SRC Visits Sri Lankan Hydroelectric Site

In December 2013, SRC visited the island jewel of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, known for its tea plantations and cricket culture. Like Australia, this small island, is located on a similar stable tectonic environment of Precambrian rock, which also experiences low seismic recurrence, although mid-sized earthquakes are known to…
Quick Quake version 2
How small earthquakes affect Seismic Hazard

SRC seismologists explain the importance of having a complete earthquake catalogue for hazard studies for low seismicity areas. In intraplate areas of low seismicity, such as Australia, the magnitude completeness of an earthquake catalogue is particularly important in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) studies. The completeness magnitude, Mc, refers to…