Three hours ago New Zealand’s GNS science issued a fresh alert for Whakaari or White Island, a volcano that lies a mere 30 miles off the north east coast of the North Island. Increased volcanic activity has come at a time when New Zealand has been experiencing swarms of earthquakes, the strongest of which were two shallow quakes near to…
Hours after a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Opotiki rocked the Bay of Plenty, it has been revealed that magma is bubbling high within the Mount Tongariro volcano. Tests have revealed that magma is bubbling high inside Mount Tongariro, which could suggest a larger eruption is imminent. A series of samples have been tested since the volcano’s Te Mari crater erupted…
The quake drum at Tongariro is showing evidence of another rumble beneath the volcano this evening, shown as the small red blip at the bottom of the chart below. Last night’s eruption can be seen in the trace at the top of the chart. The tremor was also picked up on the Outere Drum which…
The North Island’s Mount Tongariro (Mount Doom of the Lord of the Rings movies) has erupted and an ash cloud is headed east. Ash deposits were later found to contain Fluorine which is toxic and often used in pesticides (including 1080: Sodium monofluoroacetate) If further falls of greater than 2 mm (0.08 of an inch) are…
Update 7 August 2012. For a full update to this story click here Mount Tongariro Erupts ash cloud headed east. Scientists are saying that the activity could continue for months, even years after the volcano had lain dormant for almost 100 years. Civil Defence has said that volcanic activity may threaten Waikato, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne,…
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