Oct 1 1995, 10:00 am - Ruapehu Volcano

Situation Summary

As of 10:00 the situational status is:

• From 20:00 to 00:00 there was an increase in the volcanic tremor levels, but the level attained was lower than those experienced in the past few days. No discrete eruption-related earthquakes have been recorded since 01:00 30 September.

• No observations of the summit have been made because conditions are not suitable for observational flights.

• No reports of eruptive activity have been received. The last lahar producing event was the 08:40 event on 29 September (some 49 hours ago) and the last explosive eruption 01:00 30 September (31 hours ago).

• The rainfall today may produce sediment-loaded runoff in most catchments.

Conclusions and Alert Status

The Alert Level for Ruapehu remains at Level 4.

B.J. Scott (for C.J.N. Wilson)
Volcanology Programme Manager