WELLINGTON (dpa) – New Zealand is not called the “Shaky Isles” for nothing. It has about 14,000 earthquakes every year – though people only actually feel up to 150 of them. The country straddles the ...

For centuries - and long before Mount Doom drew Tolkien's heroes to Mordor - New Zealand's explosive geology has awed and terrified the island's residents. Volcanoes, including the one immortalized in ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

Q: Have the recent volcanic eruptions on New Zealand made it inadvisable to consider a trip there this December/January? Are there any sources on the Internet you could recommend for more information?

The Whakaari/White Island tragedy has led scientists to develop an eruption predictor tool using AI, which they hope will prevent another fatal volcanic disaster. Twenty-two people were killed and 45 ...

An American woman said she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people. Lauren, 35, and Matt Urey, 39, returned to ...