A higher level of gas is being detected on White Island with reports of newly dead vegetation around the volcano.
GNS Science reports while they have detected an increase in Co2 emissions, there is nothing to worry about.
White Island.
Duty volcanologist Tony Hurst says the increase may be cause by low lake levels, which may not be intercepting the gas before it's released.
Other activity in the area includes a 5.1 magnitude earthquake which was centred 70km northeast of Tauranga on Thursday.
It is described as being a deep quake with a focal measurement of 210km centred 50km northwest of White Island.
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Posted on 25-02-2012 07:04 | By Capt_Kaveman
quakes close to volcanoes can make them come back to life, within a number of months the large sumatra quake where some 4 or 5 volcamoes within 300km radius re awoke after this event
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