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Kalgoorlie seismic events 1965-1971

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The mining area of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia has been seismically active since at least 1920. Seismographs were installed in the area in1964 to monitor tremors which were frequently associated with damage in the mines. Three miners have been killed as a result of tremors in 1917, 1964 and1969. For a period of seven years, mining authorities submitted reports of felt tremors and damage in the mines which were connected with recorded seismograph events.

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Title Kalgoorlie seismic events 1965-1971
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cdcd0766-c614-416a-b5ba-5cce0ede6c09
Contact Point
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Kalgoorlie seismic events 1965-1971". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/kalgoorlie-seismic-events-1965-1971