I went to New Zealand on a long-planned vacation to see the setting for “The Lord of the Rings” movies and the mountain scenery. But as the earthquake reporter for the Los Angeles Times ...

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. The New Zealand earthquake, which struck the country's second-largest metro area shortly before 1 p.m. local time Tuesday, highlights the hazards of ...

Search teams used their bare hands, dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers Wednesday to pull 120 survivors from the rubble of a powerful earthquake in one of New Zealand's largest cities. Officials ...

A strong earthquake shook the lower part of New Zealand’s North Island on Monday, rattling buildings and knocking out power for thousands of people. It also caused a giant, hanging sculpture of ...

People living in coastal areas have been warned to get out of the water and move away from beaches after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s South Island, authorities said.

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 ...

New Zealand's coast near the town of Riverton has been rocked by a massive 6.7 magnitude earthquake as fears of tsunamis grow throughout the country, according to local officials. The Wellington ...

New Zealand is known has one of the most seismically active countries on the planet, however, there's no official early ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck New Zealand, just one day after a devastating cyclone forced a state of emergency across much of the country. The quake occurred under the Cook Strait ...

Collisions make mountains, separations create valleys and oceans, and sudden slides causes earthquakes. The New Zealand islands are practically obscured by all the geological activity on this map ...

File: Surfers catching a wave after a series of large earthquakes hit New Zealand, sparking a tsunami advisory notice (AFP via Getty Images) It said remote parts of Fiordland's coast were the most ...