Residents in Southland and Fiordland are still being urged to avoid beaches, where strong and unusual currents may be experienced. Geonet reports almost five thousand people felt the shake at 2.43pm - ...

Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery ...

Tehran could use the earthquake to try to convince enemies to refrain from destroying its nuclear facilities. Yet sources ...

The 4.4 magnitude earthquake that jolted the Los Angeles area this week hit in the area of a fault system that could pose an ...

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia, at 6.22 am ...