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List of earthquakes in Australia

Updated: 11/6/2025, 12:51:16 AM Wikipedia source

This is a list of significant earthquakes recorded in Australia and its territories. The currency used is the Australian dollar (A$) unless noted otherwise.

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Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Offshore Cape Schanck
Date
1855-09-17
M
UK
Total damage / notes
Minor damage in Melbourne and surroundings.
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Gayndah
Date
1883-08-28
M
5.9
Total damage / notes
Caused major damage in the Gayndah region.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Cape Liptrap
Date
1885-07-02
M
5.7
Total damage / notes
Felt throughout Victoria, including Melbourne and Geelong. Minor damage around epicentre.
New South Wales/ACT
New South Wales/ACT
State(s)
New South Wales/ACT
Location
Yass
Date
1886-11-15
M
5.5
Total damage / notes
Damage caused in Yass, felt strongly in Queanbeyan.
South Australia
South Australia
State(s)
South Australia
Location
Beachport – Robe
Date
1897-05-10
M
6.5
Type
UK
MMI
IX
Injuries
50
South Australia
South Australia
State(s)
South Australia
Location
Warooka
Date
1902-09-19
M
6.0
Deaths
2
Total damage / notes
Significant damage to the township of Warooka. 2 deaths caused by heart attacks from the shock.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Warrnambool
Date
1903-07-14
M
5.3
Total damage / notes
Damage in Warrnambool
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Alpine National Park
Date
1904-04-10
M
5.0
Total damage / notes
Felt throughout North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales, but not in Melbourne.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Newcastle
Date
1906-05-16
M
UK
Total damage / notes
Damage in the suburb of The Hill. Ruptured water mains. Caused some cliff erosion
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Taree – Newcastle
Date
1916-06-11
M
UK
Total damage / notes
Damage to the Seal Rocks lighthouse. Caused alarm along the Mid-North Coast.
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Banana Shire-North Burnett
Date
1918-06-07
M
6.0
Type
Mwi
MMI
VI-VII
Deaths
-
Injuries
-
Total damage / notes
Inland and onshore in the Camboon area. Caused damage to some buildings in Banana and Rockhampton. It was felt from Mackay in the north to Charleville in the west and as far south as Armidale. It was also strongly felt throughout Brisbane Aftershocks continued for almost a year at Camboon and other cattle stations in the area. The flow of springs increased at Cockatoo Station, Miles, and Wainui. Often referred to as the Bundaberg earthquake and previously incorrectly thought to be offshore.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Offshore Ocean Grove
Date
1922-04-10
M
5.7
Total damage / notes
Chimney collapse in Glen Iris. Objects thrown from shelves in Cranbourne, Malvern East, Pakenham and Portarlington. Felt as far north as Ivanhoe, as far west as Warrnambool and as far south as Burnie, Tasmania. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck a few kilometres east of this earthquake back on the morning of 1 March 1922, which was felt throughout Melbourne, knocking picture frames off a wall in Cowes.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Newcastle
Date
1925-12-18
M
5.3
Total damage / notes
Damage and panic in Hunter Street (particularly at the Theatre Royal).
Tasmania
Tasmania
State(s)
Tasmania
Location
North East Tasmania
Date
1929-12-29
M
5.6
Total damage / notes
Significant damage in Launceston, Tasmania; felt across Western Tasmania from Burnie to Hobart.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Mornington
Date
1932-09-03
M
4.5
Total damage / notes
Felt widely in Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Westernport Bay and Gippsland. Minor damage. Largest earthquake along the infamous Selwyn Fault since the 5.5 magnitude quake of 1855, which occurred a few kilometres offshore of Cape Schanck.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Gunning
Date
1934-11-15
M
5.6
Total damage / notes
Damaged a majority of the buildings in Gunning. Felt strongly in Canberra.
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Gayndah
Date
1935-04-12
M
5.4
Total damage / notes
Caused considerable damage to the town of Gayndah. One fatality.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Meeberrie
Date
1941-04-29
M
6.3
Total damage / notes
Severe shaking, burst water tanks and cracked ground at Meeberrie homestead. Minor damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away. Formerly rated strongest onshore earthquake recorded in Australia (7.2), it has since been rated at 6.3.
