Fairly big and shallow for Australia, USGS has it at 5.6 and I think that has already been downgraded from 5.7/.8

Follows a smaller earthquake near the same area a few days ago which was the first quake we have seen in Australia for a while.



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Magnitude      5.6 Date-Time           Friday, March 23, 2012 at 09:25:16 UTC     Friday, March 23, 2012 at 07:55:16 PM at epicenter     Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location      26.068°S, 132.123°E Depth      10.7 km (6.6 miles) Region      SOUTH AUSTRALIA Distances      317 km (196 miles) SSW of Alice Springs, Northern Terr., Australia 370 km (229 miles) WNW of Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia 415 km (257 miles) NW of Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia 1926 km (1196 miles) WNW of CANBERRA, A.C.T., Australia Location Uncertainty      horizontal +/- 15.7 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles) Parameters      NST= 84, Nph= 87, Dmin=321.7 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 Source           Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)     Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0008nw3.php

Not unusual for that area tho, just rare.
http://www.seismicity.see.uwa.edu.au/welcome/seismicity_in_australia

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On a worldwde basis of course earthquakes of this magnitude are very common. There are typically about 50 per week.

muso wrote on Mar 24^th, 2012 at 8:18am:

On a worldwde basis of course earthquakes of this magnitude are very common. There are typically about 50 per week.

Yeah I know but for mainland Australia its not so common.. We do get big ones off shore more commonly either north north west of western australia or the ridge about 1000km to the south of australia

Well the media has it at 6.1
http://www.news.com.au/national/strong-earthquake-hits-states-far-north/story-e6frfkvr-1226308875815
Calling it
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ONE of the biggest earthquakes recorded in Australia

They also have it at 3km deep

Another one today:

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Andamooka, SA. Magnitude: 3.7 (ML) Depth: 0 km Tsunamigenic: Not available

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/index.jsp

2 hours before a big 7.1 in Chile

Damn climate change.

blackadder wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:09am:

Damn climate change.

I don't think there's a connection  ;D

Piers Corbyn does earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, hurricanes and English surf. It's the sun.
http://weatheraction.com/
mods, please let me do active links, please?

muso wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:53am:

blackadder wrote on Mar 26th, 2012 at 11:09am: Damn climate change. I don't think there's a connection  ;D

Back door Bob and greenslime say there is.

chimera wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 12:04pm:

Piers Corbyn does earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, hurricanes and English surf. It's the sun. http://weatheraction.com/ mods, please let me do active links, please?

Piers Corbyn is a fruitloop.

Doesn't one one the Labor pollies want to store the world's nuclear waste somewhere inland in Australia ?

What happens if an earthquake breaks up the storage facility where this stuff is stored ? A little Japan ?

muso wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 2:49pm:

chimera wrote on Mar 26th, 2012 at 12:04pm: Piers Corbyn does earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, hurricanes and English surf. It's the sun. http://weatheraction.com/ mods, please let me do active links, please? Piers Corbyn is a fruitloop.

A very fruity fruitloop.  Its a form of modern day "reading the tea leaves".   Simply wrap it up in some little understood concept, and sell it for a fortune.

juliar wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 11:38am:

Doesn't one one the Labor pollies want to store the world's nuclear waste somewhere inland in Australia ? What happens if an earthquake breaks up the storage facility where this stuff is stored ? A little Japan ?

Yeah, what a great idea that was.... NOT.

We've got to store the stuff safely for 10,000 years, and lest than a month after the plan was put up the region has an earthquake.

;D

juliar wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 11:38am:

Doesn't one one the Labor pollies want to store the world's nuclear waste somewhere inland in Australia ? What happens if an earthquake breaks up the storage facility where this stuff is stored ? A little Japan ?

Central Australia is a pretty good location, especially if it's stored underground in a natural granite batholith. If they do the right thing and store the waste as borosilicate glass, the consequences would be zero.

Not sure what you mean by a little Japan. The last incident there that resulted in significant radiation related deaths was in 1945. As far as I'm aware there were no radiation related deaths from the Fukushima incident.  The only deaths will be from Greenpeace activists scaring people to death.

Doctor Jolly wrote on Mar 27^th, 2012 at 12:51pm:

juliar wrote on Mar 27th, 2012 at 11:38am: Doesn't one one the Labor pollies want to store the world's nuclear waste somewhere inland in Australia ? What happens if an earthquake breaks up the storage facility where this stuff is stored ? A little Japan ? Yeah, what a great idea that was.... NOT. We've got to store the stuff safely for 10,000 years, and lest than a month after the plan was put up the region has an earthquake. ;D

A magnitude 6 would have nil consequences for a properly constructed underground storage facility. If you want to contest that, I'm happy to discuss the facts.