August 18, 1895 Earthquake: Taupo, New Zealand

Reference #5324:

1895, August 18, 6:57. A small wave, 0.6 m, was observed following a magnitude M~6 shallow earthquake 18 on August 1895, which was probably centred south of Taupo settlement and very close to or under Lake Taupo. Given that earthquakes in the Taupo Volcanic Zone can be very shallow, and fault rupture has occurred in historical time from earthquakes with magnitudes as low as MW6.5 and in swarms in which the largest magnitudes are low magnitude 5s, it is possible that earthquake was shallow enough to cause a small amount of deformation. However, the large and numerous landslides that fell into the lake that occurred within 10 km of the settlement are more than obvious sources. Sub-lake slumps are also possible.