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Strongest earthquake recorded in Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquake. New South Wales: Appin: 1999-03-17 4.8 65 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Sydney. Depth only 3.2 km. Felt in Sydney and caused 1000 homes to lose power. [38] Victoria: Boolarra: 2000-08-29 5.0 Caused minor damage.
The South West seismic zone (also identified as SWSZ) is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia. [1] [2] [3]It was known earlier as the Yandanooka–Cape Riche Lineament, [4] including the physiographic boundary known as the Meckering Line, and also the junction between Swanland [clarification needed] and Salinaland [clarification needed].
On 2 June 1979 the second-most damaging earthquake in Western Australia's recorded history hit with a magnitude of 6.1. The epicentre was close to the town of Cadoux in the Wheatbelt region about 165 km (103 mi) north east of Perth, Western Australia. One person was injured and 25 buildings were damaged along with roads, railways and power ...
New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency had warned of a tsunami threat following a magnitude 8.1 quake. 3 powerful earthquakes hit off New Zealand coast, topped by magnitude 8.1 ...
On 18 December, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Royal New Zealand Air Force carrying an urban search and rescue team to Vanuatu was diverted to Nouméa in New Caledonia due to an engine fire warning. [56] China also sent 35 tons of humanitarian aid. [57] On 20 December 2024, over seven tonnes of aid were delivered by New Zealand. [58]
2007 New South Wales storms: 10 2008 Thunderstorm: Queensland storms: 2 500,000,000 AUD 2009 Heat wave: 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave: 374 [59] A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on ...
Living on shaky ground: The science and story behind New Zealand's earthquakes. Auckland: Random House (New Zealand). ISBN 978-1-77553-688-8. Michael Upchurch (2021). "He Iwi Rū | Quake Nation: effective interactive data visualisation in the museum". Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 32. Te Papa: 135– 151.
Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand -37.563 179.444 0 7.3 M w (USGS) Centred 174km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand, at a depth of 20.8km. [9] March 4, 2021 17:41 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand see 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes-29.665 -177.834 0 7.4 M w (USGS) Centred 970km NNE of 'Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga, at a depth of 53.1km. [10 ...