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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) (35 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plotUpdated: Tue, 22 Jan 01:58 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Tue, 22 Jan
Tue, 22 Jan 01:02 UTCM 0.6 / 5.2 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (17 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 21 Jan
Mon, 21 Jan 14:39 UTCM 2.2 / 54.7 km - [info]Taupo (26 km) - New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 21 Jan 14:39 UTCM 1.5 / 56.4 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 19 Jan
Sat, 19 Jan 16:24 UTCM 2.8 / 116.6 km - [info]Taupo (23 km) - New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 19 Jan 03:27 UTCM 3.1 / 21.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (28 km)New Zealand
I FELT IT
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 19 Jan 03:27 UTCM 1.6 / 21.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (28 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan (8 earthquakes)
Fri, 18 Jan 17:16 UTCM 0.7 / 5.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 16:40 UTCM 1.5 / 117.4 km - [info]Tongariro (23 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 11:34 UTCM 0.4 / 5.4 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (8 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 11:34 UTCM 1.0 / 13.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 11:17 UTCM 2.1 / 59.4 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 10:27 UTCM 2.2 / 129.7 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (8 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 08:28 UTCM 1.5 / 53.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 18 Jan 05:36 UTCM 2.2 / 34.1 km - [info] (34 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan (6 earthquakes)
Thu, 17 Jan 22:43 UTCM 0.6 / 5 km - [info]Tongariro (3 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan 22:42 UTCM 1.0 / 5.1 km - [info]Tongariro (3 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan 22:35 UTCM 0.8 / 12.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan 18:47 UTCM 0.8 / 4.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (1 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan 03:54 UTCM 0.7 / 35.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 17 Jan 03:54 UTCM 1.5 / 97.8 km - [info] (46 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan (14 earthquakes)
Wed, 16 Jan 22:55 UTCM 1.1 / 29.8 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 22:55 UTCM 0.4 / 32.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 22:55 UTCM 0.7 / 58.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (10 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 20:30 UTCM 0.8 / 10 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 20:30 UTCM 1.2 / 10.6 km - [info] (45 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 17:51 UTCM 1.1 / 5 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 15:47 UTCM 2.3 / 86.6 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (13 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 15:38 UTCM 0.9 / 5.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 14:58 UTCM 1.4 / 9.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (28 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 07:40 UTCM 1.2 / 30.3 km - [info] (32 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 07:40 UTCM 1.5 / 56.9 km - [info] (32 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 04:53 UTCM 1.1 / 6.9 km - [info]Tongariro (17 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 04:16 UTCM 1.0 / 111.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 16 Jan 04:16 UTCM 2.9 / 111.9 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 15 Jan
Tue, 15 Jan 09:31 UTCM 1.7 / 5 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (26 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
 

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