» Earth Hazards
Event Monitoring
Canterbury Regional Council - Air Pollution info
Global Natural Hazards - NASA Earth Observatory
» with a selected
Image of the Day
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory - with topical imagery and animations
Earthquakes
GoeNet homepage with near real-time seismograph shaking intensity and
drum recordings
» also with info for the
latest NZ earthquake and
recent earthquakes
QuakeMap NZ - nice visualisation of recent quakes on a Google Map, also with list of quakes and magnitudes
Canterbury Quake Live - plots and maps of quakes near Christchurch
USGS National Earthquake Info. Center - Global info.
» incl list of worldwide
magnitude 5.0+ in last 7 days with
RSS feed
» also with
quake size comparison calculator (see also the
explanation/example page)
IRIS Seismic Monitor - data+graphs of the latest quakes (global) - USGS data
Tsunami
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - bulletins/warnings issued on earthquakes of mag 6.5 or more
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
GeoNet Tsunami Gauges - de-tided plots from gauges around NZ
Long Waves - alternative plots of GeoNet data
Volcanoes
Note: For VAAC links and ash cloud modelling see the
Aviation page.
GeoNet NZ Volcano Activity - with Alert Level Summary, also see recent
Volcano Alert Bulletins
Volcano World - current volcanic activity reports and information
Active Volcano Map - via Google Maps
Weekly volcano report - from Smithsonian Inst. & USGS (with
map - req. Java)