Past earthquakes in or near New Zealand: 2021 - list, stats and map

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In 2021, New Zealand has had 21,805 quakes of magnitudes up to 8.1:

1 quake above magnitude 8
1 quake between magnitude 7 and 8
22 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
339 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
1,197 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
2,579 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
8,978 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
8,688 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Strongest: Mag. 8.1 Earthquake Kermadec Islands, New Zealand -

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Past earthquakes in or near New Zealand: 2021 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 25, 2021 02:52 pm (GMT +12)	5.2 221 km	242 km (150 mi) to the NE	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Thursday, December 16, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 16, 2021 09:02 pm (Auckland)	5.5 345 km	91 km (57 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 15, 2021 12:45 am (GMT +12)	5.1 33 km	147 km (91 mi) to the NE	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Friday, December 10, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 11, 2021 01:27 am (GMT +12)	5.6 33 km	200 km (124 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Monday, December 6, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 6, 2021 04:19 pm (GMT +12)	5.2 33 km	219 km (136 mi) to the NE	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Monday, November 29, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 30, 2021 06:23 am (GMT +12)	5.4 45 km	293 km (182 mi) to the NE	south of the Kermadec Islands	Info
Monday, November 22, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 23, 2021 08:59 am (GMT +12)	5.2 33 km	248 km (154 mi) to the NE	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Sunday, November 21, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 21, 2021 05:12 pm (GMT +12)	5.8 16 km	97 km (60 mi) to the NE	Kermadec Islands region	Info
Saturday, November 20, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 21, 2021 06:04 am (GMT +12)	5.3 12 km	239 km (149 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Thursday, November 11, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 11, 2021 06:35 pm (GMT +12)	5.1 100 km	299 km (186 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Sunday, November 7, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 7, 2021 03:16 pm (GMT +12)	5.5 190 km	43 km (27 mi) to the N	New Zealand 52 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 9.8 x 10¹⁶ joules (27149 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.3 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 1460 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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