What the records say
- When
- 10 Jun 1886
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 38.16° S, 176.51° E
- Vei
- 5
- Deaths
- 153
- Volcano type
- Lava dome
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
A violent volcanic eruption occurred in the early hours of 10 June 1886 at Mount Tarawera, near Rotorua on New Zealand's North Island. The eruption reached an estimated volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 and killed an estimated 120 people, making it the largest and deadliest in New Zealand during the past 500 years, a period that includes the entirety of European history in New Zealand.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Mount Tarawera volcano erupts in New Zealand, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people and the destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “éruption du mont Tarawera en Nouvelle-Zélande”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page