Monitoring active volcanoes requires the use of several complementary techniques to ‘take the pulse of a volcano’. Collectively, this is known as volcano monitoring. The techniques we use to monitor ...

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, ...

Landslide reports are prepared after every GeoNet landslide response. The collection dates from the commencement of the GeoNet Project in July 2001.

We get asked two questions a lot: what is an earthquake forecast and why do I need to know about them? GNS Science has been producing earthquake forecasts since the late 1990s, but it wasn’t until the ...

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) ...

About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

The city of Christchurch experienced a major earthquake centred south of the city; severe damage and casualties occurred.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Program is run by AWS and focuses on publicly available high-value cloud-optimized datasets. Alongside traditional data distribution channels, GeoNet now also ...

About Shaking Layers data The Shaking Layers Map shows ground shaking models produced from a combination of strong motion measurements and ground motion modelling that estimate the shaking intensity ...

The timestamp shown at the top right of the images is the time when the images were last refreshed. The previous 36 hours of sea level variations from all operational sites are displayed, oldest to ...

GNS Science and GeoNet have prepared a collection of strong motion data resources for significant New Zealand earthquakes. The New Zealand Strong Motion Database contains a comprehensive compilation ...

New Zealanders live on the edge. Depending on their location, it might be the edge of the Australian Plate or it might be the edge of the Pacific Plate. The active Pacific-Australian Plate boundary ...