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White Island quakes typical - GeoNet

A spate of small earthquakes around White Island today is not unusual and is nothing to worry about, seismologist John Ristau says.

Ferry couple: It could happen to you

A NZ couple who swam for their lives when the Indonesian ferry they were on sank say their experience should serve as a warning to other travellers.

Mt Eden slips trigger call for cash

Land slips on Maungawhau/Mt Eden have prompted a call for the Government to help ratepayers with urgent restoration work on Auckland's volcanic cones.

What they had to drink to stay alive

Two Kiwi tourists who braved 11 hours clinging to their capsized ferry in Indonesia swam in searing heat and swift seas for up to eight more hours.

Volcanoes given back to iwi care

The Crown is gifting some of Auckland's most historic and recognisable assets - 14 volcano sites - to a group of 13 iwi and hapu.

Volcanic ash detection for planes

Infra-red technology to help aircraft detect volcanic ash is to go into commercial production, allowing planes to see ash 96.54kms ahead.

Earth's violent volcanic past preserved in Antarctic ice sheet

Some of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the last 2,000 years have left their indelible mark deep within the pristine ice sheet of the Antarctic, a study has found.

Flights resume as cloud clears

Drilling begins to study Rangitoto's explosive history

Rangitoto's explosive history - and what it means for risk to Auckland in the future - will become clearer following a study drilling up to 150m into the island's surface.

Paul Thomas: Woe! Welcome to our unhappy New Year

2014 is less than a fortnight old and we've already been given two reasons to gnaw our fingernails over the future of civilisation as we know it, writes Paul Thomas.

Cataclysmic eruption risk greater than previously thought

The risk of a supervolcano eruption powerful enough to wipe out civilisation as we know it is far greater than previously thought, a study has found.

3.2-magnitude quake hits near White Island

Supervolcano just got even bigger

Experts say new findings don't necessarily increase the 'Yellowstone hazard' – despite claims it could be due a catastrophic eruption.

Gases erupt from rumbling Indonesian volcano

Powerful bursts of hot ash and gravel erupted from a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia early Monday (local time), sending panicked villagers streaming down the sides of the mountain.

Volcanic eruption raises new island

A volcanic eruption has raised an island in the seas to the far south of Tokyo, the Japanese coast guard and earthquake experts said.

Italy's Mount Etna erupts again

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted again, lighting up the sky over much of eastern Sicily and shooting up a towering column of ash.