Volcanic hazard eventualities: Mount Taranaki, New Zealand

During the last 5000 years, Mount Taranaki volcano, situated within the westernmost a part of New Zealand’s North Island, produced at the least 16 Plinian-scale explosive eruptions, the newest at AD 1655. These eruptions had magnitudes of four to five, eruptive types, and contrasting basaltic to andesitic chemical compositions similar to the eruptions of Etna, 122 BC; Vesuvius, AD79; Tarawera, 1886; Pelée, 1902; Colima, 1910; Mount Saint Helens, 1980; Merapi, 2010; and Calbuco, 2015.
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