Aotearoa Earthquake and Volcano Forecast Service

Forecast for 29 March 2015 - 31 March 2015

Quake activity may increase. Mag 4+ risk areas are East Cape, North Wairarapa, Fiordland. Global Mag 6+ risk areas are Chile, Sumatra. Global confidence=low. Global volcanic activity may remain high from the 23-27 March forecast period. Villarrica. NZ volcanoes quiet. Forecast map on Facebook link. This forecast was changed on 31 March to 1-3 April. See Facebook link. Summary. 29 March. SW of Auckland 4.3. 30 March. Te Awamutu 4.0, North of White Island 3.9, Western Solomon Islands 7.6, Samoa 5.6, 6.4, 6.5. 1 April. New Britain 6.0, Banda Sea 5.8. 2 April. NW of Auckland Island 4.6, NE of East Cape 4.0, Eketahuna 3.8, D'Urville Island 3.8, Fiji 6.0. 3 April. North of White Island 4.2, Kermadecs 4.7, 5.1, 5.3. 4 April. North of East Cape 4.0, Bay of Plenty 4.2, Ngauruhoe 3.9. 5 April. Ward 3.8, Chch 3.8, Siberia 6.1. The big Pacific push came on 30 March. From 2-4 April Fiji, Kermadecs and south of Fiordland became very active. Good location success in NZ. Global activity stayed high from the 23-27 quake period as forecast. The big Western Solomons 7.6 and Samoa Sequence on 30 March fitted all around the Eastern Solomons location profile. Pacific volcanoes erupted on 31 March and 2 April in sequence with the big push. Villarrica was one of many.