4360 BC Eruption of Macauley

Name: 4360 BC Eruption of Macauley
Location: Macauley, New Zealand

4360 BC · VEI 6

Macauley in New Zealand erupted in 4360 BC with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6.

Where it erupted

Macauley, New Zealand, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: 4360 BC
Volcano: Macauley, caldera
Country: New Zealand
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 6, paroxysmal (eruption column over 25 km)
Location: 30.210° S, 178.475° W

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.

Major explosive eruption 4360 BC +- 200 years. Eruption associated with caldera collapse.

Every eruption in 4360 BC The 4300s BC Macauley Earthquakes near Macauley

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 5238.