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article: Jul 9 2008 - June highlights

Last month's progress within the GeoNet project.

article: Jun 11 2008 - May highlights

Last month's progress within the GeoNet project.

article: May 26 2008 - Volcano pages revamped

The volcano pages of the GeoNet website have been reviewed and expanded.

article: May 12 2008 - April highlights

Last month's progress within the GeoNet project.

article: Apr 28 2008 - Tsunami data on the website

Sea level data recorded by the New Zealand Tsunami Monitoring Network is now available on the website, and a plot showing the recordings of the last 36 hours can be viewed.

article: Apr 16 2008 - GeoNet on your mobile

Hazards information is now available in mobile and PDA-friendly form on the "mobile" GeoNet website.

article: Apr 1 2008 - Young River update

Monitoring of the young river landslide dam and lake continues.

article: Feb 20 2008 - Isoseismal maps estimate the impact

The modelled effects of an earthquake are shown on the new isoseismal map. It can be found on the "maps" tab of any earthquake report.

article: Feb 5 2008 - GeoNet News, Issue 9

The latest issue of our newsletter "GeoNet News" is released today.

article: Jan 14 2008 - Volcanic Activity in New Zealand 2007

As in 2006 New Zealand’s volcanoes were again active in 2007 with a moderate to large eruption from Ruapehu and signs of unrest at two others (Ngauruhoe and White Island). The dam break event at Ruapehu was also a key event during the year.

article: Jan 1 2008 - Principal earthquakes of New Zealand in 2007

Despite the occurrence of two earthquakes of magnitude over 6.5, 2007 was statistically speaking an average year for earthquakes in New Zealand, with 26 events of magnitude 5.0 or greater. A total of 504 events were reported felt through the GeoNet website during the year.