WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A deadly magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, leading to tsunami activity, officials said Sunday. The quake caused damage to buildings and ...

A powerful 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island late Tuesday night local time, approximately 16 miles (10 kilometers) east of Eketāhuna in the Tararua district.

A major magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck roughly 600 miles northeast of New Zealand on Thursday afternoon, triggering concerns of a potentially damaging tsunami across large portions of the Pacific.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the New Zealand capital Wellington on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, as the nation grapples with widespread landslides and flooding across a ...

A strong earthquake shook the lower part of New Zealand’s North Island on Monday, rattling buildings and knocking out power for thousands of people. It also caused a giant, hanging sculpture of ...

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 ...

Since that magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit New Zealand on Feb. 22, 2011, the recovery has been painfully slow. The physical, economic and psychological aftershocks continue. “We always used to say ...

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, killing at least two people, damaging buildings and infrastructure, and prompting emergency services to warn people along ...

I went to New Zealand on a long-planned vacation to see the setting for “The Lord of the Rings” movies and the mountain scenery. But as the earthquake reporter for the Los Angeles Times ...

A strong earthquake shook the lower part of New Zealand’s North Island on Monday, rattling buildings and knocking out power for thousands of people. It also caused a giant, hanging sculpture of ...