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 ...

In 1888 the Amuri District was shaken by a large earthquake that reached intensities of MM 9.

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

The Aotearoa New Zealand Tsunami Gauge network, also known as the Coastal Sea Level gauge network, supports detection and analysis of potential tsunami threats arriving at New Zealand's coasts. It is ...

New Zealand’s tectonic setting in the Pacific puts us at risk from many different tsunami sources, some may be generated and arrive at our nearest coasts in less than an hour. To improve tsunami ...

The NGMC receives live feeds from monitoring equipment located all around Aotearoa New Zealand, provided via the GeoNet system, and data from international stations. Earthquakes are monitored using a ...

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) ...

View our compilation of informative earthquake-related videos. For more videos, visit the GNS YouTube channel.

The distance inland that a tsunami travels. A sequence of extremely long travelling waves, generated by large disturbances - movements of the sea floor during earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, ...