The quake struck at a depth of 30-kilometres just after 4pm local time today and was felt from Kaitaia to Dunedin, with people near the epicentre feeling a massive jolt.

Research shows seismic waves can get trapped in these basins and bounce from side to side to create "seismic echoes".

A huge earthquake fault line has been found underneath Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The fault line, just south of ...

A faultline in Auckland now considered active has the potential of creating a magnitude 6.8 earthquake if it were to rupture, a new study shows. In a media release, researchers from the University of ...

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island early Sunday, shaking residents awake, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency services to warn people along the coast to move to ...

CHRISTCHURCH — Rescuers in New Zealand on Wednesday completed a mass evacuation of tourists stranded after a devastating earthquake, as officials in the capital Wellington sealed off dozens of ...