Since 2002, dozens of slow-motion earthquakes have rippled beneath New Zealand. Researchers think a reservoir holding enough water to fill a sea may be the cause. "Instead of an earthquake ...

New Zealand expects the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle to cost as much as the 2011 Christchurch earthquake ... About 70% of those are in Napier and surrounding areas. Gabrielle struck a few ...

A Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand ... and about 15km beneath Napier and Gisborne. A University of Otago team examined five existing statistical models used for earthquake forecasting and ...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off northern New Zealand on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred in the Kermadec Islands area at 12.23 a.m. local time (1223GMT).

But why so much deco in this Pacific Ocean coastal New Zealand town? Napier was rebuilt after being leveled by a 1931 earthquake and subsequent fire. Every February, on the earthquake anniversary ...

It’s been exactly 10 years since I last saw the Tukituki River, and I remember the day clearly because the water was very ...

The general belief ot men respecting the cause of earthquakes, is the igneous theory; in other words, they believe the centre of the earth is a molten mass, and that it is some times agitated ...

Five boulders, delivered by glacier and balancing delicately on rocky pedestals in northern New York and Vermont, can help ...

Now, a new study published today in Nature Geoscience has come up with a convincing, and surprising, answer: electricity, and earthquakes—lots of them. Those nuggets owe their existence to the ...

Texans were rocked by a "notable" 5.1 magnitude earthquake—one of the strongest in the state's history—on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake struck in Martin ...

Here, women's rights marchers parade down Fifth Avenue in New York as part of a nationwide day of demonstrations for the women's liberation movement, August 26, 1970. Credit: AP Photo The city ...