This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. An international team that drilled almost a kilometre deep (0.6 miles) into New Zealand's Alpine Fault, which ...

A 'swarm of activity' along New Zealand's Alpine fault-line on Tuesday has prompted fears of devastating tsunamis and a 'megathrust' quake which has the power to kill hundreds of thousands.

The Alpine Fault is one of the most active fault lines in the world and it has a history of sudden movements. Scientists now believe we will see a magnitude-8 earthquake in our lifetime and it ...

The devastating earthquake that tore through Christchurch on Tuesday is the product of a new fault line in the Earth’s crust that seismologists were previously unaware of.

The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new fault line in the Earth's surface, a geologist ...

When scientists think of the next big earthquake, they tend to assume it will stem from a major fault line. But now, experts warn it could originate on small, 'branch' faults we don't pay much ...