March 20, 1910 Eruption of Taupo

Name: March 20, 1910 Eruption of Taupo
Start: 1910-03-20
Location: Taupo, New Zealand

March 20, 1910 · 1 death

Taupo in New Zealand erupted on March 20, 1910. The eruption killed 1 person.

Where it erupted

Taupo, New Zealand, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: March 20, 1910
Volcano: Taupo, caldera
Country: New Zealand
Killed by: Secondary (post-eruption) mudflows
Location: 38.781° S, 175.893° E

The toll

Deaths: 1

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Lahar from collapse of hydrothermally-altered rocks at the SW end of Lake Taupo. No eruption. (reference #9675)

Other significant eruptions of Taupo

Every eruption in 1910 The 1900s Taupo Earthquakes near Taupo This day in weather history

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 6269.