A magnitude-7.5 earthquake has struck just south of Chile, in the Drake Passage. The quake struck at 2.16pm at a depth of ...

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

The threat of a tsunami was reassessed after the Russian earthquake was upgraded to a magnitude 8.7. It was later upgraded ...

New Zealand emergency workers from both the Defence Force and Fire and Emergency are joining the race to save those trapped under buildings that have collapsed in Port Vila after a 7.3 earthquake ...

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck near the South Island of New Zealand, according to Reuters and GeoNet. The tremors were recorded on Tuesday, March 25, 160 km northwest of the ...

While most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries, they can also happen along faults within a single tectonic plate. Read more ...

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...