Minor volcanic unrest continues at Mt Ruapehu as lake remains cool. Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1.
Map and search of GeoNet sensor networks that deliver high-rate-data. Use the date search filter to see sensors that were operating in the past. More detailed station/sensor information can be ...
The 1855 earthquake is the most severe earthquake to have occurred in New Zealand since systematic European colonisation began in 1840.
The timestamp shown at the top right of the seismograph drum shown above is the time when this image was last refreshed. The previous four hours (240 minutes) of seismic signals (also known as traces) ...
The NZ Volcanic Alert Level system is based on 6 levels and is intended to describe the current status of each active volcano. People who need volcano related information ranges from local residents, ...
The timestamp shown at the top right of the images is the time when the images were last refreshed. The previous 36 hours of sea level variations from all operational sites are displayed, oldest to ...
Events in GeoNet's catalogue from 2012 are determined using the SeisComP earthquake analysis system. It features two location techniques, LocSAT and NonLinLoc. Since 2023 GeoNet upgraded seiscomp3 to ...
GeoNet collects information about the intensity of shaking that people experienced during an earthquake. There have been a few different varieties of reports in the history of collecting this data.
Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake is a Crown entity, which operates a national natural disaster insurance scheme for homeowners. An important part of Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake’s work ...
We get asked two questions a lot: what is an earthquake forecast and why do I need to know about them? GNS Science has been producing earthquake forecasts since the late 1990s, but it wasn’t until the ...
New Zealanders live on the edge. Depending on their location, it might be the edge of the Australian Plate or it might be the edge of the Pacific Plate. The active Pacific-Australian Plate boundary ...
Waveform data from GeoNet's seismic, acoustic and tidal gauge instruments can be requested through the following service: ...