Residents in Wellington were woken by a moderate earthquake on Saturday morning, described as 'short' and 'sharp'.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has rattled the capital this morning. GeoNet recorded the quake at 7.24am at a magnitude 4.3 and ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Canterbury in New Zealand shortly before 7am local time on Thursday. Tremors were felt in ...

A powerful 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island late Tuesday ... Wairoa, Waverley, Wellington, Whanganui and surrounding localities within the region.

Wellington City Council has spent tens of millions of dollars upgrading several social housing buildings only to have them deemed earthquake-prone, meaning they have to be strengt ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's second-largest city, Christchurch, on Saturday marked the 14th anniversary of a deadly earthquake that claimed 185 lives of more than 20 nationalities.

Throughout March, WREMO is hosting events at Community Emergency Hubs across the region. These events aim to help people ...

The government is spending almost a million dollars on researching earthquake and volcanic disaster resilience in ...

New Zealand's capital Wellington was a virtual ghost town ... Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur within this region.

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.

But having just spent a week reporting on German elections, I’m finding that new and deeper dimensions of the subject are emerging to me.Perhaps the strongest impression from that week was an ...