1999 December 31, Peterborough, SA, ML 2.9
08:48 UTC, 139.36°E, 33.17°S, normal depth [ADE]
(Friday, December 31 at 07:18 pm ACDT)
This earthquake was 55km east of Peterborough in South Australia. No felt reports have been received. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, Adelaide.
1999 December 26, Thorpdale, Vic, ML 2.6
01:48 UTC, 146.1°E, 38.3°S, 4 km deep [MEL]
(Sunday, December 26 at 12:48 pm AEDT)
This earthquake was 3 km west of Thorpdale, Victoria, about 115 km Southeast of Melbourne. No felt reports have been received.
1999 December 16, South of Australia, Ms 5.8
14:18 UTC, 138.9°E, 49.9°S, shallow depth [NEIC]
(Friday, December 16 at 01:18 am AEDT)
This earthquake was about 1000 kilometres Southwest of Hobart. The event probably occurred on a transform fault associated with the Southern Ocean mid-oceanic ridge between Australia and Antarctica.
1999 November 15, Investigator Strait, SA, ML 3.2
03:16 UTC, 137.34°E, 35.43°S, normal depth [ADE]
(Monday, November 15 at 01:46 pm ACDT)
This earthquake was 42 km north of Parndana on Kangaroo Island. No felt reports were received. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, Adelaide.
1999 November 13, Rushworth, Vic, ML 2.3
11:33 UTC, 145.1°E, 36.6°S, 6 km deep [MEL]
(Saturday, November 13 at 10:33 pm AEDT)
This earthquake was 3 km east of Rushworth in the central Victoria, about 140 km north of Melbourne. Residents in the epicentral area have reported hearing a boom, others also feeling a brief shake.
1999 November 6, Carrieton, SA, ML 3.0
14:55 UTC, 138.58°E, 32.42°S, normal depth [ADE]
(Sunday, November 7 at 2:25 am ACDT)
This earthquake is very close to the one 6 days ago. It has probably been felt but no reports were received. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, Adelaide.
1999 October 31, Carrieton, SA, ML 3.3
12:36 UTC, 138.56°E, 32.41°S, normal depth [ADE]
(Sunday, October 31 at 11:06 pm ACDT)
This earthquake was felt at Carrieton, in the South Flinders Ranges east of Port Augusta, and at distances up to 50 km. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, Adelaide.
1999 October 31, Belgrave, Vic, ML 2.0
05:40 UTC, 145.4°E, 37.9°S, 10 km deep [MEL]
(Sunday, October 31 at 16:40 AEDT)
This small earthquake was at a depth of about 10 km under Belgrave in the Dandenong Ranges, about 35 km east of Melbourne. It was felt and heard in the epicentral area, and was reported by many as being similar to a loud nearby explosion. Reports were received from Selby, Ferntree Gully and Rowville. It is likely that this was another event on the Selwyn Fault. This fault extends from southwest to northeast, from Cape Schanck, along the southeastern shoreline of Port Phillip Bay, then west of the Dandenong Ranges. The Mornington Peninsula and Dandenong Ranges are slowly being upthrust relative to Port Phillip Bay and the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
1999 October 29, West of Queenstown, Tas, ML 3.3
11:33 UTC, 144.6°E, 42.0°S, normal depth [MEL]
(Friday, October 29 at 10:33 pm AEDT – Tasmania time)
This earthquake was off the west coast of Tasmania, about 80 km west of Queenstown, and 60 km west of Strahan. It was too far offshore to be felt.
1999 October 9, Orbost, Vic, ML 3.1
08:17 UTC, 148.3°E, 37.8°S, 10 km deep [MEL]
(Saturday, October 9 at 06:17 pm AEST)
This earthquake was 15 km west of Orbost, in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, about 290 km east of Melbourne. The earthquake was reported felt in the Orbost area.
1999 September 29, Bowral, NSW, ML 2.4
00:42 UTC, 150.5°E, 34.5°S, 2 km deep [MEL]
(Wednesday, September 29 at 10:42 am AEST)
This earthquake was 4 km east of Bowral, in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, about 100 km southwest of Sydney. The earthquake was reported felt in Bowral.
1999 September 27, Oolong, NSW, ML 3.0
19:29 UTC, 149.2°E, 34.8°S, 4 km deep [MEL]
(Monday, September 27 at 07:29 pm AEST)
This earthquake was 11 km west of Gunning, about 25 km northest of Yass in southern New South Wales. No felt reports were received.
1999 September 18, Southend S.A., ML 1.7
21:32 UTC, 140.02°E, 37.68°S, normal depth [ADE]
(Sunday, September 19 at 07:02 am ACST)
This earthquake was weakly felt at Southend, north-west of Mount Gambier.
