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Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Australia is not on the edge of a tectonic plate so why do we have earthquakes? The Indian-Australian plate is being pushed north and is colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific plates. This causes stresses to build up in the interior of the plate which is released during earthquakes.

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Title Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/549b52f0-1414-4065-9cb3-211dc3cb7873
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        156.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        156.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/earthquake-epicentres-in-australia-1841-2000-1-10m