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Latest news:

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) (45 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Wed, 18 Jul 03:15 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Wed, 18 Jul
Wed, 18 Jul 01:32 UTCM 0.3 / 8.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul (10 earthquakes)
Tue, 17 Jul 15:16 UTCM 0.4 / 8.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (6 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 15:16 UTCM 1.3 / 20.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 14:58 UTCM 1.6 / 20.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 14:51 UTCM 1.5 / 17.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 12:47 UTCM 1.1 / 13.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (12 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 11:57 UTCM 0.3 / 5.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (5 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 11:46 UTCM 0.7 / 12.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (13 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:34 UTCM 0.6 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:34 UTCM 0.9 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:31 UTCM 0.8 / 9.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (8 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul
Mon, 16 Jul 19:48 UTCM 0.7 / 18.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 13:51 UTCM 1.1 / 41.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (32 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 08:56 UTCM 1.6 / 17.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 06:25 UTCM 0.8 / 5.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 06:25 UTCM 0.4 / 5.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul
Sun, 15 Jul 21:46 UTCM 2.0 / 19.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (39 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 18:48 UTCM 1.8 / 45.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (33 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 14:58 UTCM 2.1 / 19.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (39 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 11:22 UTCM 2.3 / 10.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 01:54 UTCM 1.5 / 16 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul (10 earthquakes)
Sat, 14 Jul 17:38 UTCM 2.3 / 81.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 10:02 UTCM 0.7 / 39.7 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (13 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 10:02 UTCM 1.5 / 39.7 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (13 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:42 UTCM 1.8 / 17 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:36 UTCM 1.1 / 5.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (4 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:29 UTCM 1.0 / 11.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 04:27 UTCM 0.5 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 04:27 UTCM 0.9 / 14.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 01:49 UTCM 1.1 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 00:37 UTCM 1.8 / 58.9 km - [info]Taupo (14 km) - New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul (7 earthquakes)
Fri, 13 Jul 22:52 UTCM 1.2 / 135.3 km - [info]Tongariro (18 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 22:52 UTCM 2.0 / 135.3 km - [info]Tongariro (18 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 20:36 UTCM 0.5 / 5.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (11 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 13:45 UTCM 1.1 / 5.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (19 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 10:52 UTCM 1.5 / 105.3 km - [info]Tongariro (2 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 10:52 UTCM 2.3 / 110.9 km - [info]Tongariro (6 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 05:47 UTCM 0.5 / 5.1 km - [info]Tongariro (1 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Jul
Thu, 12 Jul 22:39 UTCM 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Jul 05:35 UTCM 0.6 / 5.1 km - [info]Tongariro (5 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 11 Jul
Wed, 11 Jul 11:58 UTCM 2.7 / 105.3 km - [info] (33 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 11 Jul 11:38 UTCM 1.0 / 72 km - [info]Ruapehu (7 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 11 Jul 11:38 UTCM 1.5 / 71.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (7 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 11 Jul 08:43 UTCM 3.6 / 36.6 km - [info] (34 km)New Zealand
I FELT IT		[Map]GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 11 Jul 07:37 UTCM 1.6 / 51.9 km - [info]Tongariro (20 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
 

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