The Auckland Volcanic Field is an area of about 360 km2 centred on Auckland city; within this field over 53 volcanic centres are recognised. During the 193,000 years of their history, Auckland’s volcanoes have totally changed the Auckland landscape. Volcanoes in Auckland include small cones less than 150 m in height and explosion craters. The style […]
Early days Māori have many accounts of violent earthquakes in the early days of settlement, including one at Rotorua where it was said that a pā (fortified village) was swallowed up and the land became a lake. European settlement From 1840, European settlers began arriving. Over the next century, there were several major earthquakes, including: Hawke’s Bay,
Tsunamis – New Zealand’s underrated hazard What are tsunamis? Tsunamis are broad waves in oceans and lakes generated by large disturbances – movements of the sea floor during earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides under or into the ocean, or even meteor impacts. Like the ripples that spread from a stone tossed into a pond, tsunamis consist
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