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Australian seismological report, 1996

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The year was another marginally below average one with respect to the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes in Australia; there were two of magnitude 5 or more but no large earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more. It was an above average year for major earthquakes worldwide with one great earthquake of maptude M 8.2 and 16 of magnitude M 7.0 or more.

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Title Australian seismological report, 1996
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/196f0c5e-ebff-40e2-ac7b-a8a2fe067bdb
Contact Point
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian seismological report, 1996". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-seismological-report-1996