Ruapehu volcano rumbles in new zealand

i dont know if the volcano has woken up or not but the civil aviation alert has been moved to yellow
there has been some activity this morning

At 2797 m, Ruapehu is the highest mountain in the North Island, and the most recent of the North Island volcanoes to have erupted. Three summit craters have been active during the last 10,000 years including South Crater which contains the currently active vent. The active vent is filled by Crater Lake; water from this lake is frequently ejected on to the ice and snow during eruptions causing lahars.

link to geonet nz




im still trying to find info atm
please this is not an iminent eruption
just rumblings at this stage
something to watch for not worry about

the volcano has a history of producing mud rivers from its crater lake

xploder

A notable lahar was the Tangiwai disaster in 1953: Tangiwai

I know one of the Geos who helped set up the present lahar monitoring system and it seems to be working well so far.

This is from the Ruapehu Ski Field Website (from GNS):

These observations indicate that Ruapehu is experiencing a period of unrest above that which
is typical. At times steam may be seen above Crater Lake and sediments on the lake floor may
be disturbed by gas and heat flow causing the lake to change colour. However, there are
currently no indications that an eruption is imminent.

Source

The last eruption was in 2007.

Despite the earthquakes (damn their destructive capacity and the associated social and economic costs) and volcanoes, I love living on these Shaky Isles. It's a consequence of straddling a plate boundary and makes for interesting, if somewhat unsettling, living conditions at times.

It is, however, a great country for Geologists to study.
It rocks my world!

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Sorry, beat you to it by a day.
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datz cool
please follow the link above^
and post info there
thanks

xploder