Volcano profile
9 active and potentially active volcanoes in New Zealand — eruption history, elevation, VEI and population exposure.
Volcanoes
9
in database
Active
9
Erupted since 2000
4
Highest VEI
VEI 7
Highest peak
2,797m
Ruapehu
People within 30km
2.3M
Yes — 9 active
New Zealand has 9 catalogued volcanoes, 9 currently classified active, with about 2.3 million people living within 30 km of one. The volcano our model rates most likely to erupt in the next year is White Island (Whakaari) (~25.4%).
Statistical estimates from the QuakeGlobe eruption-forecast model, not predictions. Always follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
New Zealand to Fiji • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,797m
Last Eruption
2007
Pop. 30km
50K
Pop. 100km
300K
📍 -39.2810°, 175.5640°
New Zealand to Fiji • Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,978m
Last Eruption
2012
Pop. 30km
30K
Pop. 100km
200K
📍 -39.1340°, 175.6420°
New Zealand to Fiji • Stratovolcano
Elevation
321m
Last Eruption
2019
Pop. 30km
50K
Pop. 100km
400K
📍 -37.5200°, 177.1800°
New Zealand to Fiji • Caldera
Elevation
760m
Last Eruption
232
Pop. 30km
80K
Pop. 100km
500K
📍 -38.8200°, 176.0000°
New Zealand to Fiji • Stratovolcano
Elevation
2,291m
Last Eruption
1977
Pop. 30km
30K
Pop. 100km
200K
📍 -39.1570°, 175.6320°
New Zealand to Fiji • Lava dome
Elevation
1,111m
Last Eruption
1886
Pop. 30km
100K
Pop. 100km
400K
📍 -38.2280°, 176.5060°
New Zealand to Fiji • Caldera
Elevation
1,111m
Last Eruption
1886
Pop. 30km
100K
Pop. 100km
400K
📍 -38.1200°, 176.5000°
New Zealand to Fiji • Shield volcano
Elevation
354m
Last Eruption
4320 BCE
Pop. 30km
20K
Pop. 100km
300K
📍 -37.2870°, 176.2560°
New Zealand to Fiji • Volcanic field
Elevation
260m
Last Eruption
1400
Pop. 30km
1.8M
Pop. 100km
2.0M
📍 -36.9000°, 174.8700°
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FAQ
New Zealand has 9 catalogued volcanoes in the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program dataset, 9 currently classified as active, and 4 have erupted since 2000. About 2.3 million people live within 30 km of one.
Our eruption-forecast model rates White Island (Whakaari) the most likely to erupt in the next 12 months in New Zealand, at roughly 25.4% (about one eruption every 3 years on average). This is a statistical estimate, not a prediction — follow official volcano-observatory advisories.
By population exposure — the number of people within 30 km weighted by eruption probability — the most dangerous volcano in New Zealand is Auckland Field, with about 1,800,000 people within 30 km and a modeled 2.5% one-year eruption probability.
The most recent eruption in our dataset for New Zealand was at Mayor Island (Tuhua) in 4320.