This statistic displays the magnitude of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Australia between 1900 and 2016. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale was recorded on Macquarie Island on April 12, 2008.
Magnitude of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Australia between 1900 and 2016
Dates acquired using Coordinated Universal Time; the international basis for standard time.
Locations were not recorded for all earthquakes.
Locations are approximate.
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Geoscience Australia. (November 24, 2016). Magnitude of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Australia between 1900 and 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/641929/australia-strongest-earthquakes-by-magnitude/
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