Earth vibrations from blasting at Balls Head, Sydney

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

Report on a seismic survey carried out in order to determine whether the vibrations from blasting, when transmitted through the ground, were sufficient to cause structural damage to residential properties in the vicinty of the quarry at Balls Head.

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Title Earth vibrations from blasting at Balls Head, Sydney
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/38bfebb8-5cae-4c0a-8f2a-6fd8757325e5
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        -34.0
      ],
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        -33.5
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    ]
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}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Earth vibrations from blasting at Balls Head, Sydney". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/earth-vibrations-from-blasting-at-balls-head-sydney