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Kaimai Volcano

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 08:00 GMT -
Volcanic field 564 m / 1850 ft
New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Kaimai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)

Latest nearby earthquakes

TimeMag. / DepthDistance / Location
Mar 29, 06:08 pm (Auckland)
Mar 29, 05:08 GMT
2.9

183 km
5 km (3.1 mi) to the SW New Zealand Info
Thursday, March 28, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 28, 07:50 pm (Auckland)
Mar 28, 06:50 GMT
3.4

268 km
14 km (8.6 mi) to the W New Zealand, 44 km north of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty
I FELT IT
Info
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 27, 12:50 pm (Auckland)
Mar 26, 23:50 GMT
3.1

227 km
24 km (15 mi) to the W New Zealand
I FELT IT
Info
Friday, March 15, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 16, 11:01 am (Auckland)
Mar 15, 22:01 GMT
2.9

132 km
27 km (17 mi) to the E New Zealand Info
Sunday, March 24, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 25, 11:20 am (Auckland)
Mar 24, 22:20 GMT
2.6

186 km
30 km (18 mi) to the NE New Zealand Info
Thursday, March 21, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 22, 10:03 am (Auckland)
Mar 21, 21:03 GMT
2.6

153 km
26 km (16 mi) to the S New Zealand Info

Background

The Kaimai area contains eight major outcrops of Pliocene and lower Pleistocene rhyolites (Skinner 1986). Houghton (1994 pers. comm.) found no evidence for Pleistocene domes at Kaimai.
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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