A modified version of Google's algorithm could have adequately warned 10 million users about a deadly quake that killed over ...

Insurance companies have improved their processes since the Canterbury earthquakes, but a new report into the insurance sector’s response to the Auckland Anniversary Weekend flooding and Cyclone ...

The free weekend has become an annual fixture in Christchurch, with thousands of people visiting Quake City during the event last year. It is made possible by major sponsor Natural Hazards Commission ...

Rejecting ‘1980s curtain twitchers’ and being unafraid to hold the Government responsible for the Wellington economy are part of the fresh, no-nonsense vision that Scott Caldwell will bring to ...

Strong wind watches and heavy rain warnings are in place for Whanganui and surrounding regions as an atmospheric river ...

The National Emergency Management Agency is urging people to trust their sense of danger with signs of flooding and tsunami, instead of waiting for official warnings. NEMA is starting a campaign to ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck India's Nicobar Islands on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The shockwaves from an earthquake off the south coast of Spain were felt inside Mitchelstown Cave, according to data from the ...

The difference is not small. “Be Aware” messages are only meant for light shaking. “Take Action” alerts are supposed to tell people when they need to move away from danger quickly. The quieter alert ...

A strong magnitude 4.6 quake has struck near Ruatoria in the Gisborne region at a depth of about 8km, Geonet says. The ...

Jared Savage is an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald and has won more than a dozen national and international journalism awards, ...

A CCTV video from Myanmar has revealed the first direct footage of a curved fault slip during an earthquake—confirming long-held geological theories and deepening our understanding of rupture dynamics ...