Victoria / Tasmania
Victoria / Tasmania
State(s)
Victoria / Tasmania
Location
Bass Strait
Date
1946-09-15
M
6.2
Total damage / notes
Minor damage reported in Tasmania from Burnie to Huonville, and in Gippsland, Victoria. Offshore earthquake
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Dalton and Gunning
Date
1949-03-10
M
5.5
Total damage / notes
Significant damage in Dalton and Gunning; minor cracks in some buildings in Canberra. Felt from Sydney in the north to Narooma and Cooma in the south.
South Australia
South Australia
State(s)
South Australia
Location
Adelaide
Date
1954-03-01
M
5.5
MMI
VIII
Total damage / notes
Damage totaling $90 million. Widespread minor damage. Considerable damage to many buildings.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Gabalong
Date
1955-08-30
M
5.8
Total damage / notes
Felt in Perth. Epicentre near Gabalong, about 30 km east of Moora and 200 km NNE of Perth
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Cape Otway
Date
1960-12-25
M
5.3
Total damage / notes
No major damage reported.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Robertson and Bowral
Date
1961-05-21
M
5.5
Type
ML
Total damage / notes
$3.4 million
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Mount Hotham
Date
1966-05-04
M
5.5
Total damage / notes
Broken Windows at Mountt Hotham Ski Village. Felt across North-eastern Victoria, Gippsland and South-eastern New South Wales. Not felt in Melbourne.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Meckering
Date
1968-10-14
M
6.5
Type
Mw
MMI
IX
Injuries
20–28
Total damage / notes
$2.2 million
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Boolarra
Date
1969-06-20
M
5.3
Total damage / notes
5.0 aftershock two days later. Cracked walls and stacked chimneys in and around epicentral area. Felt in central and eastern Victoria including Geelong, Benalla and Orbost and on Flinders Island.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Canning Basin
Date
1970-03-24
M
6.7
Total damage / notes
Little damage due to the remoteness of the area. Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Western Port
Date
1971-07-07
M
5.0
Total damage / notes
Minor damage in Cowes, Flinders and Shoreham. Felt throughout Melbourne, Western Port Bay and Gippsland.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Canning Basin
Date
1971-07-16
M
6.4
Total damage / notes
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Picton
Date
1973-03-09
M
5.6
Total damage / notes
Damage totaling $2.8 million. Minor damage in Picton, Bowral and Wollongong
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Canning Basin
Date
1975-10-03
M
6.2
Total damage / notes
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Balliang
Date
1977-12-02
M
4.7
Injuries
1
Total damage / notes
Felt strongly in Geelong and across the suburbs of Melbourne, caused minor damage in the Anakie area.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Cadoux
Date
1979-06-02
M
6.1
Total damage / notes
25 buildings in Cadoux were damaged. Damage cost $3.8 million. Perth, 180 kilometres (112 mi) away experienced some swaying of tall buildings but no damage was reported. This was one of the largest onshore earthquakes recorded in Australia.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Wonnangatta
Date
1982-11-21
M
5.4
Total damage / notes
The epicentre was in the remote Wonnangatta Valley, along the Wonnangatta Fault; it was mostly felt widely in Eastern Victoria and South Eastern New South Wales and throughout Melbourne and its South Eastern suburbs but not in Geelong.
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
State(s)
Northern Territory
Location
Marryat Creek
Date
1986-10-30
M
5.9
Total damage / notes
Damage was minor, cracked walls observed in DeRose Hill and Victory Downs stations. Felt in Alice Springs 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the north, and Coober Pedy 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south.
