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Australia has a large number of earthquakes every year, but most of them are deep underground and not noticed except by sensitive seismic equipment. Most cause no damage, but there have been some that have left lasting damage, and even caused deaths.

Times and places where significant earthquakes have occurred in Australia are few, but they include:

  • An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit Meeberrie, Western Australia, on 29 April 1941. It left massive cracks in all the walls of Meeberrie homestead.
  • On 14 October 1968, the town of Meckering, Western Australia, was hit by an earthquake which registered 6.9 on the Richter scale. No-one was killed, but an estimated $2.2 million worth of damage was caused, and 17 people injured.
  • On 22 January 1988, three large earthquakes were felt in Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. The smallest occurred at 10:06am and registered 6.3 on the Richter Scale, whilst the largest occurred at 9:35pm, registering 6.7.
  • Australia's worst earthquake disaster occurred on 28 December 1989 in Newcastle, NSW, when an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit, causing massive damage and thirteen deaths.
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