A volcanic eruption in Auckland will likely result in slow moving rivers of lava flowing through densely populated areas, which is why our scientists are looking to La Palma for lessons from its 2021 ...

Whakaari/White Island is currently passively emitting a weak-to-moderate steam and gas plume that contains minor volcanic ash. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 2 and the Aviation Colour Code ...

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 ...

The Earth's entire outer surface is like a hard shell, which is broken into smaller pieces called 'tectonic plates'. New Zealand is on the boundary between two of these plates, called the Australian ...

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) ...

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 ...

The tsunami that was caused by a M 9 earthquake in Chile hit the shores of New Zealand in the early hours of 15 August, taking 15 hours to arrive here. The tsunami and earthquake killed thousands of ...

The size of an earthquake is often described using magnitude, which is the amount of energy released during an earthquake. However, not all of the energy released in an earthquake will necessarily be ...

New Zealanders live on the edge. Depending on their location, it might be the edge of the Australian Plate or it might be the edge of the Pacific Plate. The active Pacific-Australian Plate boundary ...

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 ...

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 ...