WELLINGTON, New Zealand, January 9 - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit the North Island region of New Zealand early today, with ...

The epicentre of the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale was said to be just 110 miles away from the venue of the ...

There was no immediate information available on casualties, damage, or whether tsunami warnings had been issued.

Zealandia, the world’s first fully fenced urban ecosanctuary, is taking a long view on conservation—and creating one of New ...

The quake occurred at 8:29 a.m. local time, about 10 kilometers southwest of Waverley in South Taranaki, at a depth of 107 ...

A tourism leader in Kaikoura says they're having their busiest summer season since a major earthquake almost a decade ago.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 rattled the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km, making it ...

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Cook Strait, New Zealand, at 1929 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

“In times of disaster, it's local councils that step in to lead the response and recovery efforts in their regions and ...