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• EMSC European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, here
• GeoNet Geological hazard information for New Zealand here
• CSN Centro SismolÃgico Nacional, Universidad de Chile.here
• INGV Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia here
• IGN Instituto GeogrÃfico Nacional here
• JMA Japan Meteorological Agency here
• Ineter Institution Nicaraguenese de Estudios Territoriales here
• SSN Servicio SismolÃgico Nacional here
• SGC Servicio GeolÃgico Colombiano here
• RSN Red SismolÃgica Nacional here
• Funvisis FundaciÃn Venezolana de Investigaciones SismolÃgicas here
• INPRES INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PREVENCIÃ"N SÃSMICA here

You can tell I have my own reasons for keeping a list like that, one of which is that the USGS just can't be trusted to be up.

The data is international anyway. It's part of the international network for monitoring compliance with nuclear test ban treaties. So any one of those sites should be able to get you everything you need.

I'm guessing this app will be popular in New Zealand right now

It's still there.

http://www.geonet.org.nz/volcano/info/whiteisland/camera/whiteislandcraterfloor

We get earthquakes like that all the time in New Zealand. Given that it was 14.6 km (9.0 miles) deep it probably would hardly even be felt unless you were nearly right on top of it. How they are felt depends very much on their depth. After the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 that badly damaged Christchurch, we got www.geonet.org.nz that automatically reports on the location and magnitude of any earthquakes as well as how they are actually felt on the surface. Here's a 5.8 magnitude, 4km deep one from today, 30 km away from Wanaka. http://www.geonet.org.nz/quake...

http://www.geonet.org.nz/

I just had a 3.6 here. Should I submit a new story for it?

NZ (New Zealand...its a country, on the bottom of the world) is 1.5 times the size of Oklahoma; 500 quakes is a week for us.

GeoNet - Stats

http://www.geonet.org.nz/quake...

Welcome to New Zealand, magnitude 4-5 quakes last month: 43, + 3 mag 5 - 6 just for fun.

At only 1.43 times the size of Oklahoma, NZ is a much more rockin' place to be. (181,195 km^2 vs 268,021 km^2) Also earrthquake cover is much higher then $23USD/year.

http://www.geonet.org.nz/tsunami/
Small, but perfectly formed.

For an earthquake that was felt more strongly in Auckland, try this one which with a magnitude of 3.9 at its epicentre was far from a disaster, but by far the largest quake to hit Auckland this year, and probably at the stronger end of earthquakes to affect the Auckland region since the last Rangitoto event.

They'll also have to pull down all those cancer-causing concrete buildings...

They started doing that in Auckland, New Zealand but people complained too much and called it a disaster...

Well, there are a few isolated buildings relatively close by. But the point I was trying to make is that if you compare the isoseismic maps of the 7.8 quake last week with a 5.9 one from last year the felt intensity is not hugely different due to local geological factors, despite the magnitude difference (in which the recent one was getting on for 100 times more powerful).

Well, there are a few isolated buildings relatively close by. But the point I was trying to make is that if you compare the isoseismic maps of the 7.8 quake last week with a 5.9 one from last year the felt intensity is not hugely different due to local geological factors, despite the magnitude difference (in which the recent one was getting on for 100 times more powerful).

It isn't like an oil field where, once it is gone, it is gone. The heat is continuously renewed from the earth's core.

It is a lot like an aquifer - a geothermal field will have a limited capacity. Once too much heat is being tapped from it, it will cool down and all users will get less.

Subsidence can be a problem, as can toxic chemicals which accompany the steam/hot water. See the link in this comment..

I'm surprised Australia is looking into this - across the ditch here (NZ), we regard you as geological deadsville. The Newcastle quake was magnitude 5.6, in 1989. Our most recent magnitude 5.6 was a week ago (and 5 others this year.) (OK, not really a fair comparison, as this recent one was 290km deep, and Oz may have had bigger but less damaging earthquakes since Newcastle.)

Oh, and our largest city contains about 50 vulcanos, most recent eruption about 500 years ago.

From the looks of the latest images it looks like that volcano is just about to go off :)

What a shame the picture only updates once an hour.

