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Resisting the Shake: Resources for Owners of Older Masonry Buildings
Damaging earthquakes are less frequent in Australia when compared to other weather-related events, but when they do occur close to a community they can cause major damage and... -
Earthquake Retrofit for Older Masonry Buildings
Damaging earthquakes are less frequent in Australia when compared to weather related events, but when they occur close to communities they can cause significant damage and... -
A New Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Australia
The 2018 Australian Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA18) was developed by Geoscience Australia to better understand Australia’s tsunami hazard due to earthquakes in... -
Earthquake Resilient Communities: Lessons for Government and Emergency Management
While damaging earthquakes are less frequent in Australia when compared to other weather related events, when they do occur close to communities they can cause major damage and... -
Queensland State Earthquake Risk Assessment
In 2017 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) completed the State Natural Hazard Risk Assessment which evaluated the risks presented by seven in-scope natural hazards.... -
York Earthquake Building Mitigation Implementation Project: Final Report
Older unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings have been found to perform poorly in historical Australian earthquakes. Where these building are present in pedestrian precincts, they... -
Survey of Kalgoorlie Earthquake Damage
Australia has a low seismicity when compared to countries located along tectonic plate boundaries. Seismic risk, however, is the combination of hazard, community exposure and... -
Large Australian Earthquakes 1964-2017
Poster that shows Australian earthquakes greater than a magnitude 4.5 between 1964 and 2017
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