Monitoring Earthquakes in New Zealand
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￿️ Info on this web app

New Zealand suffers over 20,000 earthquakes a year with most of them going unnoticed. However, these unnoticed quakes can cause structual damage and over time can cause larger problems. With greater mapping technology it is easier to identify these quakes and ensure that all are Mapped and documented for public use.

PURPOSE
This Application Locates and provides data on all earthquakes within new Zealand. showing the time they took place, the magnitude, the depth and the quality of the data recorded.
AIM
GEOM2138 Cloud-Based Open-Source GIS Solutions To provide an interactive, web application that shows all earthquakes within the past 100 days along with all their data in New Zealand. Include both the North and south islands.
Datasets
Layer Source
￿ New Zealand Earthquakes
6 class magnitude reading
GEONET
RMIT University  |  GEOM2138  |  2026
Created by Ethan Riach | RMIT University | Date: 25/05/2026 | Built with QGIS & qgis2web