Kakepuku Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 00:20 GMT -
Lava cone(s) 450 m / 1476 ft
New Zealand, -38.07°S / 175.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -38.07°S / 175.25°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kakepuku volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 17, 09:45 am (Auckland) | 3.1 41 km | 8.3 km (5.2 mi) to the S | New Zealand I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 16, 03:15 pm (Auckland) | 2.4 99 km | 30 km (19 mi) to the N | 3.4 km southeast of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand | Info | |
Sunday, April 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 15, 09:03 am (Auckland) | 2.9 26 km | 9 km (5.6 mi) to the SE | New Zealand 1 report | Info | |
Sunday, April 7, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 8, 03:06 am (Auckland) | 2.2 110 km | 13 km (7.8 mi) to the SE | New Zealand | Info |
Background
Kakepuku is less eroded than neighboring Pliocene-lower Pleistocene Pirongia volcano (Briggs 1983). A flank cone lies to the north, and the Te Kawa lava cone, the only volcano of the Alexandra volcanic group to retain a crater, lies to the SE.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information