Earthquake resources for Aotearoa New Zealand

There are many resources available for earthquake preparedness, what to do during and after an earthquake, and how and why earthquakes and other disasters happen in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Here is a list of several key websites that will help you prepare for the event of an earthquake in your home, workplace, marae, or school.

An emergency kit with the contents on display around the bag.

Grab & Go Emergency Kit, Grab & Go New Zealand Ltd; creating agency; 2012; New Zealand. Te Papa (GH024204)

How to prepare for possible earthquakes

Prepare for earthquakes and other emergencies at home, your work, your school, your marae, and your car with Get Ready.
Learn how to quake-safe your home and find other activities and resources at Toka tū ake EQC.

What to do during and after an earthquake

Find out what alerts and warnings you are likely to hear and receive.
What to do during an earthquake, including with printable resources.
Action to take if the earthquake is long or strong and you live in a tsunami zone.
Local authorities are responsible for civil defence emergency management (CDEM), find your local Civil Defence group.

Information about earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Understand how earthquakes happen and why at GNS Science | Te Pū Ao
Have you felt an earthquake recently? Find it on Geonet recent earthquakes
National Earthquake Information Database

A map of New Zealand with orange-coloured dots on various parts of it to indicate where there have been recent earthquakes.

Crop of Earthquake data on Geonet. Background map data copyright OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA.