Whakaari/White Island is currently passively emitting a weak-to-moderate steam and gas plume that contains minor volcanic ash ...

Cracks in a road in Greymouth, after the 1929 Murchison earthquake, 1929. [Ref #: 1/2-091674-F Part of: West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society: Photographs (PAColl-5376)] The earthquake ...

In November 2017, Scientists from Japan, Taiwan, and USA met with our scientists to estimate the chance of a large earthquake occurring in central New Zealand (the area in the yellow box below) ...

The timestamp shown at the top right of the images is the time when the images were last refreshed. The previous 36 hours of sea level variations from all operational sites are displayed, oldest to ...

The timestamp shown at the top right of the seismograph drum shown above is the time when this image was last refreshed. The previous four hours (240 minutes) of seismic signals (also known as traces) ...

The 1855 earthquake is the most severe earthquake to have occurred in New Zealand since systematic European colonisation began in 1840.

Felt earthquake reports are quantified using the New Zealand Modified Mercalli (MM) intensity scale. The MM scale grades the impact of an earthquake on people living on the earth's surface, and so can ...

An interactive, multi-layered map displaying the peak strong motion data that GeoNet collected during the last hour. Select a site to view the PGA (g), PGV (cm/s) and MMI values. Sites are coloured to ...

One hazard we don’t often get an opportunity to talk about at GeoNet is landslides. That’s a good thing, we aren’t complaining. But with the M7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake, landslides and land deformation ...

The NZ Volcanic Alert Level system is based on 6 levels and is intended to describe the current status of each active volcano. People who need volcano related information ranges from local residents, ...

We get asked two questions a lot: what is an earthquake forecast and why do I need to know about them? GNS Science has been producing earthquake forecasts since the late 1990s, but it wasn’t until the ...

The Aviation Colour Code system is based on four colours and is only intended for use by the civil aviation community. The system is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO), and ...