Posted on 05/21/2016 1:32:29 AM PDT by naturalman1975
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, unusually powerful for Australia, has struck outside of Alice Springs.
The quake hit at 4:14am, 125 kilometres west of Uluru, at a depth of about 10 kilometres, according to Geoscience Australia.
Two aftershocks measuring 3.8 and 3.4 were recorded in the hour afterwards, and senior seismologist Johnathan Bathgate said more were expected.
He said there had been activity near the site before, with a 5.6 recorded slightly further west in 1999.
Geoscience Australia said the main tremor could have been felt as far as 507 kilometres from its epicentre, although any damage would be limited to a 40-kilometre radius.
No injuries or damage has been recorded and the Bureau of Meteorology said there was no risk of it causing a tsunami.
The nearest Indigenous community settlements were well over 100 kilometres away from the earthquake's epicentre.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
Thats a LOT of red dots! Australia must be moving North West towards the continent as a complete island.Its a bumpy road?
Yes, pretty much what I had guessed. Australia is moving North West towards the continemt , and it is doing so as a single mass, so the ride is bumpy, causing the various quakes around Australia.
Those links are great resources. The dynamic of Australian tectonics seems to be devoid of Volcanic activity since it does not seem to have any subduction points near it ( yet), Most of that is happening in the Indonesia island chain, right now.
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