What the records say
- When
- 9 Dec 2019
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Where
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 37.52° S, 177.18° E
- Vei
- 2
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 25
- Volcano type
- Stratovolcano
4 sources record it
- 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 “A volcano erupts on White Island in New Zealand, killing 22 people and injuring 25 others”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “紐西蘭旅遊景點懷特島火山爆發，造成傷亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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