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Latest quakes near Rotorua volcano in the past 24 hours on Friday, March 29, 2024 - list, stats and map

Overview

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 07:11 GMT -
In the past 24 hours, Rotorua volcano has had 3 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.9:
  • 2 quakes above magnitude 2
  • 1 quake below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Latest today: Mag. 2.9 Earthquake New Zealand, 17 km S of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty -
Strongest today: Mag. 2.9 Earthquake New Zealand, 17 km S of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty -

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Latest quakes near Rotorua volcano in the past 24 hours on Friday, March 29, 2024 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
DistanceLocationDetailsMap
Mar 29, 06:08 pm (Auckland)
Mar 29, 05:08 GMT
2.9

183 km
28 km (17 mi) to the N New Zealand, 17 km south of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Info
Thursday, March 28, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Mar 29, 06:01 am (Auckland)
Mar 28, 18:01 GMT
2.0

129 km
21 km (13 mi) to the W New Zealand, 18 km west of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Info
Mar 28, 11:57 pm (Auckland)
Mar 28, 10:57 GMT
1.7

144 km
30 km (18 mi) to the SW Waikato, New Zealand, 25 km southwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Info
About these data
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.5 x 109 joules (416 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.358 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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Earthquake statistics

Number of quakes per year

Note:
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 675 quakes on average per year near Rotorua volcano:
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 0.22 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 4.5 years)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 4.1 quakes per year
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 34.4 quakes per year (or 2.9 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 423 quakes per year (or 35.3 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 674 quakes per year (or 56 quakes per month)

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Magnitude and seismic energy over time

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Magnitude and seismic energy over time: Past 90 days
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Magnitude and energy distribution

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Mon, 28 Nov 2016, 18:05

Rotorua volcano (New Zealand): small hydrothermal lake eruption yesterday

Area near yesterday's steam eruption in Rotorua Lake (image: newshub.co.nz / twitter)
A small steam explosion (hydrothermal eruption) occurred yesterday in Lake Rotorua. A fountain of water was seen ejected to about 30 m. [read more]. ... Read all
Wed, 23 Nov 2016, 06:00

Rotorua volcano (North Island, New Zealand) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 23 November-29 November 2016 (New Activity / Unrest)

GeoNet reported a small hydrothermal eruption in Lake Rotorua on 28 November, and noted that the occurrence was not unusual. In a news article residents described a geyser that rose 20-30 m above the lake surface. A GNS scientists noted that the last significant steam eruptions in Rotorua occurred about 15 years ago. ... Read all