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Ruapehu volcano (New Zealand): increased crater lake temerature and seismic activity
The Ruapehu crater lake during winter. (image: GNS Science)
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019
Another phase of increased crater lake temperatures has been recorded at the Te Wai ā-moe (Crater Lake) Mt Ruapehu in combination with moderate levels of volcanic tremor. ... [more]
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

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) (26 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Sun, 20 Oct 11:18 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Fri, 18 Oct 2019
Fri, 18 Oct 08:07 UTCM 0.5 / 15.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (5 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
Thu, 17 Oct 21:30 UTCM 0.7 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Oct 06:33 UTCM 1.1 / 13.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Oct 06:33 UTCM 1.3 / 13.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Oct 03:37 UTCM 1.5 / 14.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Oct 01:36 UTCM 1.4 / 13 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Wed, 16 Oct 19:37 UTCM 1.3 / 9.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (28 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Oct 14:40 UTCM 1.5 / 44.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (19 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Oct 14:40 UTCM 1.0 / 66.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Oct 08:22 UTCM 2.1 / 54.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (26 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
Tue, 15 Oct 17:51 UTCM 1.0 / 7.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 15 Oct 15:45 UTCM 1.3 / 26.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (8 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 15 Oct 05:28 UTCM 1.1 / 15.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 15 Oct 05:28 UTCM 1.6 / 8.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (28 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 14 Oct 2019
Mon, 14 Oct 14:41 UTCM 1.5 / 6.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 14 Oct 11:42 UTCM 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (2 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 14 Oct 11:42 UTCM 1.3 / 27.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 2019 (9 earthquakes)
Sun, 13 Oct 18:40 UTCM 0.2 / 4.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (0 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 15:53 UTCM 0.4 / 10.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 15:29 UTCM 0.5 / 9.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (13 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 15:29 UTCM 0.6 / 13.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 14:46 UTCM 0.3 / 30.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 14:46 UTCM 0.8 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 14:03 UTCM 0.8 / 24.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 13:57 UTCM 1.4 / 18.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 13 Oct 12:55 UTCM 1.8 / 21.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (23 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2.2*10^8 J (62.1 KWh) [learn more]

Earthquake statistics

Number of earthquakes vs time:

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Number of quakes and energy past 24 hours
Past 30 days:
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Magnitude distribution and energy released:
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Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude past 24 hrs Magnitudes of quakes and energy vs time past 24 hrs
Past 7 days:
Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude past 7 days Magnitudes of quakes and energy vs time past 7 days
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Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude past 30 days Magnitudes of quakes and energy vs time past 30 days
 

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