But these creatures should not be thought of as a nuisance; in fact they should be considered nature’s rototillers. As earthworms crawl through the soil, they aerate and loosen it by digging ...

The centre of the earthquake was at Sandy Point, near Wilsons Promontory, and was felt in Foster, Leongatha and Inverloch. More than 80 reports were recorded with Geoscience Australia. It comes ...

It was triggered by a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula at 7.10am local time on Sunday (8.10pm UK time on Saturday), according to the US ...

An earthquake rattled southern Portugal Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 5.4, was recorded at 5:11 a.m. local time ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. The 4.5 magnitude earthquake was reported just after 4:30pm in Denman, near Muswellbrook, on Saturday, with the tremor recording 10km below the earth ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake - the largest in two decades - has stunned residents in the Hunter Valley with reports of shoppers running for cover at a local shopping centre after debris started to ...

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities, including local governments, must get serious about disaster mitigation as it is “just a matter of time” before a powerful earthquake caused by two converging ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Muswellbrook just after midday on Friday, a few kilometres from the site where the Coalition ...

Geoscience Australia recorded the 5.0 magnitude earthquake 10km below the town of Denman in the Upper Hunter Region, about 250km north of Sydney, about 12pm on Friday. Muswellbrook Shire Council ...

The biggest earthquake to hit parts of the NSW Hunter region in 50 years could have been triggered by coal mining in the region, a geophysicist says. The 5.0-magnitude quake shook the town of ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit a town in rural NSW so hard a local mayor 'thought the roof was about to cave in', as Australians living hours away in Sydney reported feeling tremors. The quake ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has been felt by thousands in NSW. The epicentre was near Muswellbrook but tremors were felt by residents in places as far away as Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Canberra.