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Earthquakes have occurred in Western Australia (WA) on a regular basis throughout its geological history. In 1849, the first earthquake following European settlement in WA was recorded. "On Saturday last, about a quarter past four o'clock a.m., several inhabitants of Perth were awoke by what they conceived to be a slight shock of an earthquake."
Minor damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away. Formerly rated strongest onshore earthquake recorded in Australia (7.2), it has since been rated at 6.3. [17] [18] Victoria / Tasmania: Bass Strait: 1946-09-15 6.2 Minor damage reported in Tasmania from Burnie to Huonville, and in Gippsland, Victoria. Offshore earthquake [19] [20] [21]
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].
The Sunday morning earthquake was the 12th recorded in South Carolina this year, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. After going years without an earthquake more tremors have ...
Image as of a few days after the earthquake. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.2-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations which were affected are listed below in ...
This is the second confirmed earthquake of 2024, after 28 were recorded in the Palmetto ... two earthquakes — one a 3.5 magnitude and the other 3.6 — were included in a flurry of tremors and ...
1.4 Earthquake records. 1.5 New observatory at ... As an earthquake observatory in Perth a Milne-Shaw seismograph was utilised between 1923 and 1959 for the recording ...
Another earthquake rumbled through the Columbia area as tremors hit overnight. A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Sunday morning in the Midlands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...