A local tsunami alert has been lifted after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia.

Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.

A woman who was disgruntled when an Iranian cleric preached that female cleavage causes earthquakes has caused her own social networking phenomenon.

Two New Zealand aid workers are safe and well following this morning's earthquake in Indonesia.

Two businessmen have created a $500 Cristal champagne sorbet, topped with gold-leaf shavings, to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims.