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Tongariro volcano (New Zealand): alert level lowered back to green

Sunday, Aug 23, 2015

On 19 August GeoNet reported that activity at Tongariro's Te Maari Craters had declined significantly since the eruption in 2012, with data suggesting that unrest associated with the eruption was over. ... [more]

Tongariro volcano (New Zealand): small earthquakes

Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013

During the past two weeks, GeoNet has been recording very small earthquakes beneath the volcano. The quakes were too small to be located but show up on local seismic stations. ... [more]

Tongariro volcano

complex volcano 1978 m / 6,490 ft, North Island, New Zealand, -39.12°S / 175.65°E

Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):

Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (53 quakes)

| latest | archive: show

Updated: Thu, 19 Jul 01:38 UTC (GMT)

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance	Location	Map	Source
Thu, 19 Jul
Thu, 19 Jul 00:52 UTC	M 0.8 / 7.6 km - [info]	Ruapehu (16 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 19 Jul 00:39 UTC	M 0.1 / 5.1 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (5 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 19 Jul 00:13 UTC	M 0.5 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (2 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul (8 earthquakes)
Wed, 18 Jul 22:09 UTC	M 0.4 / 9.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (3 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 14:36 UTC	M 0.9 / 5.9 km - [info]	(36 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 14:36 UTC	M 1.2 / 5.9 km - [info]	(44 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 11:14 UTC	M 1.1 / 19.8 km - [info]	Ruapehu (20 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 08:46 UTC	M 0.4 / 14.8 km - [info]	Ruapehu (12 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 07:25 UTC	M 1.4 / 99.7 km - [info]	Taupo (17 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 06:45 UTC	M 0.7 / 5.1 km - [info]	Ruapehu (16 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Wed, 18 Jul 01:32 UTC	M 0.3 / 8.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (10 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul (11 earthquakes)
Tue, 17 Jul 15:16 UTC	M 0.4 / 8.3 km - [info]	Ruapehu (6 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 15:16 UTC	M 1.3 / 20.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (21 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 14:58 UTC	M 1.6 / 20.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (22 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 14:51 UTC	M 1.5 / 17.4 km - [info]	Ruapehu (25 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 14:08 UTC	M 1.4 / 10.9 km - [info]	Taupo (19 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 12:47 UTC	M 1.1 / 13.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (12 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 11:57 UTC	M 0.3 / 5.9 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (5 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 11:46 UTC	M 0.7 / 12.6 km - [info]	Ruapehu (13 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:34 UTC	M 0.6 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (18 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:34 UTC	M 0.9 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (18 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Tue, 17 Jul 10:31 UTC	M 0.8 / 9.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (8 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul (7 earthquakes)
Mon, 16 Jul 19:48 UTC	M 0.7 / 18.1 km - [info]	Ruapehu (10 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 13:51 UTC	M 1.1 / 41.6 km - [info]	(32 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 11:24 UTC	M 1.1 / 9.9 km - [info]	Taupo (7 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 09:23 UTC	M 2.9 / 129.7 km - [info]	Taupo (20 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 08:56 UTC	M 1.6 / 17.4 km - [info]	Ruapehu (25 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 06:25 UTC	M 0.8 / 5.9 km - [info]	Ruapehu (15 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Mon, 16 Jul 06:25 UTC	M 0.4 / 5.9 km - [info]	Ruapehu (15 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul
Sun, 15 Jul 18:48 UTC	M 1.8 / 45.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (33 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 11:22 UTC	M 2.3 / 10.3 km - [info]	Ruapehu (11 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sun, 15 Jul 01:54 UTC	M 1.5 / 16 km - [info]	Ruapehu (18 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul (10 earthquakes)
Sat, 14 Jul 17:38 UTC	M 2.3 / 81.9 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (25 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 10:02 UTC	M 0.7 / 39.7 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (13 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 10:02 UTC	M 1.5 / 39.7 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (13 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:42 UTC	M 1.8 / 17 km - [info]	Ruapehu (25 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:36 UTC	M 1.1 / 5.1 km - [info]	Ngauruhoe (4 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 07:29 UTC	M 1.0 / 11.8 km - [info]	Ruapehu (18 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 04:27 UTC	M 0.5 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (17 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 04:27 UTC	M 0.9 / 14.1 km - [info]	Ruapehu (21 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 01:49 UTC	M 1.1 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (17 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Sat, 14 Jul 00:37 UTC	M 1.8 / 58.9 km - [info]	Taupo (14 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul (9 earthquakes)
Fri, 13 Jul 22:52 UTC	M 1.2 / 135.3 km - [info]	Tongariro (18 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 22:52 UTC	M 2.0 / 135.3 km - [info]	Tongariro (18 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 20:36 UTC	M 0.5 / 5.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (11 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 13:45 UTC	M 1.1 / 5.5 km - [info]	Ruapehu (19 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 10:52 UTC	M 1.5 / 105.3 km - [info]	Tongariro (2 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 10:52 UTC	M 2.3 / 110.9 km - [info]	Tongariro (6 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 05:47 UTC	M 0.5 / 5.1 km - [info]	Tongariro (1 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 03:38 UTC	M 2.2 / 79.5 km - [info]	Taupo (20 km) - New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Fri, 13 Jul 03:38 UTC	M 3.4 / 104.4 km - [info]	Tongariro (23 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand I FELT IT	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Jul
Thu, 12 Jul 22:39 UTC	M 0.7 / 5.2 km - [info]	Ruapehu (20 km)	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)
Thu, 12 Jul 05:35 UTC	M 0.6 / 5.1 km - [info]	Tongariro (5 km) - North Island, New Zealand	New Zealand	[Map]	GEONET (NZ)

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