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)
New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kaimai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / 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.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information