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Queensland Bowen-Townsville: 2016-08-18 5.8 North Queensland was rocked by 5.8 magnitude earthquake, 124 km southeast of Townsville. The quake struck at 3.31pm, about 130 km south of Townsville, 60 km west of Bowen and 10 km below the earth's surface. Victoria/New South Wales/Tasmania/South Australia: Mansfield: 2021-09-22: 5.9 M w: VII 1
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 ...
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].
12 people killed in Townsville and 2 in Charters Towers and caused massive property damage across North Queensland 1907–1908 Heat wave: 1907–1908 Australian heat wave: 246 There were 105 deaths in South Australia alone (between 7 December 1907 and 8 February 1908). [12] 1909 Flood: 1909 Western Victorian floods: 4 1909–1910 Heat wave
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least 1,000. A 7.4 earthquake is exponentially more destructive than the 4.8 quake that struck central New ...
The Western Australian town of Meckering was struck by an earthquake on 14 October 1968. The earthquake occurred at 10:58:52 local time, with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage amounted to $2.2 million with 20–28 injured.
Multiple earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and higher struck off the west coast in the Pacific Ocean in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 18., according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Center.
List of earthquakes in Australia; 0–9. 1954 Adelaide earthquake; 1961 New South Wales earthquake; 1988 Tennant Creek earthquakes; 1989 Newcastle earthquake;