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, ...

There's a lot you can do to make your home safer and stronger for natural hazards. Every step you take will reduce the impact of a disaster on you and your family, so get started today.

Geomagnetic teams across the globe measure and monitor the Earth's magnetic field to provide Space Weather warnings of solar disturbances and forecast magnetic storms that can affect human activities.

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

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 ...

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) ...

GeoNet currently operates five sites in the Fox Glacier valley, including the Alpine Gardens landslide, that collect environmental and GNSS data. Envirosensors measure various parameters at active and ...

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 ...

What is an earthquake swarm? Unlike the familiar mainshock-aftershock earthquake sequences, where numerous smaller earthquakes tend to follow a larger earthquake, earthquake swarm sequences do not ...

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 ...

Location history for this earthquake. The automatic earthquake location system makes many locations for each quake. Not all quakes have a location history.

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