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
State(s)
Northern Territory
Location
Tennant Creek
Date
1988-01-22
M
6.7, 6.4, 6.3
Total damage / notes
Two buildings and 3 other structures damaged, damage caused to natural gas pipeline. Total damage $2.5 million. Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on the Richter scale. Remarkably caused little damage, despite the intensity of the quake. Felt in high-rise buildings as far away as Perth and Adelaide
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
State(s)
Northern Territory
Location
Ayers Rock
Date
1989-05-28
M
5.7
Total damage / notes
Minor damage was reported at Yulara resort
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Newcastle
Date
1989-12-28
M
5.6
Type
ML
MMI
VIII
Deaths
13
Injuries
160
Total damage / notes
$4 billion in damage
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Ellalong
Date
1994-08-06
M
5.3
Type
Mw
MMI
VII
Injuries
2
Total damage / notes
1,000 homes and 50 other buildings damaged. Total damage $36 million.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Mount Baw Baw
Date
1996-09-25
M
5.0
Total damage / notes
Thomson Dam region. No major damage
South Australia
South Australia
State(s)
South Australia
Location
Burra
Date
1997-03-05
M
5.0
Total damage / notes
No major damage. Felt over a wide area.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Collier Bay
Date
1997-08-10
M
6.3
Type
Mw
Total damage / notes
No major damage. Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and Kununurra. Strongest earthquake recorded in Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquake.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
Appin
Date
1999-03-17
M
4.8
Total damage / notes
65 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Sydney. Depth only 3.2 km. Felt in Sydney and caused 1000 homes to lose power.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Boolarra
Date
2000-08-29
M
5.0
Total damage / notes
Caused minor damage. Felt strongly throughout Gippsland and South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Swan Hill
Date
2001-10-27
M
4.8
Total damage / notes
Felt in Swan Hill near VIC–NSW border, Minor damage including fallen chimneys and fallen shelve items. Power disruptions.
Tasmania
Tasmania
State(s)
Tasmania
Location
Macquarie Island
Date
2004-12-24
M
8.1
Total damage / notes
Felt in Tasmania
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Kalgoorlie
Date
2010-04-20
M
5.2
Type
Mw
MMI
V
Injuries
2
Total damage / notes
Buildings damaged
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Gippsland
Date
2012-06-19
M
5.4
Type
ML
MMI
V
Total damage / notes
Minor
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Coral Sea
Date
2015-07-30
M
5.5
Type
Mw
MMI
V
Total damage / notes
Slight building damage
Northern Territory
Northern Territory
State(s)
Northern Territory
Location
MacDonnell Region
Date
2016-05-20
M
6.0
Type
Mw
MMI
VIII
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Bowen-Townsville
Date
2016-08-18
M
5.8
Total damage / notes
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
Victoria/New South Wales/Tasmania/South Australia
State(s)
Victoria/New South Wales/Tasmania/South Australia
Location
Mansfield
Date
2021-09-22
M
5.9
Type
Mw
MMI
VII
Injuries
1
Total damage / notes
Building and other damage in Melbourne and Eastern Victoria. The main earthquake was followed by aftershocks – a magnitude 3.5 quake at 9:24am, a 4.1 quake at 9:33am, a 2.5 quake at 9:47am and a 3.1 quake at 9:54am.
Victoria/South Australia/New South Wales
Victoria/South Australia/New South Wales
State(s)
Victoria/South Australia/New South Wales
Location
Murrayville
Date
2021-10-08
M
4.9
MMI
V
Total damage / notes
Felt in Murrayville.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Marble Bar
Date
2021-11-13
M
5.3
MMI
VI
Total damage / notes
Moderate shaking felt around the epicentre and nearby areas. Reports of houses abruptly shaking after an initial vibrating noise.
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Arthur River
Date
2022-01-25
M
4.7/4.8
Type
mb
MMI
V
Total damage / notes
Minor damage to buildings in nearby Wagin. Reports of moderate shaking felt around the epicentre and nearby areas.
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Sunbury
Date
2023-05-28
M
4.0
Type
ML
MMI
VI
Total damage / notes
Moderate shaking felt around the epicentre and nearby areas. Houses were abruptly shaking, residents awoke after an initial vibrating noise. The main earthquake was followed by one aftershock of magnitude 2.6 at 11:43 pm
Western Australia
Western Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Location
Gnowangerup
Date
2023-08-06
M
5.2
Type
ML
MMI
VII
Total damage / notes
One building destroyed and another damaged in the town of Gnowangerup. Could be felt from as far as Perth
Victoria
Victoria
State(s)
Victoria
Location
Apollo Bay
Date
2023-10-22
M
5.0
Type
ML
MMI
VI
Total damage / notes
Moderate shaking felt around the epicentre and as far as Melbourne. Some buildings in nearby areas and Geelong suffered damage. An aftershock of magnitude 3.5 occurred at 5:44 am.
New South Wales
New South Wales
State(s)
New South Wales
Location
11 km south of Bullaburra
Date
2024-03-08 8:53pm
M
3.5
Type
MLa
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Total damage / notes
Almost 5900 felt reports from Newcastle, out to Bathurst and as far South as Albion Park. The majority was felt in the Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains.
