Lake Taupo-area scientists in New Zealand raised the alert level of a volcano sitting beneath the country’s largest lake on Tuesday after detecting 700 small earthquakes below the surface since May.

The tidy town of Taupo is located amid a geological marvel that was responsible for the one of the largest eruptions in Earth's history. Located in the centre of New Zealand's North Island, the town ...

New Zealand scientists have increased the alert level for a huge volcano - which was the source of the Earth's largest eruption in the past 5,000 years. Geological agency GeoNet said it had detected ...

When Taupo last blew in around the year 232 AD, it was the biggest eruption on earth in the last 5,000 years. An even bigger supereruption 26,000 years ago completely transformed swathes of the North ...

The Great Lake Taupo region is located smack-bang in the middle of the North Island. It's easily accessed by road - about a three-and-a-half hours' drive from Auckland, and four-and-a-half from ...

The most violent eruption of the last 5,000 years was undoubtedly that of Taupo, a volcanic cauldron found in New Zealand. It’s still an active volcanic system, so the more we know about it the better ...

A new US study has used previous eruptions at Taupo to suggest catastrophic "supervolcano" blows would be signalled far in advance. The researchers investigated changes in tectonic stress around ...

If you are planning to travel to Taupo or any other city in New Zealand, this airport locator will be a very useful tool. This page gives complete information about the Taupo Airport along with the ...

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 ...