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Mt Tarawera eruption process

  • started - 10th of June 1886 just after midnight
  • many earthquakes were felt in the area
  • 1:30 am the northern most peak (wahanga) had erupted
  • 2:00 am a large crack appeared in the ground that ran from Mt Tarawera to the current Waimangu Valley
  • 2:30 am the southern most peak (tarawera) started erupting and a large lava column had sprouted in Waimangu Valley
  • 3:30 am Lake Rotomahana became an eruption site with a large lava column that when collapes destroyed the pink and white terraces and created the new shape of the lake
  • at around 6:00 am the entire volcanism process had stopped and