According to the New Zealand Crown Research Institutes, it covered areas more than 100km away with of pyroclastic flow. Today, the Taupo super volcano remains active, and is now 800 years overdue ...

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

WELLINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) – 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 ...

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

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 ...

Stretching 623sq km wide and 160m deep with several magma chambers submerged at its base, Lake Taupo isn't only Australasia’s largest lake; it's also an incredibly active geothermal hotspot ...

According to the New Zealand Crown Research Institutes, it covered areas more than 100km away with of pyroclastic flow. Today, the Taupo super volcano remains active, and is now 800 years overdue ...