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Coastal warning issued after magnitude 6.7 quake hits off New Zealand

Thousands of people felt the quake in New Zealand with media reporting buildings swaying and items falling from shelves.

Al Jazeera · Mar 25, 2025

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes NZ South Island

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have reported feeling an earthquake in the Ashburton Lakes region of South Island.

AAP · Sep 20, 2023

Earthquake hits New Zealand as death toll rises to five in wake of Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle

New Zealand is dealing with the devastating impacts of ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle, the country's "most destructive weather event in decades", and now an earthquake has added to the emergency facing residents in different parts of the country.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

Huge supervolcano threat level raised after hundreds of earthquakes

Volcano responsible for the biggest eruption on the planet in 5,000 years has been rumbling

Wales Online · Sep 20, 2022

Supervolcano alert level raised at site of largest eruption on Earth in 5,000 years

New Zealand scientists have been left concerned after a supervolcano on the North Island produced a series of small earthquakes, resulting in worried geologists raising the alert level

Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022

Tonga warning as Home Reef volcano erupts eight times in 48 hours

Pilots have been warned to take precautions and mariners told to not sail closer than 4km (2.4 miles) from volcano.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2022

Meteor Flashes across Sky over Wellington, New Zealand

A burning meteor flashed across the sky over the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Thursday, with dozens of witnesses saying they saw a bright light and heard a boom as the fireball passed. Weather forecaster MetService said on Twitter its radar has picked up a possible smoke trail of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022