Taupo volcanic alert level raised after 700 quakes this year
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Taupo's volcanic alert level has been raised for the first time, after a swarm of quakes around the lake this year. The super-volcano has been rattled by 40 tremors a week since May, and 700 overall since January. But it's not the first time the lake's experienced volcanic unrest - there have been 17 instances over the past 150 years.