Earthquakes in New Zealand
Use this New Zealand hub to track recent earthquakes and compare the largest historic events QuakePulse shows for New Zealand. The Hikurangi subduction margin and South Island plate-boundary faults drive New Zealand’s high seismicity, including shallow thrust and strike-slip earthquakes. Switch between an New Zealand earthquake map style view, stronger events such as M4+ earthquakes in New Zealand, and the story of the biggest earthquake in New Zealand history—without drifting away from New Zealand.
States and regions
Jump to a subdivision of New Zealand. Each area links to its own recent and largest-earthquake views.