Thread: Alert level raised on New Zealand's giant Taupo volcano

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Geonet says the eruption was the largest on the planet in the past 5,000 years.

Damn, time to move back to Singapore

Just after Ant started that monster muscle car.


Not a coincidence imho.

A slightly more moderate explanation.

New Zealand raises volcano alert level for Lake Taupo after 700 small earthquakes are detected

Posted 23h ago23 hours ago, updated 22h ago22 hours ago

Lake Taupo, located in New Zealand's North Island, is the country's largest lake.(Reuters: Mike Hutchings/File)

New Zealand scientists have increased the alert level for a volcano below the country's biggest lake, which caused the largest eruption on Earth in the past 5,000 years when it last exploded about 1,800 years ago.
Key points:

• GeoNet says it has detected almost 700 small earthquakes below Lake Taupo
• It has raised the volcanic alert level to 1 from 0 on a system based on six escalating levels of activity
• The Taupo volcano last erupted around 200 BC, devastating a large area of central North Island

In a statement, geological agency GeoNet said it had detected almost 700 small earthquakes below Lake Taupo, the caldera created by the giant volcano, and had raised the volcanic alert level to 1 — minor volcanic unrest — from 0.
The volcanic alert system is based on six escalating levels, but GeoNet notes that eruptions may occur at any level, and levels may not move in sequence as activity can change rapidly.
The Taupo volcano spewed more than 100 cubic kilometres of material into the atmosphere when it last erupted around 200 AD, devastating a large area of New Zealand's central North Island in a period before human habitation.

GeoNet says the eruption was the largest on the planet in the past 5,000 years.

Earthquakes 'could continue'

The agency added while it was the first time it had raised the Taupo Volcano alert level to 1, it was not the first time there had been activity, and said the chance of an eruption remained very low.
"The earthquakes and deformation could continue for the coming weeks or months," it said.
New Zealand straddles the boundary between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates and experiences significant volcanism and earthquakes.
In 2019, White Island, as known as Whakaari, suddenly erupted, spewing steam and ash, killing 22 people and seriously injuring 25 others, mostly tourists.


https://www. abc. net.au/news/2022-09-20/new-zealand-raises-volcano-alert-lake-taupo/10145857622 hours ago

Lake Taupo, located in New Zealand's North Island, is the country's largest lake.(Reuters: Mike Hutchings/File)

well south of Taupo - a 5.8 quake last night at French Pass, top of the south island/west of Wellington; no damage, no aftershocks

9.07pm, and was centred 30km north-east of French Pass at the top of the South Island, at a depth of 51km, GNS Science said.