A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck New Zealand in the middle of the night with its force felt so powerfully that those in the region couldn't even stay on their feet ...

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

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.

New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

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

The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10km. The US Geological Service put the quake's ...

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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.

For 94 years, Hawke’s Bay has paused on February 3 to reflect on a moment that forever changed its landscape and shaped the ...

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 ...