A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by ...

The Bureau of Meteorology advised there is currently no tsunami threat to Australia following the earthquake. More than 4,700 Kiwis would have felt the earthquake, according to government ...

A tsunami warning was canceled for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.