10 quakes Mag. 1+

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Latest quakes near Okataina (Tarawera) volcano since 2024 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 23, 2024 21:30 GMT - refresh

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In the past 7 days, Okataina (Tarawera) volcano has had 10 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.4.

Since 2024, Okataina (Tarawera) volcano has had 188 quakes of magnitudes up to 3.4:

7 quakes above magnitude 3
86 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
95 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2024, magnitude 1.6 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (157 out of 188 quakes, show more):

Latest quakes near Okataina (Tarawera) volcano since 2024 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 23, 09:40 am (Auckland)	2.2 132 km	27 km (17 mi) to the NW	19 km north of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 23, 03:14 am (Auckland)	1.8 142 km	33 km (20 mi) to the NW	New Zealand	Info
Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 22, 05:48 am (Auckland)	1.6 56 km	14 km (8.7 mi) to the N	27 km northeast of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 21, 11:53 pm (Auckland)	1.9 3.8 km	26 km (16 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Saturday, April 20, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 20, 12:07 pm (Auckland)	1.7 4.4 km	22 km (14 mi) to the E	24 km southwest of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Friday, April 19, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 19, 02:08 pm (Auckland)	2.3 156 km	26 km (16 mi) to the W	4.8 km northwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 19, 04:30 am (Auckland)	1.6 156 km	27 km (17 mi) to the N	33 km southeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (3 quakes)
Apr 18, 11:35 am (Auckland)	1.8 109 km	18 km (11 mi) to the N	New Zealand	Info
Apr 18, 12:23 am (Auckland)	1.7 105 km	18 km (11 mi) to the W	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Apr 17, 10:30 pm (Auckland)	2.4 110 km	26 km (16 mi) to the W	4.1 km west of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Monday, April 15, 2024 GMT (3 quakes)
Apr 16, 03:21 am (Auckland)	1.8 139 km	27 km (17 mi) to the W	New Zealand	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5.1 x 10¹⁰ joules (14.3 megawatt hours, equivalent to 12.3 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 819 quakes on average per year near Okataina (Tarawera) volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.21 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 4.8 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 3.7 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 33 quakes per year (or 2.7 quakes per month)
Mag. 2 or higher: 458 quakes per year (or 38.2 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 815 quakes per year (or 68 quakes per month)

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Okataina volcano (North Island, New Zealand) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 15 June-21 June 2016 (New Activity / Unrest)

GeoNet reported that the Mud Rift feature at Okataina's Waimangu Geothermal area erupted during 17-20 May, the first time since 1989. The Mud Rift geothermal vent formed in 1906 in the Raupo Pond Crater (one of multiple craters which formed in June 1886) and is 36 m long, 5-6 m wide, and 15 m deep. The steam-driven events mostly ejected fine sand and mud, and there was abundant evidence of fluids flooding into the rift, especially at the W end. ... Read all

Fri, 16 Jan 2015, 12:05