Quake mud wiped life from undersea canyon
850 tonnes of mud and sand flushed away seafloor life in Kaikoura Canyon.
850 tonnes of mud and sand flushed away seafloor life in Kaikoura Canyon.
So far more than 1000 people have reported feeling shaking.
It could kill thousands, but there's much about our main geological threat we don't know.
Scientists set to install listening posts deep in the high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.
Could NZ have a tsunami early warning system? A visiting Japanese scientist thinks so.
Animation showing the tsunami threat posed by a 'mega-thrust' quake off the east coast of New Zealand. Video/ingomar200
Undiscovered volcanic features could lie hidden not far from the Bay of Plenty's coast.
Reports of violent shaking after 7.5 magnitude quake strikes on Monday morning.
Scientists have launched an $8m effort to understand the threats landslides pose to us.
It took 11 minutes to read out the names of the 185 who lost their lives in the 2011quake.
Today is the seventh anniversary of the quake that claimed 185 lives.
New CTV Building memorial blessed on the eve of tomorrow's February 22 quake anniversary.
An 4.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken Wales, being felt up the west coast of the UK.
At least two people died when a helicopter crashed.
Quake activity has returned to the Ring of Fire as scientists fear a "big one" is coming.
Two 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake commemorations will take place at the weekend.
Fault-line monitors at Dannevirke, Weber and Akitio part of major scientific programme.
Tower has fewer than 300 open Canterbury earthquake claims
It's unclear if the shakes were Kaikoura aftershocks or typical Cook Strait seismicity.
More than 4700 people, including some from as far away as Auckland, felt the shaking.
7.9 quake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will affect New Zealand.
Historic buildings in Hurunui, Petone and Oamaru to have quake strengthening and repairs.
We don't feel "slow slip" quakes. But they could be priming fault zones for future jolts.
It was very shallow, only 10km, which would have amplified its effect.
Veteran science journalist Paul Gorman recounts his days covering the Canterbury quakes.
In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to GNS Science geophysicist Dr Laura Wallace.