.73 | II | 5.94 | 8.82 km | In the water 2 km south-east of New Brighton, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
18 | 21 Mar 2025 4:42pm | 1.86 | I | 5.00 | 120.76 km | 24 km south-west of Hydra Island, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
19 | 21 Mar 2025 3:45pm | 2.24 | II | 5.00 | 120.77 km | 24 km south-west of Hydra Island, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
20 | 21 Mar 2025 10:51am | 1.92 | I | 5.00 | 138.56 km | 22 km west-north-west of Charwell Forks, Marlborough, New Zealand | |||
21 | 21 Mar 2025 4:41am | 1.26 | I | 5.00 | 44.44 km | 5 km north-north-west of Darfield, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
22 | 21 Mar 2025 1:15am | 3.03 | III | 343.41 | 74.44 km | In the water 12 km north-east of Motunau Island, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
23 | 20 Mar 2025 11:55pm | 1.29 | I | 5.05 | 128.97 km | 28 km west of Mount Somers, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||
24 | 20 Mar 2025 4:11pm | 1.70 | I | 5.00 | 132.55 km | 24 km west-north-west of Hydra Island, Canterbury, New Zealand |