WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck New Zealand ’s lower North Island Wednesday, with a jolt rated ...

Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle behind the unusual "slow earthquakes" occurring off the east coast of New ...

Two moderate quakes have struck the world in the past few hours; while one hit Assam's Dhubri, another was reported in New ...

The quake temporarily knocked out New Zealand's emergency call number, 111, police reported. In Wellington, it collapsed a ferry loading ramp, broke windows and caused items to fall from shelves.

Changes in water levels beneath Earth's surface caused by glacier snowmelt and rainfall could be responsible for triggering ...

if an earthquake occurs in the northwest Pacific (example - Russia or Japan), tsunami waves can reach Japan within minutes, take 10-12 hours to reach Hawaii, arrive in California or South America in ...

With Australia's most significant earthquake disaster occurring more than 35 years ago, many people consider quakes to be ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck New Zealand's lower North Island Wednesday, with a jolt rated as moderate by the country's ...