Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by scientists – but which poses a major tsunami hazard. The 2.43pm quake hit ...

The long-delayed plan was released on Wednesday, five years after the first national stocktake of health facilities found ...

Many occur in remote or uninhabited regions or under the sea.We pay attention to a disaster like the one that struck New Zealand last year—a 6.3 earthquake near Christchurch that killed 181 ...

There is a 10% chance of Auckland suffering a volcanic eruption in the next 50 years and it could cost as much as $65 billion in building damage alone. The disaster scenario is one of several listed ...

New Zealand officials have raised the alert code for the offshore volcano Whakaari/White Island, which is emitting large ...

THANKS. BREAKING NEWS. NOW, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS JUST CONFIRMED THAT AN EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT IN NEW DURHAM AND SOME SURROUNDING TOWNS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THE MAGNITUDE 2.0 ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday (April 13 ... There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties caused by the new quake, one of the strongest of hundreds of aftershocks ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers ...

Millions of people across Southern California learned about a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit San Diego County on Monday not from their windows rattling or their picture frames clattering ...