Hazard events

The following links provide real time, or near real time information on natural hazard events affecting New Zealand.

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) provides information on civil defence declarations.

GeoNet, a collaboration between the Earthquake Commission and GNS Science provides real-time monitoring and data collection for earthquake and volcano hazards.

• Latest quakes
• Volcano Alert Bulletins
• Volcano cameras and seismographs

Pacific Tsunami Warning Service provides tsunami warning services for distant tsunamis generated within the Pacific region.

The NIWA coordinated sea level monitoring network provides daily updates of tides, storm surge and sea levels and, at selected sites, long wave and tsunami activity.

Cam-Era provides near real time video imagery for coastal erosion and rip current monitoring for selected beach locations around New Zealand.

Hazardwatch run by GNS Science provides information relating to recent earthquake, volcano, landslides and tsunami hazards.

Wave forecasts for the NZ region.

Canterbury region wave forecasts.

"Red-alert" high (king) tide dates for 2007.