Queensland
Queensland
State(s)
Queensland
Location
Epicenter in Kilkivan
Date
2025-08-16
M
5.6
Type
Mw
MMI
V
Total damage / notes
Recorded at 9:49am AEST
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. Mw = moment magnitude scale | Ms = surface-wave magnitude | ML = Richter scale | UK = Unknown
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. Mw = moment magnitude scale | Ms = surface-wave magnitude | ML = Richter scale | UK = Unknown
State(s)
The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. Mw = moment magnitude scale | Ms = surface-wave magnitude | ML = Richter scale | UK = Unknown
State(s)
Location
Date
M
Type
MMI
Deaths
Injuries
Total damage / notes
Source
Victoria
Offshore Cape Schanck
1855-09-17
UK
Minor damage in Melbourne and surroundings.
Queensland
Gayndah
1883-08-28
5.9
Caused major damage in the Gayndah region.
Victoria
Cape Liptrap
1885-07-02
5.7
Felt throughout Victoria, including Melbourne and Geelong. Minor damage around epicentre.
New South Wales/ACT
Yass
1886-11-15
5.5
Damage caused in Yass, felt strongly in Queanbeyan.
South Australia
Beachport – Robe
1897-05-10
6.5
UK
IX
50
South Australia
Warooka
1902-09-19
6.0
2
Significant damage to the township of Warooka. 2 deaths caused by heart attacks from the shock.
Victoria
Warrnambool
1903-07-14
5.3
Damage in Warrnambool
Victoria
Alpine National Park
1904-04-10
5.0
Felt throughout North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales, but not in Melbourne.
New South Wales
Newcastle
1906-05-16
UK
Damage in the suburb of The Hill. Ruptured water mains. Caused some cliff erosion
New South Wales
Taree – Newcastle
1916-06-11
UK
Damage to the Seal Rocks lighthouse. Caused alarm along the Mid-North Coast.
Queensland
Banana Shire-North Burnett
1918-06-07
6.0
Mwi
VI-VII
-
-
Inland and onshore in the Camboon area. Caused damage to some buildings in Banana and Rockhampton. It was felt from Mackay in the north to Charleville in the west and as far south as Armidale. It was also strongly felt throughout Brisbane Aftershocks continued for almost a year at Camboon and other cattle stations in the area. The flow of springs increased at Cockatoo Station, Miles, and Wainui. Often referred to as the Bundaberg earthquake and previously incorrectly thought to be offshore.
Victoria
Offshore Ocean Grove
1922-04-10
5.7
Chimney collapse in Glen Iris. Objects thrown from shelves in Cranbourne, Malvern East, Pakenham and Portarlington. Felt as far north as Ivanhoe, as far west as Warrnambool and as far south as Burnie, Tasmania. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck a few kilometres east of this earthquake back on the morning of 1 March 1922, which was felt throughout Melbourne, knocking picture frames off a wall in Cowes.
New South Wales
Newcastle
1925-12-18
5.3
Damage and panic in Hunter Street (particularly at the Theatre Royal).
Tasmania
North East Tasmania
1929-12-29
5.6
Significant damage in Launceston, Tasmania; felt across Western Tasmania from Burnie to Hobart.
Victoria
Mornington
1932-09-03
4.5
Felt widely in Melbourne, Geelong, Mornington Peninsula, Westernport Bay and Gippsland. Minor damage. Largest earthquake along the infamous Selwyn Fault since the 5.5 magnitude quake of 1855, which occurred a few kilometres offshore of Cape Schanck.
New South Wales
Gunning
1934-11-15
5.6
Damaged a majority of the buildings in Gunning. Felt strongly in Canberra.
Queensland
Gayndah
1935-04-12
5.4
Caused considerable damage to the town of Gayndah. One fatality.
Western Australia
Meeberrie
1941-04-29
6.3
Severe shaking, burst water tanks and cracked ground at Meeberrie homestead. Minor damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away. Formerly rated strongest onshore earthquake recorded in Australia (7.2), it has since been rated at 6.3.
Victoria / Tasmania
Bass Strait
1946-09-15
6.2
Minor damage reported in Tasmania from Burnie to Huonville, and in Gippsland, Victoria. Offshore earthquake
New South Wales
Dalton and Gunning
1949-03-10
5.5
Significant damage in Dalton and Gunning; minor cracks in some buildings in Canberra. Felt from Sydney in the north to Narooma and Cooma in the south.
