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5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia
Mar 23^rd, 2012 at 9:21pm

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
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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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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #1 - 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.
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Reply #2 - Mar 24^th, 2012 at 10:29am

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

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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #3 - Mar 24^th, 2012 at 10:39am Well the media has it at 6.1 http://www.news.com.au/national/strong-earthquake-hits-states-far-north/story-e6... Calling it Quote: ONE of the biggest earthquakes recorded in Australia They also have it at 3km deep
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bobbythefap1 Gold Member Offline Posts: 7026 Listen now to the rain	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 9:58am Another one today: Quote: 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
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blackadder Gold Member Offline Posts: 1977	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:09am Damn climate change.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #6 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:53am blackadder wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:09am: Damn climate change. I don't think there's a connection
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15451 Armidale Gender:	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #7 - 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?
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blackadder Gold Member Offline Posts: 1977	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #8 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 12:58pm muso wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:53am: blackadder wrote on Mar 26^th, 2012 at 11:09am: Damn climate change. I don't think there's a connection Back door Bob and greenslime say there is.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #9 - Mar 26^th, 2012 at 2:49pm 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.
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juliar Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 22966	Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia Reply #10 - 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 ?
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Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia
Reply #11 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 12:49pm

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

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

Piers Corbyn does earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, hurricanes and English surf. It's the sun.
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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.

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Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia
Reply #12 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 12:51pm

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.

Grin

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Re: 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Central Australia
Reply #13 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 12:53pm

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.

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Reply #14 - Mar 27^th, 2012 at 12:55pm

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

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.

Grin

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.

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