Volcano profile

New Zealand

Tuhua/Mayor Island.

Volcano profile for Tuhua/Mayor Island in New Zealand, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Shield volcano
Elevation
355 m
Last documented eruption
5055 BCE
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 5 highest recorded · More about the VEI
Coordinates
-37.28°, 176.25°
GVP number
241021

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No current eruption report

New Zealand

Tuhua/Mayor Island

Shield volcano

Elevation
355 m
Last documented eruption
5055 BCE
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-37.28°, 176.25°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Taupo Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
241021
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Tuhua/Mayor Island · New Zealand

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
5055 BCEUncertain datingNot available5Confirmed eruption
6050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

Nearby earthquakes ↗

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Tuhua/Mayor Island · No current eruption report · 355 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Tauranga AirportNew Zealand · TRG · NZTG
    43.8 kmStraight-line distance
  • Rotorua Regional AirportNew Zealand · ROT · NZRO
    92.4 kmStraight-line distance
  • Whakatāne AirportNew Zealand · WHK · NZWK
    92.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

TaurangaNew Zealand · 45.8 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC