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Taranaki: eruption history

Elevation2,518 m

TypeStratovolcano

Confirmed eruptions42#3 of 23 in country

Latest eruption1800-07-02

Largest VEI5

Location-39.30, 174.07

Eruptions per century (since 1500)

1500–15995

1600–16991

1700–17992

1800–18991

1900–19990

2000–20990

By VEI

VEI 31

VEI 41

VEI 51

Eruptions (latest first, up to 60)

Start	VEI	End	Area
1800-07-02	–	–
1755	–	–
1700	–	–
1655	4	–
1590	–	–
1570	–	–
1560	–	–
1550	–	–
1500	–	–
1480	–	–
1400	–	–
1340	–	–
1300	–	–
1070	–	–
970	–	–
820	–	–
550	–	–
520	–	–
390	–	–
150	3	–
100	–	–
40 BCE	–	–
150 BCE	–	–
420 BCE	–	–
590 BCE	–	–
1130 BCE	–	–	Fanthams Peak
1190 BCE	–	–
1250 BCE	–	–	Southern Beehive
1560 BCE	–	–
1700 BCE	5	–
2150 BCE	–	–
2400 BCE	–	–
2450 BCE	–	–
2700 BCE	–	–
2850 BCE	–	–
3250 BCE	–	–
5120 BCE	–	–
6050 BCE	–	–
7000 BCE	–	–
7270 BCE	–	–
7330 BCE	–	–
7650 BCE	–	–

Nearby volcanoes

Volcano	Distance	Eruptions
Ruapehu	129 km	64
Tongariro	135 km	76
Taupo	168 km	25
Okataina	247 km	31
Auckland Volcanic Field	276 km	2
Tuhua/Mayor Island	294 km	2
Whakaari/White Island	336 km	39
Clark	458 km	0

Eruption records from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; older eruptions may be missing. VEI = Volcanic Explosivity Index (0–8). For current alerts, check the official agency.