34 quakes Mag. 1+

7 quakes Mag. 2+

Number of quakes vs long-term average, past 7 days
Earthquake activity near average

Latest quakes near Taupo volcano in the past 7 days - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 23, 2024 18:49 GMT - refresh

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

In the past 7 days, Taupo volcano has had 34 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.4:

7 quakes above magnitude 2
27 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Showing most recent quakes and quakes magnitude 0.5 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (34 quakes):

Latest quakes near Taupo volcano in the past 7 days - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 24, 04:15 am (Auckland)	1.4 98 km	28 km (18 mi) to the W	40 km southwest of Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand	Info
Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 22, 06:50 am (Auckland)	1.7 103 km	18 km (11 mi) to the NW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 21, 08:34 pm (Auckland)	1.6 48 km	24 km (15 mi) to the SE	New Zealand	Info
Saturday, April 20, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 21, 05:11 am (Auckland)	1.6 71 km	23 km (15 mi) to the W	New Zealand	Info
Apr 20, 06:11 pm (Auckland)	1.5 5.7 km	18 km (11 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Friday, April 19, 2024 GMT (4 quakes)
Apr 20, 08:51 am (Auckland)	1.9 62 km	5.2 km (3.2 mi) to the E	New Zealand	Info
Apr 20, 02:12 am (Auckland)	1.3 10.1 km	1.8 km (1.1 mi) to the NW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 20, 02:04 am (Auckland)	1.7 83 km	28 km (17 mi) to the N	New Zealand	Info
Apr 19, 12:12 pm (Auckland)	1.9 62 km	21 km (13 mi) to the S	New Zealand	Info
Thursday, April 18, 2024 GMT (6 quakes)
Apr 18, 10:02 pm (Auckland)	1.6 5 km	20 km (13 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Apr 18, 10:00 pm (Auckland)	2.1 5 km	20 km (12 mi) to the NE	New Zealand 1 report	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.4 x 10⁹ joules (401 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.345 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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Number of quakes per year

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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 1,100 quakes on average per year near Taupo volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.19 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.3 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 2.8 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 32.9 quakes per year (or 2.7 quakes per month)
Mag. 2 or higher: 357 quakes per year (or 29.7 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 1,000 quakes per year (or 2.8 quakes per day)

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Taupo volcano (North Island, New Zealand) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 24 May-30 May 2023 (Continuing Activity)

GeoNet reported that earthquake activity and ground deformation at Taupo declined during January-April and returned to background levels in May. The Volcanic Alert Level was lowered to 0 (the lowest level on a six-level scale) on 30 May and the Aviation Color Code remained at Green (the lowest level on a four-color scale). Unrest at the volcano started in early May 2022; during the year there were just over 1,800 earthquakes located beneath the volcano along with ground deformation both on the lake floor and around the lake. ... Read all

Wed, 31 May 2023, 06:17