Several hundred people have reported feeling a moderate earthquake in Seddon, Marlborough Friday afternoon. The magnitude 4.5 ...

A large Wellington apartment building was evacuated ... the spokesperson said the building had been assessed by Fire and Emergency New Zealand as safe to re-enter. "Residents are able to return ...

Last night’s strong and shallow 5.3 quake was felt by more than 23,000 people: mostly across the lower North Island. A ...

DURING August 1944, five strong earthquakes were registered by the seismographs at the Dominion Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand. The first of these, on August 8, from an estimated epicentral ...

Comment: Wellington may be most famous for earthquakes, but the tsunami that damaged the city 170 years ago proved it’s a threat we should be preparing for The post A Wellington anniversary weekend to ...

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Whakatane resident Tara saw people flock to high ground near her home when tsunami warnings were issued following three earthquakes off the coast of New Zealand. The six hour ordeal made her ...

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.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, the USGS said. The quake occurred at a depth of 57 kilometers ...

Whakatane resident Tara saw people flock to high ground near her home when tsunami warnings were issued following three earthquakes off the coast of New Zealand. The six hour ordeal made her ...

The huge quake was centred only about 15 miles deep under the Wairarapa plains of the lower North Island, and it dramatically altered the landscape of Wellington ... caused New Zealand's largest ...