When Did White Island Last Erupt 2024. The white island volcano in new zealand has erupted sending a huge plume of ash into the sky and grounding a number of flights. In a volcanic activity bulletin released on monday, gns science duty volcanologist agnes mazot.
Gns scientists are actively monitoring whakaari/white island which sits 48 km offshore from whakatane and has been at volcanic alert level 3 since 9 august. Ongoing volcanic activity on whakaari/white island led to flight disruptions on thursday morning.