A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge, approximately 3,440 km from Chile and over 3,500 km from New ...

Tsunami alerts in New Zealand and Chile after huge earthquake off Russian coast: Live updates - Tsunami warnings in Hawaii, parts of California and Japan downgraded ...

New Zealand, with a population of 4.7 million, sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes are common.

New Zealand's premier said the Christchurch quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the toll to 146 dead and more than 200 missing while giving a grim prognosis for t ...

In New Zealand, however, the government created the New Zealand Earthquake Commission, which is a compulsory addendum to anyone with a standard residential fire insurance policy typically required ...