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Latest quakes near White Island volcano in the past 30 days - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 24, 2024 07:58 GMT - refresh

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

There were 5 quakes of magnitude 2.0+ near White Island volcano in the past 7 days.

In the past 30 days, White Island volcano has had 36 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.7:

30 quakes above magnitude 2
6 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 (36 quakes):

Latest quakes near White Island volcano in the past 30 days - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 22, 09:44 pm (Auckland)	2.2 34 km	5.5 km (3.4 mi) to the W	South Pacific Ocean, 52 km north of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Saturday, April 20, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 21, 06:26 am (Auckland)	2.1 100 km	24 km (15 mi) to the SW	South Pacific Ocean, 32 km north of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 20, 05:03 pm (Auckland)	2.3 5 km	13 km (7.8 mi) to the SW	South Pacific Ocean, 39 km north of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Friday, April 19, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 20, 01:17 am (Auckland)	2.3 125 km	13 km (8 mi) to the NW	South Pacific Ocean, 86 km east of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Apr 19, 04:24 pm (Auckland)	2.2 94 km	12 km (7.5 mi) to the SW	South Pacific Ocean, 40 km north of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand	Info
Monday, April 15, 2024 GMT (12 quakes)
Apr 16, 01:18 am (Auckland)	2.4 5 km	19 km (12 mi) to the NE	New Zealand	Info
Apr 15, 06:53 pm (Auckland)	1.9 3.5 km	26 km (16 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 15, 06:19 pm (Auckland)	2.5 5 km	22 km (13 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 15, 05:54 pm (Auckland)	2.7 5 km	22 km (14 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 15, 05:33 pm (Auckland)	2.2 5 km	23 km (14 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info
Apr 15, 05:29 pm (Auckland)	2.2 5 km	22 km (14 mi) to the SW	New Zealand	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7.1 x 10⁹ joules (1.98 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.71 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 445 quakes on average per year near White Island volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.3 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 2.3 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 41 quakes per year (or 3.4 quakes per month)
Mag. 2 or higher: 401 quakes per year (or 33.4 quakes per month)
Mag. 1 or higher: 445 quakes per year (or 37.1 quakes per month)

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White Island volcano (New Zealand): low level steam and gas emissions continue

The 2019 isolated grey pond results from gas and steam fumaroles (image: GeoNet New Zealand)

Recent gas flight observations from 7 February show continuing steam and gas plumes emitting from active fumaroles on the west-southwest short of the main lake. ... Read all

Wed, 20 Dec 2023, 15:00

Whakaari/White Island volcano (North Island, New Zealand) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 13 December-19 December 2023 (Continuing Activity)

On 19 December GeoNet reported that activity at Whakaari/White Island remained low based on gas and observation flights conducted over the previous two months. Minor steam-and-gas emissions rose from a cluster of fumarolic vents located on the W shore of the lake; there has been no evidence of ash in the emissions. The discharge rates of the emissions during the year were characterized by low-to-moderate levels which were typical. ... Read all