Our instruments are currently picking up a slow-slip earthquake occurring near Hawke's Bay. We give an update on what’s happening beneath our feet.
Since mid-October the temperature of Te Wai ā-moe (Ruapehu Crater Lake) has been slowly heating. The current temperature is now around 18-19 °C, from a low of 8 °C in early October. We continue to measure low–moderate volcanic sulphur dioxide (SO₂) gas emissions, and low level of volcanic tremor. An eruption remains unlikely.
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Whakaari / White Island is currently emitting larger steam and gas plumes. Occasional passive emission of volcanic ash has been observed. The volcano is not actively erupting but the current activity could be leading to a new eruptive episode. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at 2 and the Aviation Colour Code is raised to Orange.
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Whakaari / White Island is currently emitting larger steam and gas plumes, but no ash has been detected. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at 2 and the Aviation Colour Code at Yellow.
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Lying approximately 1100 km northeast of Auckland, in the Kermadec Islands, is Raoul Island, the summit of a large active volcano. It is an important geohazard monitoring station for New Zealand and other Pacific nations, well positioned to detect and measure local Kermadec earthquakes and provide us essential insight into the size and arrival-time of tsunami waves.
On December 26, 2004, an M9.2 earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a devastating tsunami that tragically claimed the lives of around 230,000 people and affected 14 countries. This event marked the first major global disaster of the 21st century and remains one of the deadliest in recent history.
Early in the evening of 15 January 2022, Tonga’s Hunga volcano erupted with the largest and most energetic explosion recorded in modern times. The eruption, which occurred at the same time as Cyclone Cody, caused a far-reaching tsunami that impacted our coastlines and booming sounds that were heard across the globe.