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QLD Tsunami Inundation Modelling Project Final Report: Gladstone Region 2024-2025
This report presents a comprehensive Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) developed by Geoscience Australia in partnership with Queensland Fire Department for the... -
Australian national ocean bottom seismograph fleet advances conventional exploration
A fleet of new Australian ocean bottom seismographs (OBSs) have broadband frequency range, and similar instruments are available at only five or six institutions globally. These... -
Tectonic geomorphology and Holocene uplift rates of the Lae Urban Area,...
The city of Lae is Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s second largest, and is the home of PNG’s largest port. Here, a convergence rate of ~50 mm/yr between the South Bismarck Plate and the... -
Gunning district, N.S.W. - earth tremors November, 1952
During the period 19th November to 22nd November, 1952, severe earth tremors were felt in the Gunning District, and, less severely, over a considerable portion of south-eastern... -
The 2012 Australian Earthquake Hazard Map
This document presents a new set of earthquake hazard maps for consideration in the next revision of the earthquake loading code AS1170.4 "Structural design actions: Part 4... -
Dalton-Gunning area, New South Wales, earth tremors of March, 1949
On March 11th, 1949, severe earth tremors were felt in the Dalton area, and, less severely, over a considerable portion of New South Wales. These were succeeded in the... -
National Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Papua New Guinea (2019 Revision)
Through Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Geoscience Australia has been working closely with the Government of Papua New Guinea technical agencies (Rabaul... -
Historical earthquakes of the eastern Sunda Arc: Source mechanisms and...
Historical reports of earthquake effects from the period 1681 to 1877 in Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara are used to independently test ground motion predictions in Indonesia’s... -
A geophysical investigation of the 2018 Lake Muir earthquake sequence:...
Seismicity in the intraplate southwest of Western Australia is poorly understood, despite evidence for potentially damaging earthquakes of magnitude>M6. Identifying stress-... -
Seismotectonic model and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) lies in a belt of intense tectonic activity that experiences high levels of seismicity. Although this seismicity poses significant risks to society, the... -
Preliminary report on the Cadoux earthquake, Western Australia, 2 June 1979
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The challenges of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in stable...
In stable continental regions (SCR) the undertaking of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment remains a scientific and technical challenge. There is no seismo-tectonic model,... -
The Rabaul Earthquake Location and Caldera Structure (RELACS) Program :...
A component of the PNG-Australia Volcanological Services Support (VSS) Project funded by AusAID -
Australian seismological report, 1991
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Australia and are occasionally a threat to life and property as so tragically demonstrated by the Newcastle earthquake. This report 411contains... -
Development of the Australian National Regolith Site Classification Map
A key recommendation of the Council of Australian Governments review into natural disaster management arrangements in Australia is that a five-year national program of... -
Rheology of the lithosphere and Australian earthquakes
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Defining an active fault in the Australian intraplate context, with some...
Defining a neotectonic fault in the intraplate context is relatively straightforward - the fault must have hosted displacement in the current crusta stress regime. Defining an... -
Earthquake activity and seismic risk in Papua and New Guinea
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Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m
Australia is not on the edge of a tectonic plate so why do we have earthquakes? The Indian-Australian plate is being pushed north and is colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine...