A powerful 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island late Tuesday night local time, approximately 16 miles (10 kilometers) east of Eketāhuna in the Tararua district.

Brian Easton says severe geological and financial earthquakes are inevitable. We just don’t know how soon and how they will ...

A man who lives in a Wellington social housing complex recently deemed earthquake-prone says residents need stability, and he ...

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Michael Fowler is a Hawke’s Bay author and historian. OPINION. On the evening of the 3 February 1931, Hawke’s Bay Earthquake, ...

A 4.5 magnitude quake has rattled central New Zealand this afternoon. The quake struck at 4.33pm 10km south of Seddon. It was ...

This video shows the moments after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand on February 22, 2011, killing at least 75 people with hundreds more missing.

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Fifteen people died on June 17, 1929, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the small farming ... 1931, caused New Zealand's largest loss of life in a natural disaster, along with widespread ...