2 years on since the climate changing Tonga major volcanic eruption.
It's been 2 years since the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century (so far), occurred at the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, submarine...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
Good-bye to 2023
It is time to say good-bye to 2023 in what was a year of notable historical weather events for upper North Island. We will finish the...
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Jul 16, 20231 min read
Atmospheric impacts18 months on from Tonga's volcanic eruption.
18 months on since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption, the global surface temperature is +0.13°c above January 2022....
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May 20, 20231 min read
Large M7.7 Loyalty Islands quake triggers small tsunami
A large shallow magnitude 7.7 occurred in the Loyalty Islands at 2:57pm NZT on Friday afternoon which triggered small tsunami waves...
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Apr 25, 20231 min read
Geomagnetic storm, Auroras, and a large M7.1 earthquake
It was a very active 24 hours for space weather and seismic activity yesterday as a severe G4 geomagnetic storm bombarded earth’s...
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Mar 26, 20231 min read
Severe G4 geomagnetic storm impacts upper North
A severe level G4 Geomagnetic storm arrived into earth's magnetosphere on Friday evening NZT, triggering the Aurora Australis over the...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
1 year on from the Tonga eruption - global temperature check.
It’s 12 months today since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai major volcanic eruption that sent atmospheric shock waves and tsunamis across...
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Jan 14, 20231 min read
Seismic activity in the last 7 days for the upper North Island
Here is a weekly summary for seismic activity under the upper North Island as detected by GeoNet. There have been 20 small earthquakes in...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
Largest quake in nearly 100 years rocks upper North
A strong shallow magnitude 5.1 has rattled the upper and central North Island this morning at 5:39am and was felt by 20,000+. Located 5...
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Dec 31, 20221 min read
2022 comes to a close
It is time to say good-bye to 2022. We will finish the year with a partly cloudy day in the mid 20’s with maybe some isolated showers and...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
Coromandel earthquake swarm re-awakens
Dual earthquakes today have re-awakened the earthquake swarm just off Whitianga. The first was a M2.5 at 6:20am and then a 2nd larger...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
Seismic unrest within the Kermadec Arc
An intriguing series of shallow earthquakes in the last week including two M5.1 yesterday, 730km NE of the Hauraki Gulf. They are in the...
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Nov 10, 20221 min read
Series of deep earthquakes to the North
There were multiple large deep earths 1100km to the North of NZ on late Wednesday night. The first was a foreshock M6.8 10:38pm NZT which...
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
Small M2.6 shallow earthquake reawakens fault near Great Barrier Island
After 3 initial earthquakes in October 2021 the Cradock Channel fault line has re-awoken this morning with a small M2.6 at 6:46am 5km...
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Sep 21, 20221 min read
New quake swarm next to the Coromandel peninsula
A shallow magnitude M3.3 with an epicenter 25km east of Whitianga has rattled across the upper North Island this evening at 8:06pm. It’s...
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Sep 10, 20221 min read
Lake Taupō volcanic unrest increases
Lake Taupō currently has an ongoing earthquake swarm within the volcano's caldera. This morning at 6:36am a M4.2 earthquake rattled the...
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Aug 15, 20221 min read
Strong M6.6 quake on the Kermadec Trench
A notable strong magnitude 6.6 shallow earthquake this morning at 1:44am on the Kermadec Trench, 720km North East of Auckland. The...
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Jul 10, 20221 min read
Rare sky and water combo captured
The ocean glow of bioluminescence with the dawn volcanic aerosol glow from Tonga's January eruption. A unique and rare combo. The bio is...
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Jun 21, 20221 min read
Winter solstice arrives
The astronomical winter has arrived with a light scattering effect sunset across the upper North Island this evening. The official winter...
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Jun 10, 20221 min read
M1.9 earthquake under the Firth of Thames
Interesting little earthquake under the Firth of Thames last night. The magnitude 1.9 occurred at 8:25pm and was pinpointed by GeoNet on...
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