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'Megathrust' puts millions at risk

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Two strong quakes jolt Ecuador coast

Two strong earthquakes shook Ecuador's coast today, in the same region where a magnitude 7.8 quake struck in April killing 663 people and leaving nearly 29,000 homeless.

Earthquake hits central North Island

A magnitude 4.1 quake has shaken the central North Island this afternoon.

Google feature to bring local quake data

New Google feature to collate local seismic information and display it after a quick search, avoiding trawling through websites

Quake shakes Fiordland

A magnitude 4.3 quake has shaken Fiordland this morning.

Quake shakes Napier

A moderate 4.2 earthquake has rocked the central North Island early this morning.

The real reason NZ gets earthquakes

Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?

Magnitude 4.1 quake shakes White Island

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has shaken White Island this evening.

Light earthquake rattles Christchurch

Christchurch has been shaken by a light, shallow earthquake this evening.

'Something no one wanted to know about'

A Herald investigation into the hidden toll of the Christchurch earthquakes has sparked calls for research into the correlation between suicides and the quakes.

NZ Herald Focus 4pm 18 April 2016

Latest headlines from the Herald newsroom

Hidden toll of the Christchurch quakes

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people, and NZers vowed never to forget them. But what of those who took their lives in its aftermath?

Explore gallery: Christchurch quake's 'forgotten victims'

The forgotten victims of one of the nation's deadliest disasters.

Japan rescue operations 'a race against time'

Authorities in Japan have ordered almost 250,000 from their homes following Saturday's 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

'We were worried things would fall on us'

A Kiwi couple living in the Japanese city hit by two earthquakes have been huddled in their car with their three young children for the past two nights.

Americans at risk of man-made earthquakes

Parts of the US now face a man-made ground-shaking hazard equal to the famously unstable terrain of California.

Wanaka rocked by 4.3 quake

The tremor struck at 4.12pm, was 15km deep and was centred 50km north-west of the South Island resort town.

Series of quakes in Hawkes Bay

GeoNet said the four tremors were all close to Porangahau at a depth of 20 kilometres or less.