A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed.

Locals took to Facebook shortly after the quake and many said they heard it before they felt it. “I heard it coming followed ...

A catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar killed more than 2,000, buckled roads and collapsed buildings in the country's largest ...

The magnitude 4.4 quake struck at 12.59pm on Friday, 20km southwest of the Horowhenua town at a depth of 35km. Thousands of ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck off the Papua New Guinea coast, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

The USGS issued a tsunami warning along the Papua New Guinea coastline after the temblor on Saturday morning local time.

The Myanmar quake has come as a reminder to stay on top of our own emergency preparedness plans here in New Zealand, experts say. Earthquake experts suspect there could be some important lessons ...

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat to Australia from the quake. In an update just before ...

In Thailand, the quake rocked the greater Bangkok area ... but power and water supplies and transportation and communications ...

The quake is the deadliest natural disaster to hit Myanmar in years and has damaged ... as well as tents, food and logistical ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will canvass a range of options to break a duopoly in its grocery market, including reducing barriers to a new international entrant and forcing the separation of the ...