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Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any ...
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Aftershock recorded after buildings rattled by 4.6-magnitude quake

A small aftershock has been felt almost 12 hours after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the NSW Hunter region. The first quake hit at 2.55am, and sent shockwaves spanning the coast from Taree down to ...
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Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Mojtaba Rajabi leads the Australian Stress Map project and serves as deputy head of the World Stress Map project. His research on Australia’s stress field is supported by the Australian Research ...