New Zealand sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire,an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones stretching from Chile in South America through Alaska and down through the South Pacific,which records more than 14,000 earthquakes a year
Magnitude 6.0 SOUTHERN OREGON February 16,2012
Magnitude 6.8 NEGROS,WESTERN MANILA February 6,2012
Magnitude 7.3 WESTERN OF INDONESIA January 10,2012
Magnitude 7.0 SOUTH WEST OF TOKIO January 01,2012
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Magnitude 5.3 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND December 31,2011
Magnitude 6.6 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA December 27,2011
Magnitude 5.9 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND December 23,2011
Magnitude 5.8 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND December 23,2011
Magnitude 7.1 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG,PAPUA NEW GUINEA December 14,2011
Magnitude 6.5 GUERRERO, MEXICO December 11, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 BENI, BOLIVIA November 22, 2011
Magnitude 6.3 MOLUCCA SEA November 14, 2011
Magnitude 6.9 NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN November 08, 2011
Magnitude 4.7 OKLAHOMA November 08, 2011
Magnitude 5.6 OKLAHOMA November 06, 2011
Magnitude 4.7 OKLAHOMA November 05, 2011
Magnitude 6.3 REVILLA GIGEDO ISLANDS REGION November 01, 2011
Magnitude 6.9 NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU October 28, 2011
Magnitude 7.1 EASTERN TURKEY October 23, 2011
Magnitude 7.4 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION October 21, 2011
Magnitude 4.8 SOUTHERN TEXAS October 20, 2011
Magnitude 6.5 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA October 14, 2011
Magnitude 5.3 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON October 13, 2011
Magnitude 6.1 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS October 07, 2011
Magnitude 5.8 GUATEMALA September 19, 2011
Magnitude 6.9 INDIA-NEPAL BORDER REGION September 18, 2011
Magnitude 6.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN September 16, 2011
Magnitude 7.3 FIJI REGION September 15, 2011
Magnitude 6.4 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION September 09, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA September 05, 2011
Magnitude 7.0 VANUATU September 03, 2011
Magnitude 6.7 SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA September 02, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA September 02, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 BANDA SEA August 30, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 NORTHERN PERU August 24, 2011
Magnitude 5.8 VIRGINIA August 23, 2011
Magnitude 5.3 COLORADO August 23, 2011
Magnitude 4.6 COLORADO August 22, 2011
Magnitude 7.0 VANUATU August 20, 2011
Magnitude 7.1 VANUATU August 20, 2011
Magnitude 6.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN August 19, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. July 31, 2011
Magnitude 6.7 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS July 29, 2011
Magnitude 6.1 KYRGYZSTAN July 19, 2011
Magnitude 7.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN July 10, 2011
Magnitude 7.6 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION July 06, 2011
Magnitude 7.2 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA June 24, 2011
Magnitude 6.0 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND June 13, 2011
Magnitude 5.8 WESTERN TURKEY May 19, 2011
Magnitude 5.1 SPAIN May 11, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 LOYALTY ISLANDS May 10, 2011
Magnitude 6.9 SOLOMON ISLANDS April 23, 2011
Magnitude 7.1 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN April 11, 2011
Magnitude 7.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN April 07, 2011
Magnitude 6.5 VERACRUZ, MEXICO April 07, 2011
Magnitude 6.7 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA April 03, 2011
Magnitude 6.9 MYANMAR March 24, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 22, 2011
Magnitude 6.3 VANUATU March 17, 2011
Magnitude 7.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 11, 2011
Magnitude 9.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 11, 2011
Magnitude 5.5 MYANMAR-CHINA BORDER REGION March 10, 2011
Magnitude 6.5 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA March 09, 2011
Magnitude 7.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 09, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 SOLOMON ISLANDS March 07, 2011
Magnitude 6.5 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION March 06, 2011
Magnitude 4.7 ARKANSAS February 28, 2011
Magnitude 6.1 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND February 21, 2011
Magnitude 4.1 ARKANSAS February 18, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE February 14, 2011
Magnitude 6.8 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE February 11, 2011
Magnitude 6.5 CELEBES SEA February 10, 2011
Magnitude 7.2 SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN January 18, 2011
Magnitude 7.0 LOYALTY ISLANDS January 13, 2011
Magnitude 6.6 VANUATU January 09, 2011
Magnitude 4.1 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA January 08, 2011
Magnitude 7.1 ARAUCANIA, CHILE January 02, 2011
Magnitude 7.0 SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA January 01, 2011
World politics
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President Barack Obama:
If U.S. astronauts land on the moon again before 2020,it won't be aboard a NASA spacecraft.The space agency's 2011 budget,reveals plans to scrap the Constellation program,including the rockets and spacecraft that NASA has been developing over the past four years to replace its aging space shuttle fleet.