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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Ruapehu volcano (North Island, New Zealand): lake temperature remains unchanged
GeoNet reported that the activity at Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe) is often dominated by a heating-cooling cycle. These cycles last weeks-to-months. After peaking in April at 42°C, the lake cooled to 35°C by early May. Recent monitoring indicates continuous gas flux which has kept the temperature around 35°C through May. ... read all
Monday, May 04, 2020
Ruapehu volcano (North Island, New Zealand): lake temperature is cooling again
GeoNet reported that during February-April, Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe) heated slowly to a peak temperature of 42ºC. Due to a heating-cooling cycle, there is a period of slow change before a cooling trend is clearly shown in the data. That trend is now confirmed with current temperatures close to 35ºC, with further slow cooling expected. Colour temperature is grey with a few surface slicks and no obvious upwelling. At that time the water level had dropped to about 30 cm below overflow but following this weekend’s rain the lake is again overflowing into the upper Whangaehu River. ... read all
 

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) (23 quakes)

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Earthquake depth plot Updated: Tue, 14 Jul 09:42 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
Tue, 14 Jul 02:35 UTCM 0.8 / 6.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Mon, 13 Jul 18:54 UTCM 0.5 / 13.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 13 Jul 07:49 UTCM 1.0 / 18.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (29 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 13 Jul 00:09 UTCM 1.2 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 12 Jul 2020
Sun, 12 Jul 18:16 UTCM 1.0 / 6.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 12 Jul 17:46 UTCM 1.0 / 6.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 12 Jul 17:34 UTCM 3.1 / 7 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km) New Zealand
I FELT IT
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 11 Jul 2020
Sat, 11 Jul 18:04 UTCM 0.9 / 10.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (19 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 11 Jul 15:36 UTCM 1.0 / 12.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 2020 (7 earthquakes)
Fri, 10 Jul 15:33 UTCM 0.6 / 5.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 13:52 UTCM 1.9 / 11.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 13:17 UTCM 1.8 / 10.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (26 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 11:54 UTCM 0.7 / 6.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 11:27 UTCM 1.0 / 6.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 11:15 UTCM 0.8 / 6.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 10 Jul 00:50 UTCM 0.8 / 6.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 9 Jul 2020
Thu, 9 Jul 22:17 UTCM 1.3 / 4.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 9 Jul 15:23 UTCM 1.8 / 4.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (13 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 9 Jul 15:13 UTCM 0.8 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 8 Jul 2020
Wed, 8 Jul 18:00 UTCM 0.9 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 8 Jul 04:09 UTCM 0.9 - [info]Ruapehu (11 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 8 Jul 02:12 UTCM 1.0 / 68.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 8 Jul 01:38 UTCM 0.9 / 3.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km) New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3*10^9 J (822 KWh / 0.707 tons of TNT) [learn more]

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