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The volcano erupted on 9 December 2019 at 2:11 pm local time (01:11 UTC). [3] The ash plume rose 3.7 kilometres (12,000 ft) into the air. [27]It was initially believed that there were about 100 tourists on or near the island when the eruption took place; later, this figure was revised to 47 people who were on the island at the time. [28]
The island is New Zealand's most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years. [4] The nearest mainland towns are Whakatāne and Tauranga. The island has been in a nearly continuous stage of releasing volcanic gas at least since it was sighted by James Cook in 1769. Whakaari erupted ...
In New Zealand, Volcano Alert Bulletins (VABs) are the official source of warnings and alerts including current Volcanic Alert Level (VAL), [1] intended to inform stakeholder agencies, authorities, and the public about emergencies so they can take action.
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupō, fills the caldera formed in this eruption. Taupō's most recent major eruption, the Taupō or Hatepe eruption, took place around 232 CE, and is New Zealand's largest eruption since Oruanui. [5] It ejected some 120 km 3 of material (rating 7 on the VEI scale), [6] with around 30 km 3 ejected in just a few ...
The Volcanic Alert Level for Taupō Volcano was raised to Volcanic Alert Level 1 (minor volcanic unrest) on 20 September 2022. [33] While no witnessed eruptive event has been recorded from Taupō, there have been seventeen episodes of volcanic unrest since 1872, with the most recent being in 2019 and 2022–2023. [6]
The Maroa Caldera (Maroa Volcanic Centre) is approximately 16 km × 25 km (9.9 mi × 15.5 mi) in size and is located in the north-east corner of the earlier Whakamaru caldera in the Taupō Volcanic Zone in the North Island of New Zealand. Volcanic activity in the caldera commenced over 300,000 years ago and the most recent volcanic eruption ...
Auckland volcanic field: 260: 853: 1421 Bombay Hills (part of the South Auckland volcanic field) 379--550,000 years ago Kārewa / Gannet Island---500,000 years ago Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field: 388: 1273
The volcanic activity in the South Island of New Zealand terminated 5 million years ago as the more northern parts of the North Island became extremely volcanically active. . The South Islands surface geology reflects the uplift of the Pacific plate as it collides with the Indo-Australian plate along the Alpine Fault over the last 12 million years and the termination of subduction, about 100 ...