This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 September 11, Bass Strait, ML 2.7
19:47 UTC, 144.8°E, 39.2°S, normal depth [MEL]
(Sunday, September 11 at 05:57 am AEST)
This earthquake was in Bass Strait between Cape Schanck and King Island, about 155 km south of Melbourne.
1999 September 06, Hawker S.A. ML 3.1
0837 UTC, 138.4°E, 31.8°S, 10 km deep [ADE]
(Monday, September 06 at 06:07 pm ACST)
This earthquake occurred close to Hawker in the Flinders Ranges about 340km north of Adelaide. It was felt and heard by some people in the area, but there were many in Hawker who did not notice it at all. It is very close to the event of August 6th. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 September 02, Carrieton S.A. ML 3.2
00:16 UTC, 138.3°E, 32.3°S, 15 km deep [ADE]
(Thursday, September 01 at 09:32 am ACST)
This earthquake occurred about 23 km north west of Carrieton and 290 km north of Adelaide. The earthquake was felt in the epicentral area. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 August 19, Epping, Vic, ML 2.4
17:10 UTC, 145.0°E, 37.7°S, shallow depth [MEL]
(Friday, August 20 at 03:10 am AEST)
This small earthquake occurred about 1 km north of Epping in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne. It occurred at a very shallow depth of about 2 kilometres. Although the magnitude was only ML 2.4, it was strongly felt in the epicentral area. This is because it was so close to the surface. Many people in the suburbs of Mill Park and South Morang were woken by the earthquake. The average depth for earthquakes in southeast Australia is about 10 km.
1999 August 18, Jamestown, SA, MD 4.5
11:01 UTC, 138.5°E, 33.2°S, normal depth [MEL]
(Wednesday, August 18 at 08:31 pm ACST)
This earthquake was about 200 km north of Adelaide near Jamestown. It was felt in Peterborough and Gladstone. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 August 18, Off Sydney, ML 3.5
00:14 UTC, 152.3°E, 33.8°S, normal depth [MEL]
(Wednesday, August 18 at 10:14 am AEST)
This earthquake was about 100 km east of Sydney in the Tasman Sea. It was followed five minutes later by an aftershock of magnitude ML 3.0.
1999 August 6, Melrose, SA, ML 3.0
08:21 UTC, 138.3°E, 32.7°S, 10 km deep [ADE]
(Friday, August 6 at 5:51 pm ACST)
This earthquake occurred near Melrose in the South Flinders Ranges, about 240 km north of Adelaide, and about 110 km south of the previous event. No felt reports have been received. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 August 6, Hawker, SA, ML 3.1
00:33 UTC, 138.4°E, 31.8°S, 10 km deep [ADE]
(Friday, August 6 at 09:33 am ACST)
The epicentre of this earthquake was slightly northwest of Hawker. It was felt by many people in the town.
This is the largest earthquake in South Australia since a magnitude 3.1 event near Blinman on 17th March and a magnitude 4.3 event in the Cooper Basin on 6th March. The average time between magnitude 3 events is about 42 days.
The Flinders Ranges, around Hawker, is a region where earthquakes occur regularly, although over the last two years there have been less than previous years. This information has been supplied by the Sutton Earthquake Centre, PIRSA, South Australia.
1999 August 3, Carboor Upper, Vic, ML 2.6
03:47 UTC, 146.6°E, 36.6°S, 10 km deep [MEL]
(Wednesday, August 3 at 01:47 pm AEST)
This earthquake occurred about 35 km southeast of Wangaratta in the Eastern Highlands of Victoria, about 200 km northeast of Melbourne. No felt reports have been received.
1999 July 30, Hampton, NSW, ML 2.1
19:07 UTC, 150.1°E, 33.6°S, 7 km deep [MEL]
(Saturday, July 31 at 05:07 am AEST)
This earthquake was 8 km northeast of Hampton, in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, about 110 km west of Sydney. The earthquake woke many people in Lithgow and was also reported felt in Oberon.
1999 July 13, Korumburra, Vic, ML 3.0
08:20 UTC, 145.9°E, 38.4°S, 1 km deep [MEL]
(Tuesday, July 13 at 06:20 pm AEST)
This earthquake was 4 km southeast of Korumburra, in southern Victoria, about 105 km southeast of Melbourne. No felt reports have been received.
1999 July 13, Frogmore, NSW, ML 2.9
01:42 UTC, 149.0°E, 34.3°S, 4 km deep [MEL]
(Tuesday, July 13 at 11:42 am AEST)
This earthquake was about 30 km northeast of Boorowa, in the southeast of NSW, about 110 km north of Canberra. No felt reports have been received.
1999 July 8, Yarra Junction, Vic, ML 2.0
09:44 UTC, 145.5°E, 37.8°S, 1 km deep [MEL]
(Thursday, July 08 at 07:44 pm AEST)
This earthquake was 13 km west of Warburton, about 50 km east of Melbourne. Reports of the earthquake being felt have been received from Mt Evelyn and Lilydale.