Overall Green Volcanic eruption for White Island
in New Zealand

Event summary

GREEN alert: The White Island Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000096
Name: White Island (241040)
Lat/Lon: -37.52 , 177.18
Event Date: 22 Aug 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: No people affected
Exposed Population 100km: About 210000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 2
Inserted at: 22 Aug 2024 09:32 UTC

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest White Island report has been published on 21 Aug 2024 09:08.
On 16 August GeoNet reported that a modest increase in ash content of emissions at Whakaari/White Island began on 9 August, based on satellite data. The gas-and-ash plumes rose as high as 2 km above the vent and drifted tens of kilometers from the island. Higher concentrations of volcanic gas emissions were detected during a 14 August gas observation overflight compared to the last overflight on 18 July. The emissions rose from a new vent that was 10-15 m in diameter and contained minor amounts of ash. Analysis of an ash sample collected during the overflight indicated a shallow magma source; the recent data confirmed that eruptive activity had changed around the beginning of August. The Volcanic Alert Level remained at 3 (on a scale of 0-5) and the Aviation Color Code remained at Orange (the second highest level on a four-color scale). Source: GeoNet
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (31), INFORM (1), (1), JSR (1),