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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) (58 quakes)

 | latest | archive: show
Earthquake depth plot Updated: Fri, 23 Jun 15:45 UTC (GMT)
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocationMapSource
Fri, 23 Jun
Fri, 23 Jun 14:07 UTCM 0.8 / 16.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (15 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 22 Jun
Thu, 22 Jun 08:15 UTCM 1.2 / 15.5 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (28 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 22 Jun 08:15 UTCM 0.8 / 15.5 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (28 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 22 Jun 06:14 UTCM 1.3 / 16.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (28 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 22 Jun 04:13 UTCM 1.3 / 21.4 km - [info] (30 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun (9 earthquakes)
Wed, 21 Jun 16:07 UTCM 1.3 / 33.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 16:07 UTCM 0.7 / 33.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 13:47 UTCM 0.8 / 35.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 13:28 UTCM 0.4 / 20.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 10:13 UTCM 1.0 / 19.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 10:13 UTCM 0.7 / 19.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (24 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 04:01 UTCM 2.7 / 79.1 km - [info]Tongariro (11 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 04:01 UTCM 1.5 / 79.1 km - [info]Tongariro (11 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 21 Jun 03:03 UTCM 2.7 / 20.2 km - [info] (40 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun (10 earthquakes)
Tue, 20 Jun 23:56 UTCM 1.4 / 9.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (5 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 21:51 UTCM 1.6 / 94.5 km - [info]Tongariro (17 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 21:51 UTCM 2.6 / 100.2 km - [info]Tongariro (18 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 21:22 UTCM 1.6 / 64.1 km - [info]Taupo (21 km) - New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 11:46 UTCM 0.7 / 14.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 11:46 UTCM 0.9 / 17.4 km - [info]Ruapehu (23 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 05:58 UTCM 0.8 / 33.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 02:15 UTCM 0.6 / 6.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 01:58 UTCM 3.1 / 117.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km)New Zealand
I FELT IT
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 20 Jun 00:21 UTCM 0.9 / 5.2 km - [info]Tongariro (22 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun (13 earthquakes)
Mon, 19 Jun 21:11 UTCM 1.0 / 16 km - [info]Ruapehu (25 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 19:18 UTCM 1.4 / 90.3 km - [info]Tongariro (29 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 19:17 UTCM 0.3 / 8 km - [info]Ruapehu (6 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 18:42 UTCM 0.8 / 12 km - [info] (30 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 18:03 UTCM 0.8 / 17.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 18:03 UTCM 0.6 / 17.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 17:44 UTCM 1.1 / 12.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (21 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 17:43 UTCM 0.5 / 6.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (23 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 12:56 UTCM 0.6 / 5.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 08:34 UTCM 0.9 / 9.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 04:37 UTCM 0.4 / 14.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (22 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 02:49 UTCM 0.6 / 5.5 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (26 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 19 Jun 00:10 UTCM 0.7 / 10.3 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (12 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun (11 earthquakes)
Sun, 18 Jun 18:14 UTCM 1.2 / 5.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (1 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 17:37 UTCM 0.6 / 8.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 16:10 UTCM 1.4 / 16 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (29 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 12:29 UTCM 1.3 / 14.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (27 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 08:37 UTCM 0.5 / 5.7 km - [info]Ruapehu (18 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 05:27 UTCM 2.1 / 100.6 km - [info]Tongariro (14 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 05:27 UTCM 1.3 / 100.6 km - [info]Tongariro (14 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 04:50 UTCM 0.4 / 5.1 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (19 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 03:44 UTCM 1.7 / 65.9 km - [info]Taupo (14 km) - New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 03:43 UTCM 0.7 / 9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 18 Jun 01:55 UTCM 0.4 / 14.1 km - [info]Ruapehu (6 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun (7 earthquakes)
Sat, 17 Jun 21:27 UTCM 0.2 / 6.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (9 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 13:06 UTCM 2.0 / 67.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (14 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 12:17 UTCM 1.6 / 60.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (32 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 12:17 UTCM 1.2 / 60.3 km - [info]Ruapehu (32 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 12:17 UTCM 0.6 / 81.9 km - [info]Ngauruhoe (29 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 02:51 UTCM 0.1 / 8 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 17 Jun 00:56 UTCM 0.8 / 9.5 km - [info]Ruapehu (17 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 16 Jun
Fri, 16 Jun 20:01 UTCM 1.3 / 80.9 km - [info]Tongariro (10 km) - North Island, New ZealandNew Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 16 Jun 17:29 UTCM 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]Ruapehu (16 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 16 Jun 17:09 UTCM 0.9 / 14.6 km - [info]Ruapehu (20 km)New Zealand
[Map]		GEONET (NZ)

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