Volcano profile

New Zealand

Ruapehu.

Volcano profile for Ruapehu 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,797 m
Last documented eruption
2007
Coordinates
-39.28°, 175.57°
GVP number
241100

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No current eruption report

New Zealand

Ruapehu

Stratovolcano

Elevation
2,797 m
Last documented eruption
2007
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
-39.28°, 175.57°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Taupo Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
241100
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Ruapehu · Live cameras

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Ruapehu – Visual webcam: Ruapehu from East, New Zealand Visual webcam

Ruapehu from East

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Ruapehu · New Zealand

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
25 Sep 200725 Sep 20071Confirmed eruption
4 Oct 20064 Oct 20061Confirmed eruption
9 Oct 199718 Oct 19971Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 19961 Sep 19963Confirmed eruption
21 Mar 1996Not available0Uncertain eruption
11 Jan 19959 Nov 19953Confirmed eruption
12 Feb 19941 Apr 19941Uncertain eruption
8 Feb 19926 Mar 19921Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

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

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Ruapehu · No current eruption report · 2,797 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Taupo AirportNew Zealand · TUO · NZAP
    74.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • Wanganui AirportNew Zealand · WAG · NZWU
    89.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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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: Sep 21, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC