Topic: Earthquakes

Working in aftershocks 'surreal'

Surrounded by explosives inside a brick weapons bunker, Palmerston North structural engineer Alex Chisholm set his sights on an escape route when a...

A city tested - and passing well

Footage of the changed landscape of Christchurch post earthquake. Music: When I'm Gone, Franko Heke. Footage: Hamish Coleman-Ross.. . More than ...

Boy helps raise money for Pakistan relief

An 11-year-old boy from Nova Scotia has joined the effort to raise money for flood-ravaged Pakistan.. . Behraam Raja, a Grade 6 student at...

One dead in Darfield fire

One person is dead following a house fire in the Canterbury town of Darfield. . . Fire communications spokesman Andrew Norris said fire crews were ...

Powerful Quake Hits New Zealand

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports...

Quake breaks nuns' silence

Christchurch nun Sister Cushla of Mary Immaculate was six days into a silent retreat when last Saturday's earthquake hit. . . "After six days of ...
Angelina Jolie may be one of the hottest actresses in the world but that doesn't mean she is that popular in her private life. The 35-year-old...

A tectonic zip

The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcion (Chile) on Feb. 27, 2010, was to a certain extent predictable. GPS...

Smithsonian Magazine Auctions Art for Haiti Recovery

This painting by Frantz Zéphirin is being auctioned off to benefit the Smithsonian Haiti Cultural Recovery Project.. . The painting that appears on...
A satellite-based mobile communication system developed by Inmarsat with ESA support has been awarded Britain's top prize for engineering...