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Understanding the National Earthquake Alerts Centre (education video)

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Learn about earthquake monitoring in Australia through a visit to the National Earthquake Alerts Centre. Earthquakes are geological events that are detected by a network of seismometers; each 'station' sends seismic information for analysis and checking by seismologists who are on duty 24/7. We learn about the types of wave forms (primary, secondary and surface) and the sequence of events in the Centre when an earthquake is detected; the measurements made such as magnitude are then published on the earthquakes@GA webpage.

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Title Understanding the National Earthquake Alerts Centre (education video)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b64b5f9c-84b3-411b-906c-f1a934f83941
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clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/04/2019
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Understanding the National Earthquake Alerts Centre (education video)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/understanding-the-national-earthquake-alerts-centre-education-video