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Ruapehu volcano (New Zealand): increased volcanic tremor
Tremor spectrum and amplitude at Ruapehu volcano (GeoNet)
Monday, Nov 07, 2016
Volcanic tremor (which is normally present at the volcano) has increased a notch since mid October, but not enough to trigger a raise in alert status of the volcano (which remains at level 1). New Zealand's GNS Science issued a note but does not expect the volcano to erupt soon. ... [more]
Ruapehu volcano (New Zealand): lake temperature starts to rise again
Ruapehu's crater lake in August 2016 (image: Geonet)
Friday, Sep 09, 2016
After reaching record-low temperatures in August, the volcano's closely-monitored crater lake has started to heat up very quickly since 2 September, Geonet reported. ... [more]
 

Ruapehu volcano

Stratovolcano 2797 m / 9,176 ft, North Island, New Zealand, -39.28°S / 175.57°E
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (32 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plot Updated: Wed, 18 Oct 13:06 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Wed, 18 Oct
Wed, 18 Oct 11:44 UTCM 1.2 / 84.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Oct 11:44 UTCM 1.0 / 80.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Oct 11:44 UTCM 0.2 / 80.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (8 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Oct 10:33 UTCM 1.9 / 5.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (31 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct (6 earthquakes)
Tue, 17 Oct 21:29 UTCM 1.0 / 77.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (9 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct 10:44 UTCM 1.7 / 120.3 km - [info]Tongariro (11 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct 10:43 UTCM 1.1 / 9.2 km - [info] (38 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct 10:20 UTCM 1.8 / 20.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct 02:51 UTCM 0.7 / 10.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (26 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Oct 02:51 UTCM 1.1 / 22.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (26 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct (6 earthquakes)
Mon, 16 Oct 23:58 UTCM 1.1 / 15.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (26 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct 14:54 UTCM 1.0 / 9.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct 14:54 UTCM 1.7 / 17.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct 08:30 UTCM 2.0 / 88.4 km - [info]Tongariro (15 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct 08:30 UTCM 1.2 / 90.8 km - [info]Tongariro (15 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Oct 01:10 UTCM 1.1 / 10 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct (8 earthquakes)
Sun, 15 Oct 21:52 UTCM 1.5 / 11.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 14:44 UTCM 2.6 / 45.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 09:47 UTCM 1.2 / 7.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (23 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 09:40 UTCM 1.4 / 8.5 km - [info]Tongariro (23 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 08:17 UTCM 1.4 / 10.2 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 05:26 UTCM 1.9 / 14.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 04:53 UTCM 1.0 / 5.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Oct 04:38 UTCM 1.1 / 8.5 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (23 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Oct
Sat, 14 Oct 09:07 UTCM 1.0 / 5.4 km - [info]Tongariro (23 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Oct
Fri, 13 Oct 14:45 UTCM 0.8 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Oct 14:38 UTCM 1.5 / 15.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Oct 03:48 UTCM 1.9 / 15.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Oct
Thu, 12 Oct 22:25 UTCM 1.3 / 5.2 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (19 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Oct 11:02 UTCM 1.5 / 60.8 km - [info] (38 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Oct 08:12 UTCM 1.5 / 59.4 km - [info] (39 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Oct 00:54 UTCM 1.0 / 24.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (6 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
 

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