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The main earthquake was followed by aftershocks — a magnitude 3.5 quake at 9:24am, a 4.1 quake at 9:33am, a 2.5 quake at 9:47am and a 3.1 quake at 9:54am. Felt in Murrayville. Moderate shaking felt around the epicentre and nearby areas. Reports of houses abruptly shaking after an initial vibrating noise.
Earthquakes in 2009 resulted in 1,853 fatalities. The 2nd Sumatra earthquake caused an estimated 1,117 deaths to that island, while other majors events struck Italy or Costa Rica . Also notable, the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami registered an 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale , the most powerful earthquake in 2009.
An earthquake struck approximately 53 kilometres SSE of the town of Mansfield (in the vicinity of the township of Woods Point), in the Victorian Alps of Australia on 22 September 2021, at 09:15 local time. [5] The earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. [1][2][6] The earthquake caused minor structural damage in parts of Melbourne ...
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 28 January. [60] [61] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health authorities attribute 374 deaths to the heat wave. [62] 2009 Bushfire
King Island, Tasmania. 406. 1845 Aug 4. The Cataraqui was wrecked when it crashed into rocks off the coast of King Island in stormy weather at 4:30 in the morning on 4 August. [14][15] With 400 dead (another source states 406), it was Australia's worst civil maritime disaster. [16][15] Heat wave.
2012 Gippsland earthquake. A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Gippsland near Moe at 8.55 pm on 19 June 2012, at a shallow depth of 10.0 km. [2] It was the strongest recorded in Victoria in at least three decades, [3][4] with some sources suggesting it was the strongest in over a century. [5][6] It was felt across much of Victoria and parts of ...
January 2009 – A heatwave results in a record three successive days over 43 °C (109 °F). [28] This is closely followed by Melbourne's hottest day on record on 7 February, when the temperature reached 46.4 °C (115.5 °F) in the CBD. This same heatwave triggers the Black Saturday bushfires, the worst in Australian history. [29]
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck southern Iran on September 26, killing 1 person. [23] A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 26. [170] A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 29. [171]