Minor volcanic unrest continues at Mt Ruapehu as lake remains cool. Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1.

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 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) ...

Waveform data from GeoNet's seismic, acoustic and tidal gauge instruments can be requested through the following service: ...

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 ...

The tsunami that was caused by a M 9 earthquake in Chile hit the shores of New Zealand in the early hours of 15 August, taking 15 hours to arrive here. The tsunami and earthquake killed thousands of ...

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 ...

Felt earthquake reports are quantified using the New Zealand Modified Mercalli (MM) intensity scale. The MM scale grades the impact of an earthquake on people living on the earth's surface, and so can ...

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.

A selection of dramatic images from New Zealand's volcanic centres. Green Lake, Raoul Island. Macauley Island, Kermadecs. After the March 2006 eruption, Raoul Island ...

Monitoring active volcanoes requires the use of several complementary techniques to ‘take the pulse of a volcano’. Collectively, this is known as volcano monitoring. The techniques we use to monitor ...

In November 2017, Scientists from Japan, Taiwan, and USA met with our scientists to estimate the chance of a large earthquake occurring in central New Zealand (the area in the yellow box below) ...