2007

Archived news articles from 2007.

Jan 1 2007 - Principal Earthquakes of New Zealand in 2006
A summary of New Zealand's earthquake activity in 2006.
Jan 16 2007 - Volcanic Activity in New Zealand 2006
In contrast to the last few years, New Zealand's volcanoes were more active in 2006 with small eruptions from two of them (Raoul Island and Ruapehu) and signs of unrest at one other (Ngauruhoe). The filling of crater lakes at White Island and Ruapehu has also been changing the potential hazards at these volcanoes.
Feb 12 2007 - GeoNet News, Issue 7
The latest issue of our newsletter "GeoNet News" is released today.
Feb 15 2007 - White Island Activity
White Island Crater Lake reaches 74 ºC and lake drops 6 m; minor eruptions possible.
Feb 22 2007 - Hauraki Gulf Earthquake Shake Up Aucklanders
The effects of three tremors which shook Auckland last night.
Feb 27 2007 - Edgecumbe Earthquake, Twenty Years On
How earthquake monitoring in the Bay of Plenty has changed since the Edgecumbe earthquake of March 1987.
Mar 18 2007 - Ruapehu Lahar
The Ruapehu lahar broke out today.
Apr 16 2007 - GeoNet Website Redesigned
The GeoNet website has been redesigned and was released on April 12 2007.
May 11 2007 - Renewed Earthquake Activity Near Matata
Since November of last year, many small earthquakes have been occurring near Matata on the Bay of Plenty coast, west of Whakatane.
Jul 30 2007 - GeoNet scoops a Computerworld Award!
The GeoNet Project has earned an award at the finals of the Computerworld Excellence Awards 2007.
Aug 22 2007 - GeoNet News, Issue 8
The latest issue of our newsletter "GeoNet News" is released today.
Sep 26 2007 - Mt Ruapehu erupts, scientists to visit summit
Mt Ruapehu erupts, scientists to visit summit to access the extent of last nights eruption.
Sep 26 2007 - Mt Ruapehu eruption images
Images from a flight over the summit of Mt Ruapehu early today show the extent of last night's eruption.
Sep 27 2007 - Mt Ruapehu sampling trip
Scientists from GNS Science and the Department of Conservation made a brief visit to the Dome at Mt Ruapehu today to collect rock samples from Tuesday night’s eruption.
Sep 27 2007 - Young River landslide response
Team of scientists to assess landslide dam-break threat in the Makarora Valley.
Sep 28 2007 - Mt Ruapehu eruption summary
Mt Ruapehu erupted on Tuesday evening at 8:26 pm. Following are summaries of various aspects of the eruption.
Sep 30 2007 - Mt Ruapehu volcanic earthquake
Volcanic earthquake recorded on Saturday night.
Sep 30 2007 - Young River landslide images
A team of scientists has visited the Makarora valley to assess the dam-break threat posed by a landslide dam blocking the Young River.
Sep 30 2007 - No tsunami threat to New Zealand
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has occurred south of New Zealand. No destructive tsunami is expected.
Oct 2 2007 - Young River update
Updated information for the Young River landslide dam.
Oct 4 2007 - Mt Ruapehu activity update
GNS scientists are continuing to monitor the activity at Ruapehu since the eruption last week on September 25.
Oct 4 2007 - Young River camera deployed
Scientists from GNS Science have installed a camera and other monitoring equipment in the Young River valley.
Oct 5 2007 - Young River update
Updated information for the Young River landslide dam.
Oct 9 2007 - Ruapehu Alert Level now Level 1
GNS scientists have continued to monitor the activity at Ruapehu since the eruption on September 25. As no further eruptions have occurred since then the Alert Level is now being lowered to Level 1, said Brad Scott.
Oct 9 2007 - Young River update
The lake reached the dam crest level at approximately 8.00 pm on Friday October 5 and water has been flowing across the top of the dam since.
Oct 16 2007 - Fiordland shaken again
The lower South Island once again felt the tremors from a large earthquake off the coast of Fiordland in the vicinity of George Sound. The magnitude 6.7 quake struck at 1:29 am on Tuesday morning and smaller aftershocks are expected to continue for days.
Oct 18 2007 - Young River update
Summary of activities.
Oct 24 2007 - Previously unknown earthquakes at White Island detected
A new earthquake sensor recently installed at White Island volcano by the GeoNet project has shown previously unknown earthquakes that it is hoped will help to unravel what drives eruptions at the volcano.
Nov 2 2007 - Bringing you the "shaky isles"
The GeoNet website home page now features a near real-time shaking intensity map. Within minutes of feeling an earthquake you can see which parts of the country were affected and the impact it's had upon the community.
Nov 9 2007 - Young River update
Summary of activities.
Dec 13 2007 - Update on Matata
Since 2005 GeoNet has being recording many earthquakes in the Matata region. We have also installed a new permanent site just to the west of Matata so we can get better information. We have now located over 2,300 earthquakes in the sequence.
Dec 21 2007 - East Coast damaged by offshore quake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck last night at 8:55 pm on Thursday, December 20. Damage to chimneys and buildings has occurred at several places along the East Coast, particularly Gisborne. Experience with this type of earthquake suggests only a weak aftershock sequence will follow.