2009

Archived news articles from 2009.

Jan 1 2009 - Principal earthquakes of New Zealand in 2008
With a total of 26 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 and greater, the largest of which was a magnitude 6.0, and with few damaging earthquakes, 2008 could be considered a relatively quiet year seismically.
Jan 12 2009 - Volcanic activity in New Zealand 2008
2008 was a quiet year for New Zealand's volcanoes with no eruptions.
Jan 14 2009 - December roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Feb 10 2009 - January roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Mar 9 2009 - February roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Mar 16 2009 - New view of Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe
A new volcano camera has been installed to the east of Tongariro National Park.
Mar 23 2009 - GeoNet News, Issue 11
The latest issue of our newsletter "GeoNet News" is released today.
Apr 7 2009 - March roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
May 7 2009 - April roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
May 25 2009 - Raoul Island comes online
The GeoNet team have just returned from Raoul Island where they installed two tsunami gauges, two seismograph sites, a GPS receiver and various volcano monitoring instruments, including a volcano webcam and remote lake level and temperature sensors.
Jun 8 2009 - May roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Jun 27 2009 - Turangi area seismicity
A swarm of earthquakes has been occurring west of Turangi at the southern end of Lake Taupo.
Jul 14 2009 - June roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Jul 16 2009 - Fiordland quake biggest for 80 years
The earthquake which struck the Fiordland region in the evening of Wednesday July 15 was the biggest since the Buller and Hawke's Bay earthquakes of 1929 and 1931.
Jul 21 2009 - Dino's new home
The camera housing on White Island has been relocated.
Aug 10 2009 - July roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Sep 11 2009 - August roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Sep 30 2009 - Samoa Islands earthquake
At 6:48 am New Zealand Time (17:48 UTC) this morning, a large, shallow earthquake occurred in the Samoa Islands region.
Oct 10 2009 - Wellington earthquake
On October 10 2009 at 6:02 pm a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred 20 km north-west of Wellington.
Oct 16 2009 - September roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Oct 23 2009 - More data resources
We are pleased to unveil a number of new data resources for both researchers and web developers alike.
Oct 29 2009 - Dino's in the clear!
A permanent replacement webcam for the White Island Factory camera has been installed in a new housing.
Nov 12 2009 - October roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Nov 19 2009 - Palmerston North earthquake
This morning's magnitude 5.1 earthquake just after 7:00 am was centred south of Palmerston North at a depth of 40 km and was widely felt throughout the lower North Island. An aftershock of magnitude 4.3 occurred about an hour later.
Nov 24 2009 - GeoNet is now on Twitter
As part of the GeoNet project’s aim to spread hazard information as widely as possible, we now automatically post the latest earthquake information, GeoNet News articles and volcanic alerts, to Twitter.
Dec 3 2009 - GNS Science seeks Systems Administrator for GeoNet
GNS Science is seeking an experienced Linux systems administrator to maintain and develop the core systems used by GeoNet.
Dec 9 2009 - Bringing you a faster GeoNet website
The GeoNet website development team share some of the techniques they've recently used to decrease page response time during and after major earthquakes.
Dec 9 2009 - Wanganui Basin earthquake
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred this morning at 11:09 am.
Dec 15 2009 - November roundup
Last month's progress and news within the GeoNet project.
Dec 16 2009 - Dusky Sound aftershock recorders retrieved
The six temporary seismometers deployed in Fiordland following the July 15 Dusky Sound earthquake have now been collected. Their data are being used for further analysis of the aftershock sequence.