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Western Australia: Collier Bay 1997-08-10 6.3 M w: No major damage. Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and Kununurra. 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 ...
That earthquake occurred as a result of shallow reverse faulting within the Australian plate. The largest earthquake in Australia was the mainshock of the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquakes which consisted of an M w 6.7 quake preceded by two M w > 6.0 foreshocks. [15]
The strongest earthquake with its epicentre on land is the magnitude 6.5 Meckering earthquake of 1968, which caused injuries to at least 17 people and extensive property damage; it was the best-known earthquake in Western Australia the late twentieth century.
List of earthquakes in Australia; 0–9. 1954 Adelaide earthquake; 1961 New South Wales earthquake; 1988 Tennant Creek earthquakes; 1989 Newcastle earthquake;
Sunday's earthquake was one of the most powerful ever to hit western Australia.
This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, ... Australia, New South Wales, 7 km (4.3 mi) north-northeast of Denman:
The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was an intraplate earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday 28 December. [2] The shock measured 5.6 on the Richter scale and was one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160. The damage bill has been estimated at A$4 billion (or $9.5 ...
On 22 January 1988, a sequence of destructive earthquakes measuring 6.2, 6.3, and 6.6 struck southwest of Tennant Creek, Australia which was felt as far north as Darwin and in other regions of the country. The largest event of the sequence was the largest earthquake ever recorded in mainland Australia since records began in 1800. [6]