Earthquake swarms near Kawerau and Taupo
Earthquake swarms are typical of the earthquake activity in the Rotorua-Taupo area, the Taupo Volcanic Zone. In the last week they have occurred near Kawerau and Taupo.
The M7.1 Īnangahua earthquake - 50 years ago today
On May 24th 1968 at 5:24 in the morning a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the West Coast of the South Island.
How many GeoNet staff does it take to upgrade a network site?
When you get a Science Operation Specialist, a Data Management Specialist, two Field Operation Technicians, myself…and when there’s nice weather and a helicopter involved – you’d be surprised
The current eruption of Kīlauea: could it happen in Auckland?
The ongoing eruption in Hawai'i this week allows us the chance to think about a similar event here in New Zealand.
The Grand Canyon of Rotorua – a subterranean landslide in volcanic soil along an earthquake fault
The heavy rain in Rotorua District over the weekend created and reactivated several collapse holes. We have a look at how these things form.
Never miss a GeoNet news story again
We’ve added a new feature to the GeoNet Apple (iOS) and Android apps so you can be notified as soon as we write a news story.
Improvements to earthquake plots for the volcano team arrive on the GeoNet website
Much of the information and tools that our duty teams use is exactly the same as what you see on the GeoNet website. The volcano team have recently updated the way they view earthquakes near our active volcanoes, resulting in a new look for earthquake data
Upcoming CWB Switch-Off is about keeping up with global best practice
We are constantly modernising our seismic data services here at GeoNet to keep up-to-date with international standards. GeoNet’s CWB is reaching its End-Of-Life and will be replaced with FDSN web services by 31 July.
Tech Tales: Tim and Kris' Raoul Island Odyssey
Raoul Island provides a ‘network node’ that is fundamental to GeoNet’s data quality, but it throws GeoNet’s technical team plenty of logistical challenges when it comes to site maintenance.
White Island (Whakaari); Crater Lake reforming and an earthquake swarm. Overall the volcano remains quiet.
GeoNet monitoring teams visited White Island last week and found it quiet. Over the weekend a small earthquake swarm has occurred nearby. No changes in activity are apparent after the swarm.