Earthquake swarm under Lake Taupō

GeoNet

20 May 2022

TaupoSwarm

The GeoNet earthquake monitoring network has recorded a small swarm of earthquakes at Lake Taupō over the last 2-3 weeks.

What’s happening?

We’ve located over 84 earthquakes under Lake Taupō since 28 April, with only two of these being over M3 in size. Earthquakes in the Lake Taupō area are typically shallower than 15 km, and the recent events are no different, with depths ranging from 3-16 km.

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