Older Quakes

2015 December 18 @ 12:01pm AEDT, Kings Tableland Magnitude 2.5
This earthquake approximately 4 kilometres west of Kings Tableland, approximately 80 kilometres west of Sydney, NSW.

2015 December 1 @ 7:07pm AEST, Harrami Magnitude 3.4
This earthquake near Harrami, approximately 45 kilometres west of Monto and approximately 160 kilometres south of Rockhampton, QLD.

2015 November 18 @ 5:38pm AEST, N of Hayman Island Magnitude 3.9
This earthquake occurred approximately 30 kilometres north of Hayman Island, approximately 220 kilometres east of Townsville, QLD.

2015 November 17 @ 5:25am AEDT, E of Moulamein Magnitude 2.5
This earthquake occurred approximately 36 kilometres east of Moulamein, approximately 305 kilometres north of Melbourne, VIC.

2015 October 23 @ 6:45am AEST, Off Fraser Island Magnitude 4.1
This earthquake occurred approximately 100 kilometres east of Fraser Island, approximately 140 kilometres east of Hervey Bay, QLD.  This is another aftershock in the ongoing sequence of events off Fraser Island.  Another magnitude 3.6 aftershock was recorded 6 days later on October 29th.  To date, nearly 80 events have been located in this sequence beginning on July 30 with a magnitude MLv 5.6 earthquake.

2015 September 21 @ 3:23am ACST, SE of Kangaroo Island Magnitude 4.0
This earthquake occurred approximately 120 kilometres southeast of Kangaroo Island, approximately 200 kilometres south of Adelaide, SA.

2015 September 17 @ 12:44pm AEST, W of King Island Magnitude 4.8
This earthquake occurred approximately 100 kilometres west of King Island, TAS, approximately 160 kilometres south of Warrnambool, VIC.

2015 August 21 @ 12:12am AEST, Federation Peak Magnitude 3.3
This earthquake occurred approximately 3 kilometres south of Federation Peak, approximately 85 kilometres southwest of Hobart, TAS.

2015 August 2 @ 11:21pm AEST, Roseberry Magnitude 3.1
This earthquake occurred approximately 7 kilometres west of Roseberry, approximately 190 kilometres northwest of Hobart, TAS.

2015 July 30 @ 7:25pm AEST, Southern Ocean Magnitude 2.8
This earthquake occurred approximately 140 kilometres west of King Island, TAS, approximately 165 kilometres south of Warrnambool, VIC.

2015 July 30 @ 9:41am AEST, Off Fraser Island QLD Magnitude 5.6
This earthquake occurred approximately 90 kilometres east of Fraser Island, about 120 kilometres east of Hervey Bay, QLD.   This is one of the largest earthquakes to be recorded in Queensland; the largest in recorded history was the magnitude ML 6.0 earthquake in 1918 offshore east of Gladstone. A magnitude 5.4 aftershock was recorded on Saturday 1st August at 1:38pm followed by a magnitude 5.2 aftershock just over an hour later.  These earthquakes have all been felt on the mainland. There have been dozens of smaller aftershocks as well, up to magnitude 4 in size.  A magnitude 4.4 aftershock was recorded on August 14th, two weeks after the main shock.  If you felt any of these earthquakes (perhaps reported it through Facebook or Twitter) please take a minute to fill out the official intensity report on this page so that we can produce an isoseismal map for this earthquake.

2015 July 21 @ 12:18am AEST, Dalton NSW Magnitude 3.0
This earthquake occurred approximately 2 kilometres southwest of Dalton, NSW, approximately 70 kilometres north of Canberra, ACT.  Several small aftershocks have also been recorded.

2015 June 25 @ 5:29pm AEST, Toogoolawah QLD Magnitude 3.2
This earthquake occurred approximately 4 kilometres north of Toogoolawah, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, QLD.

2015 June 23 @ 5:10pm AEST, Mount Perry QLD Magnitude 3.1
This earthquake occurred approximately 15 kilometres northwest of Mount Perry, approximately 85 kilometres west of Bundaberg, QLD.  This was another aftershock in the ongoing sequence of events near Mount Perry.  To date, nearly 100 events have been located in this sequence beginning on February 16 with a magnitude MLv 5.2 earthquake.

2015 May 31 @ 6:20pm AEST, Mount Louisa TAS Magnitude 3.1
This earthquake occurred in southern Tasmania, approximately 90 kilometres southwest of Hobart, TAS.

2015 May 27 @ 9:49am AEST, Lake Skinner TAS Magnitude 2.6
This earthquake occurred in southern Tasmania, approximately 50 kilometres west of Hobart, TAS.

2015 March 28 @ 12:27am AEDT, Offshore South of Nelson VIC Magnitude 3.6
This earthquake occurred offshore near the Victorian and South Australian border, approximately 55 kilometres south of Nelson, VIC.

2015 March 10 @ 11:39pm AEDT, Pakenham VIC Magnitude 2.8
For such a small earthquake to be felt so widely and over such a large area (as far as Melbourne CBD) is unusual, initially indicating that the depth of the event was shallower than the typical 10km for earthquakes in southeast Australia. There were at least five tiny aftershocks in the 20 minutes after this quake, followed by a magnitude 1.5 aftershock a few hours later at 3:18am which was also reportedly felt by local residents.
If you felt this earthquake (perhaps reported it through Facebook or Twitter) please take a minute to fill out the official intensity report on this page so that we can produce an isoseismal map for this earthquake.

2015 February 16 @ 1:57am AEST, Mount Perry QLD Magnitude 5.2
This earthquake occurred approximately 14km northwest of Mount Perry, approximately 85km west of Bundaberg, QLD.  This earthquake has been widely felt in the surrounding area.  Many aftershocks have been recorded, the largest of which was a magnitude ML 4.2 at 3:56pm (AEST).

2015 January 14 @ 10:37am AEDT, Savage River TAS Magnitude 3.8
This earthquake occurred approximately 15km north of Savage River, approximately 60km south of Smithton, TAS.