New Zealand scientists on Tuesday increased the alert level for the volcano below the country's biggest lake, which caused the largest eruption on earth in the past 5,000 years when it last ...

The volcanic alert system is based on six escalating levels, but GeoNet notes that eruptions may occur at any level, and levels may not move in sequence as activity can change rapidly. The Taupo ...

The Taupo volcano last exploded around 1,800 years ago - when it spewed more than 100 cubic kilometres of material into the atmosphere. Almost 700 small earthquakes have now been detected below ...

Eruption fears as New Zealand’s Taupo supervolcano’s alert level is raised. When Taupo last blew in around the year 232 AD, it was the biggest eruption on earth in the last 5,000 years.

The Taupo volcano - which sits in NZ's biggest lake - exploded 1800 years ago, firing more than 100 cubic kilometres of material into the air, in what is the world's largest eruption in the last ...

The tidy town of Taupo is located amid a geological marvel that was responsible for the one of the largest eruptions in Earth's history. Located in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, the ...