The annotation on the webcam picture intrigued me. What are those Kiwi's up to down under? Are they getting into tectonic engineering? Is that pink dinosaur a radiation-mutated tuatara? I can only hope that have no WMDs.

We did not have this guy protecting the volcano. Unfortunately he stands guard in New Zealand...

"This is a static image of Mount St. Helens, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory." (my emphasis.)

Very funny - now turn the lights back on so we can see the volcano...
Apart from the infrared glow from the lava flows last year, I've only even seen static from the camera in my timezone.

I prefer the White Island Crater VolcanoCam - despite predictions of an acidic death, Dino lives!

Mt Ruapehu, (vulcanocam) one of our vulcanos, became active for about a year in 1995/1996 and is now pregnant with a lahar. We're probably about a year away from birth. The event is highly anticipated, with special communication links set up so that the neighbours can know as soon as possible.

(No disrespect for the victims of Tangiwai is intended by the light-hearted nature of this post.)

that the martians pull this prank on Mars instead of White crater in NZ.

If you're financially viable, consider retiring somewhere with a low population density and some wildlife! For example, consider the resort on New Zealand's White Island:
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20050303. 1100.jpg

You and the other two inhabitants can get up to a whole lotta fun, and for quite cheap too.

When some wag placed Dino in front of a volcano monitoring camera on White Island it was claimed that he would slowly disintegrate from noxious fumes and gases emitted from the volcano. And yet, Dino is still smiling back at us in defiance...

That would be White Island, NZ http://www.geonet.org.nz/whiteisland.html

Looks like he's still alive :-)

on how many pictures will have a dinosaur?

looks more like a simple 3d rendering to me:
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20040525. 1100.jpg

I have gone through the image history. The dinosaur was not in place at 11am on the 5th of may, but was in the shot at 12pm on tht 5th of may.

Evidence:
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20040505. 1100.jpg
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20040505. 1200.jpg

I have gone through the image history. The dinosaur was not in place at 11am on the 5th of may, but was in the shot at 12pm on tht 5th of may.

Evidence:
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20040505. 1100.jpg
http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/volcams/W20040505. 1200.jpg

20040505-1200 (see comment)

20040505-1200 (see comment)

5th may, 12 Noon pic here

5th may, 11 AM pic here

Current photo 25th May 3 PM
here

5th may, 12 Noon pic here

5th may, 11 AM pic here

Current photo 25th May 3 PM
here

5th may, 12 Noon pic here

5th may, 11 AM pic here

Current photo 25th May 3 PM
here

Here are the last 24 hours of photos for the cam.

Judging from these photos (please mirror), it looks like the plastic dinosour is on site. I base this on the varying lighting on the thing, and the shadow on the rock.

As in the email I sent to the Inquirer in reply to this article, it appeared between 11am and Noon NZST on the 5th of may, as evidenced by these archived shots: 11am Noon. Given the positioning and angle, I suspect someone who has access to the camera and was able to make sure it was lined up correctly.

As in the email I sent to the Inquirer in reply to this article, it appeared between 11am and Noon NZST on the 5th of may, as evidenced by these archived shots: 11am Noon. Given the positioning and angle, I suspect someone who has access to the camera and was able to make sure it was lined up correctly.

Someone has found that the dinosaur turned up between 1100 and 1200 NZST on the 5th of May. :)

20040505-1100
20040505-1200

Someone has found that the dinosaur turned up between 1100 and 1200 NZST on the 5th of May. :)

20040505-1100
20040505-1200

Pink dinosaur grabs centre stage on remote New Zealand volcano

AUCKLAND : Scientists using a camera to monitor a remote New Zealand volcano over the Internet have struck an odd problem - a pink dinosaur.

New Zealand's Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) have installed a digital camera in the crater of the volcano which makes up most of White Island in the Bay of Plenty, east of Auckland.

The often active volcano draws tourists by boat but most people do not go ashore on the uninhabited, rumbling island.

To keep a close watch, GNS installed a digital camera on the island and post a shot taken every hour on their website.

But suddenly a pink dinosaur has appeared in the shot.

"Some wag has glued a pink dinosaur in front of our digital camera," GNS' John Callan said.

"A number of people have been emailing us asking what the dinosaur is all about."

They are not planning on removing it, counting on the sulphur and high acid environment to deal to the creature. - AFP