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Earthquakes Today: latest quakes in or near Wellington, New Zealand: past 7 days

Carterton District | Kapiti Coast District | Lower Hutt City | Masterton | Porirua City | South Wairarapa District | Upper Hutt City | Wellington City
Updated Jan 25, 2022 12:13 GMT -
During the past 7 days, Wellington was shaken by 5 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 25 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 49 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.
Biggest quake: 3.5 quake Tasman Sea, 36 km north of Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 23, 2022 2:24 pm (GMT +13)
Biggest quake today: 2.3 quake Tasman Sea, 80 km north of Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 25, 2022 8:48 am (GMT +13)
Most recent quake: 1.6 quake Masterton, 94 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 26, 2022 12:52 am (GMT +13) ...Read More
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Showing quakes magnitude 1.3 or higher (65 out of 79 quakes, show more):
Date and timeMag
Depth		Nearest volcano (distance)LocationDetailsMap
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:52 GMT (2 earthquakes)
Jan 26, 2022 12:52 am (GMT +13) (Jan 25, 2022 11:52 GMT)
1.6

20 km		Masterton, 94 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 26, 2022 12:35 am (GMT +13) (Jan 25, 2022 11:35 GMT)
1.9

28 km		Tasman Sea, 77 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Monday, January 24, 2022 22:21 GMT (11 earthquakes)
Jan 25, 2022 11:21 am (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 22:21 GMT)
2.2

60 km		Tasman Sea, 84 km northwest of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 25, 2022 8:48 am (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 19:48 GMT)
2.3

12 km		Tasman Sea, 80 km north of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 25, 2022 7:18 am (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 18:18 GMT)
1.4

21 km		Masterton, 89 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 25, 2022 4:39 am (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 15:39 GMT)
1.3

22 km		New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 25, 2022 12:46 am (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 11:46 GMT)
1.4

5 km		New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 9:54 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 08:54 GMT)
1.4

16 km		Manawatu-Wanganui, 155 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 08:02 GMT)
1.4

15 km		New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 5:10 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 04:10 GMT)
3.3

33 km		Tasman Sea, 106 km north of Wellington, New Zealand
I FELT IT 		MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 4:04 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 03:04 GMT)
2.1

37 km		Manawatu-Wanganui, 150 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 2:03 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 01:03 GMT)
1.7

54 km		Tasman Sea, 82 km northwest of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 1:06 pm (GMT +13) (Jan 24, 2022 00:06 GMT)
2.0

10.1 km		South Pacific Ocean, 198 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Sunday, January 23, 2022 18:31 GMT (11 earthquakes)
Jan 24, 2022 7:31 am (GMT +13) (Jan 23, 2022 18:31 GMT)
2.1

26 km		Manawatu-Wanganui, 119 km northeast of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 5:28 am (GMT +13) (Jan 23, 2022 16:28 GMT)
1.4

5 km		New Zealand MoreMap
Jan 24, 2022 4:07 am (GMT +13) (Jan 23, 2022 15:07 GMT)
1.7

30 km		Tasman Sea, 58 km northwest of Wellington, New Zealand MoreMap
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4.1 x 1010 joules (11.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 9.86 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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