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Rotorua volcano (New Zealand): small hydrothermal lake eruption yesterday
Area near yesterday's steam eruption in Rotorua Lake (image: newshub.co.nz / twitter)
Monday, Nov 28, 2016
A small steam explosion (hydrothermal eruption) occurred yesterday in Lake Rotorua. A fountain of water was seen ejected to about 30 m. [read more]. ... [more]
 

Rotorua volcano

Caldera 757 m / 2,484 ft, New Zealand, -38.08°S / 176.27°E
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (5 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Sat, 19 Oct 20:21 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Sat, 19 Oct 2019
Sat, 19 Oct 14:24 UTCM 2.6 / 144.8 km - [info]Rotorua (15 km) - New Zealand New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Oct 2019
Fri, 18 Oct 00:20 UTCM 2.5 / 97.7 km - [info]Rotorua (8 km) - New Zealand New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Wed, 16 Oct 07:13 UTCM 2.0 / 142.5 km - [info]Rotorua (14 km) - New Zealand New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 14 Oct 2019
Mon, 14 Oct 19:29 UTCM 2.5 / 131.6 km - [info]Rotorua (22 km) - New Zealand New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 2019
Sun, 13 Oct 10:50 UTCM 2.0 / 103 km - [info]Rotorua (8 km) - New Zealand New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.3*10^9 J (371 KWh / 0.32 tons of TNT) [learn more]

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