12 quakes Mag. 1+

5 quakes Mag. 2+

Number of quakes vs long-term average, past 7 days
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Latest quakes near Rotorua volcano in the past 30 days - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 20:49 GMT - refresh

Find all latest earthquakes near Rotorua volcano in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake near Rotorua volcano, find out which quakes are happening right now!

In the past 7 days, Rotorua volcano has had 12 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.4.

In the past 30 days, Rotorua volcano has had 77 quakes of magnitudes up to 3.2:

3 quakes above magnitude 3
35 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
39 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Showing all recent or significant quakes in the past 30 days, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (77 quakes):

Latest quakes near Rotorua volcano in the past 30 days - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 20, 08:26 am (Auckland)	1.8 149 km	25 km (15 mi) to the W	Waikato, 24 km west of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 20, 12:25 am (Auckland)	1.5 141 km	24 km (15 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 19, 10:40 pm (Auckland)	1.8 145 km	27 km (17 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 19, 02:08 pm (Auckland)	2.3 156 km	6.4 km (4 mi) to the SW	4.8 km northwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 19, 10:57 am (Auckland)	2.1 71 km	29 km (18 mi) to the SW	Waikato, 24 km southwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 19, 04:30 am (Auckland)	1.6 156 km	28 km (17 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (3 quakes)
Apr 18, 10:18 am (Auckland)	2.0 138 km	18 km (11 mi) to the NW	23 km north of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 18, 12:23 am (Auckland)	1.7 105 km	2.1 km (1.3 mi) to the E	New Zealand 1 report	Info
Apr 17, 10:30 pm (Auckland)	2.4 110 km	9.6 km (6 mi) to the SW	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	7.1 km (4.4 mi) to the NW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 16, 01:05 am (Auckland)	2.2 155 km	9.1 km (5.7 mi) to the W	10 km northwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2.1 x 10¹⁰ joules (5.75 megawatt hours, equivalent to 4.95 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 677 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: 34.6 quakes per year (or 2.9 quakes per month)
Mag. 2 or higher: 424 quakes per year (or 35.3 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 677 quakes per year (or 56 quakes per month)

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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