Sources: New Zealand Herald
At least 71 schools in Australia and New Zealand close as authorities investigate recalled children's play sand products from Kmart and Target after testing detected asbestos in some samples. 2025-11-17
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits the town of Pütürge in eastern Turkey. No casualties or serious damage are reported. 2022-04-9
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, causing tsunami waves of up to 1 m. As a precaution, Tohoku Electric Power shuts down the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant and Tokyo Electric Power Company checks the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. 2021-03-20
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported. 2020-05-25
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Christchurch in New Zealand. The St. John ambulance service says that several people suffered minor injuries from falls as they ran from the quake but there were no immediate reports of serious damage. 2016-02-14
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs near the town of Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. 2015-04-24
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand's Kermadec Islands resulting in a tidal surge. 2011-07-7
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurs 30 kilometres west of Taupo in the Waikato Region of the North Island of New Zealand. 2011-07-5
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake offshore from the US northern state of Alaska leads to a tsunami warning being issued but it is later cancelled. 2011-06-23
The New Zealand city of Christchurch is hit by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, an aftershock to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. 2010-10-13