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Meeberrie Earthquake Report

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The Meeberrie earthquake is the largest known onshore Australian earthquake. Its magnitude was ML 7.2 and it was felt over a wide area of Western Australia as shown on the isoseismal map below, from Port Hedland in the north to Albany and Norseman in the south. Damage from the earthquake was small because of the low population density in the epicentral region, but the shaking at Meeberrie homestead was very severe; all the walls of the homestead were cracked, several rainwater tanks burst, and widespread cracking of the ground occurred. Minor non-structural damage was reported in Perth more than 500km away from the epicentre.

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Title Meeberrie Earthquake Report
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/52a57201-43aa-437e-838d-e10600d6e3fb
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Meeberrie Earthquake Report". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/meeberrie-earthquake-report