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 ...

A deadly eruption on White Island in New Zealand Monday serves as a reminder to Pacific Northwest residents of the dangers of living near a volcano, said officials with the U. S. Geological Survey’s ...

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?

#nature #places #volcano At 24,900 miles, if the array of volcanoes known as the Ring of Fire were stretched out straight, it would encircle the Earth. Instead it spans from New Zealand, around to ...