6.5 EARTHQUAKE LAKE TAUPO SUPERVOLCANO NEW ZELAND

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IT LOOKS LIKE 6.5 NEW ZELAND GEONET...

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some informaton about taupo volcanic zone

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taupo seismos.

It happened three hours ago.
The magnitudes are different.

Yes. Usgs says 5.3 but new zeland 6,5 and naturally they are closer =D.

we felt it 500 miles south in Christchurch

Gabriel was right again.

if that thing ever goes again...as big as before...there are going to be a hell of a lot of NI refugees.

But wait....where would you guys go? Can't go to Christchurch, because the two volcanoes there are waking up - so damn! You guys might have to find some pumice stone to float on over to Australia with.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has been felt across much of New Zealand.

It was 150km deep and centred 30km west of Taupo. It struck at 3:36pm.

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just got the shark repellent, and water wings out from storage.

You can join all your mates here on the Gold Coast :)

Well if Taupo makes full sacale errupiton there is not many place to go. It is deep one so let see what it makes in taupo magma chamber.

haha lol I am not sure what water wings are (swimmies) but yay to shark repellant - good addition to the bob.

Yes I read somewhere that one of its eruptions may have caused an ice age? Sorry no linky.

The Oruanui eruption of New Zealand's Taupo Volcano was the world's largest known eruption in the past 70,000 years, with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8. It occurred around 26,500 years ago in the Late Pleistocene and generated approximately 430 km3 (100 cu mi) of pyroclastic fall deposits, 320 km3 (77 cu mi) of pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits (mostly ignimbrite) and 420 km3 (100 cu mi) of primary intracaldera material, equivalent to 530 km3 (130 cu mi) of magma. The eruption is divided into 10 phases on the basis of nine mappable fall units and a tenth, poorly preserved but volumetrically dominant fall unit.

Modern Lake Taupo partly fills the caldera generated during this eruption; a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) structural collapse area is concealed beneath the lake, while the lake outline reflects coeval peripheral and volcano-tectonic collapse. Early eruption phases saw shifting vent positions; development of the caldera to its maximum extent (indicated by lithic lag breccias) occurred during phase 10.

The Oruanui eruption shows many unusual features; its episodic nature, wide range of depositional conditions in fall deposits of very wide dispersal, and complex interplay of falls and pyroclastic flows.

Tephra from the eruption covered much of the central North Island with ignimbrite up to 200 metres (660 ft) deep. Most of New Zealand was affected by ashfall, with even an 18 cm (7 in) ash layer left on the Chatham Islands, 1,000 km (620 mi) away. Later erosion and sedimentation had long-lasting effects on the landscape, and caused the Waikato River to shift from the Hauraki Plains to its current course through the Waikato to the Tasman Sea.

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Yep! I read somewhere that the Maoris looked up at the sky during this eruption (not sure what area they were in) and it appeared to be completely on fire - imagine that.

holy crap.. thanks, I think. 200M deep ash? Fuuuuuck..

Here some intresting info...

Recent scientific work indicates that the Earth's crust below the Taupo Volcanic Zone may be as little as 16 kilometres thick. A film of magma 50 kilometres (30 mi) wide and 160 kilometres (100 mi) long lies 10 kilometres under the surface.[6][7] The geological record indicates that some of the volcanoes in the area erupt infrequently but have large, violent and destructive eruptions when they do. There is also some possible rifting in the Taupo Volcanic Zone.


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Where i live, its 4 ks deep of volcanic strata, then under that, is a massive delta of limestone, that once had a rainforest sitting on it.
In a few spots, Water springs up from this depth, bringing limestone, and other minerals with it, also of interest this deep artesian water comes out of the ground warm, as its exothermic.

Time to ring the fire brigade, and as many beer drinkers with full bladders.

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what is that light? Burning gas or flare?

Nancy thought it was Nibiru, but actually its the protective transparent cover the camera is housed in, these fine scratches are building the light up from a planet creating this effect, it may be Venus.

Thanks for info.

Far-reaching shake

The quake was felt as far away as the Hawkes Bay and Christchurch and Geonet data centre spokeswoman Jennifer Coppola said the quake was the largest to strike near Taupo for a decade.

However, earthquakes in the area were common and this was not a sign of increased volcanic activity around Lake Taupo, she said.

"Volcanoes are not related to earthquakes. They have quite a different signal.

"I wouldn't say this is unusual. It's an active zone. Just the magnitude is the something out of the ordinary."

The depth of the earthquake meant it was felt over a wider area than a shallow quake like the 6.3 February 22 aftershock in Christchurch, Ms Coppola said.


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so it is tetnonic. But i'm sure that this makes something movment in taupo volcanic zone magmachamber.

This 6.5 today around Taupo
150 Ks below is actually so massive its off the scale !
Just think, if it was 1/4 of that depth the quake would have taken many lives.

it is true and that kind of stitutation can open allso some craters from taupo. I'm sure that after what happened christchurch and now this one there is no summer holidays in geonet...

Yes i think we got birthing pains here.
Pressure is building below.
My tinnitus just dropped in freqencys again, first to the south east, then to the south,sou-west this could suggest more than one large event over the next few days.
Am left with the impression history is about to be made
Try to avoid prone locations till about friday, like a swim in lake Taupo.

3.49pm New Zealand residents have described a "side-to-side" movement of the earthquake which struck this afternoon, making people feel "woozy" and drunk.

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So what's new? lol