Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to GNS Science earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge about a renewed effort to catalogue a nationwide web of active faults threatening New Zealand.

At least twenty people were injured in yesterday’s quake. Measuring 6.6 the earthquake is the strongest to hit Italy in decades and is the fourth to hit central Italy in three months. Italians have been warned to expect several more large aftershocks.

The major threat that the South Island's Alpine Fault poses to New Zealand has been front and centre of a Civil Defence conference in Queenstown this week.

Collating data on eruptions, earthquakes and gas emissions promise new predictive tools.

Source: YouTube: Deep Carbon. On average, 40 volcanoes on land erupt into the atmosphere each month. Deep Carbon Observatory scientists are studying volcanic emissions at sites around the world, and will more than triple the number of permanent volcano gas monitoring stations from 2012-2019.

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A Franz Josef glacier guide sat covered in his own blood awaiting rescue after getting caught in an avalanche at the top of the Landsborough Valley last week.

Hurricane Matthew has slammed into the Haitian and Cuban coast, bringing gusts of up to 175 miles-per-hour as well as dangerous flooding. At

Scientists are to create an underwater "earthquake observatory" near the North Island's East Coast that will give detailed information about off-shore quakes like the 7.1 which shook the North Island last week.

They're one of the most fearsome natural phenomena known to man - and now Kiwi scientists have revealed the mechanics of volcanic pyroclastic flows.

Seismologist Dr John Ristau answers some questions about earthquakes in the region.

Grim projections show the large cost of an extreme flood event and future sea level increases on buildings and homes.

A man who lost his daughter and partner in the Christchurch earthquake has been sentenced for indecent assault and a charge under the new cyberbullying law.

For the first time scientists have observed a slow-motion earthquake unfold deep beneath the sea.

COMMENT: The Sesame Street Muppets have arrived in Fiji in hope to put a smile on the faces of children who were affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston.

As soon as Cyclone Winston began its devastating rampage throughout Fiji, an Auckland man began working out a way to get emergency supplies to those in need.

Three weeks ago, Salesh Kumar took out a loan of $5000 to replace the roof on his Rakiraki home.

Sisters tell Anna Leask in Fiji of their terror as cyclone's winds smashed the house in which they sheltered.

The classrooms at Lovo Sangham School north of Nadi should be brimming with children taking lessons.

As cyclone Winston bore down on his hilltop home Seru Pepeli had to make the hardest decision of his life.

When they leave their home the thieves come. So they are staying put, not willing to lose their possessions when they have already lost their homes.

A survivor of Cyclone Winston talks of the horror and devastation left in the wake of the storm.

Almost every tree along the highway is either uprooted or split, branches ripped off during the cyclone littering each side of the road and damming creeks.

Relief workers fear news of widespread devastation once connections with outlying villages are restored.

A tornado has left a trail of destruction in southern Sydney leaving several people with minor injuries and many homes and businesses without roofs.

Experience tells us that the best way to help our island neighbours is to donate to a reputable aid agency and make sure that your cash donation reaches those who need it most.

Fire crews are battling serious blazes in Dunedin and Dunback. Two homes in Saddle Hill are burning and a third is threatened. Some residents have been evacuated.