HONG KONG, China -- The huge 7.8 earthquake which hit New Zealand last November hastened the merger of two wild-caught abalone companies, due to the damage inflicted on NZ's small stocks ...

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake recently struck New Zealand and lifted the seabed 6 feet upward. The earthquake left coral and seabed exposed above the ocean in a matter of minutes. One of the ...

An earthquake struck near Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday. The earthquake was reportedly "widely felt in the North Island," but there were no reports of injury or damages.

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 ...

A VERY important review of New Zealand earthquakes by Dr. J. Henderson, director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand, and Mr. R. C. Hayes, acting-director of the Dominion Observatory ...

Several powerful earthquakes hit near the coast of New Zealand on Thursday night and Friday morning, prompting tsunami warnings for New Zealand and tsunami watches for Hawaii. The most powerful ...

New Zealand residents only reported gridlock as people fled their homes for higher ground, as well as some structural damage. A smaller, 6.3 magnitude earthquake in 2011 killed 185 people on the ...

A massive earthquake of 6.2-magnitude has hit off the west coast of New Zealand. There is no tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred shortly after 1 a.m. local time. It ...