233 Eruption of Taupo
Taupo in New Zealand erupted in 233 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.
Where it erupted
Taupo, New Zealand, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- 233
- Volcano
- Taupo, caldera
- Country
- New Zealand
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
- Location
- 38.781° S, 175.893° E
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
The Taupo eruption was the latest and most powerful of the eruptions from the rhyolitic Taupo caldera volcano in Taupo Volcanic Zone since c. 22 600 14C BP. (reference #2870)
0233 Mar 15 ± 13 years ± 20 days (reference #2432)
Other significant eruptions of Taupo
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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 2026-10-01. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 1904.