Some people were woken up near midnight by a powerful ground-shake. But did you know earthquakes occur in the greater Melbourne region about once a month – even though we can’t always feel them?
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In 1989, Newcastle was hit by Australia’s deadliest earthquake, but high-rise development in the city’s CBD has continued nonetheless. Australia needs a consistent planning code for earthquake risk.
Many Victorians claim their cat or dog was acting strangely before yesterday’s earthquake. And while there’s no real evidence animals can predict a quake, they may be more sensitive to very tiny ones.
When will the next earthquake come? We don’t know, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get our cities ready.
If building regulations required cheap fixes such as ensuring chimneys and parapets were structurally attached to the building, we could save lives during earthquakes.
A largely hidden fault beneath the Victorian Alps has triggered a magnitude 5.8 quake that was felt as far afield as Sydney, Adelaide and Launceston. Here’s what we know so far.
The geological record tells us we have had earthquakes in Australia’s deeper past much larger — possibly up to and bigger than magnitude 7.0.
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Earthquake Scientist, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
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Senior Seismologist, Geoscience Australia
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Technical Director of Geophysics and Seismology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Australian National University
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Deputy Head of School, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science, University of Canterbury