South Australia
Adelaide
1954-03-01
5.5
VIII
Damage totaling $90 million. Widespread minor damage. Considerable damage to many buildings.
Western Australia
Gabalong
1955-08-30
5.8
Felt in Perth. Epicentre near Gabalong, about 30 km east of Moora and 200 km NNE of Perth
Victoria
Cape Otway
1960-12-25
5.3
No major damage reported.
New South Wales
Robertson and Bowral
1961-05-21
5.5
ML
million
Victoria
Mount Hotham
1966-05-04
5.5
Broken Windows at Mountt Hotham Ski Village. Felt across North-eastern Victoria, Gippsland and South-eastern New South Wales. Not felt in Melbourne.
Western Australia
Meckering
1968-10-14
6.5
Mw
IX
20–28
million
Victoria
Boolarra
1969-06-20
5.3
aftershock two days later. Cracked walls and stacked chimneys in and around epicentral area. Felt in central and eastern Victoria including Geelong, Benalla and Orbost and on Flinders Island.
Western Australia
Canning Basin
1970-03-24
6.7
Little damage due to the remoteness of the area. Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982.
Victoria
Western Port
1971-07-07
5.0
Minor damage in Cowes, Flinders and Shoreham. Felt throughout Melbourne, Western Port Bay and Gippsland.
Western Australia
Canning Basin
1971-07-16
6.4
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982
New South Wales
Picton
1973-03-09
5.6
Damage totaling $2.8 million. Minor damage in Picton, Bowral and Wollongong
Western Australia
Canning Basin
1975-10-03
6.2
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982
Victoria
Balliang
1977-12-02
4.7
1
Felt strongly in Geelong and across the suburbs of Melbourne, caused minor damage in the Anakie area.
Western Australia
Cadoux
1979-06-02
6.1
25 buildings in Cadoux were damaged. Damage cost $3.8 million. Perth, 180 kilometres (112 mi) away experienced some swaying of tall buildings but no damage was reported. This was one of the largest onshore earthquakes recorded in Australia.
Victoria
Wonnangatta
1982-11-21
5.4
The epicentre was in the remote Wonnangatta Valley, along the Wonnangatta Fault; it was mostly felt widely in Eastern Victoria and South Eastern New South Wales and throughout Melbourne and its South Eastern suburbs but not in Geelong.
Northern Territory
Marryat Creek
1986-10-30
5.9
Damage was minor, cracked walls observed in DeRose Hill and Victory Downs stations. Felt in Alice Springs 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the north, and Coober Pedy 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south.
Northern Territory
Tennant Creek
1988-01-22
6.7, 6.4, 6.3
Two buildings and 3 other structures damaged, damage caused to natural gas pipeline. Total damage $2.5 million. Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on the Richter scale. Remarkably caused little damage, despite the intensity of the quake. Felt in high-rise buildings as far away as Perth and Adelaide
Northern Territory
Ayers Rock
1989-05-28
5.7
Minor damage was reported at Yulara resort
New South Wales
Newcastle
1989-12-28
5.6
ML
VIII
13
160
$4 billion in damage
New South Wales
Ellalong
1994-08-06
5.3
Mw
VII
2
1,000 homes and 50 other buildings damaged. Total damage $36 million.
Victoria
Mount Baw Baw
1996-09-25
5.0
Thomson Dam region. No major damage
South Australia
Burra
1997-03-05
5.0
No major damage. Felt over a wide area.
Western Australia
Collier Bay
1997-08-10
6.3
Mw
No major damage. Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and Kununurra. Strongest earthquake recorded in Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquake.
New South Wales
Appin
1999-03-17
4.8
65 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Sydney. Depth only 3.2 km. Felt in Sydney and caused 1000 homes to lose power.
Victoria
Boolarra
2000-08-29
5.0
Caused minor damage. Felt strongly throughout Gippsland and South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.
Victoria
Swan Hill
2001-10-27
4.8
Felt in Swan Hill near VIC–NSW border, Minor damage including fallen chimneys and fallen shelve items. Power disruptions.
Tasmania
Macquarie Island
2004-12-24
8.1
Felt in Tasmania
Western Australia
Kalgoorlie
2010-04-20
5.2
Mw
V
2
Buildings damaged
Victoria
Gippsland
2012-06-19
5.4
ML
V
Minor

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