Today: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu

Biggest Earthquakes Near Australia

Australia has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 0 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 1 earthquake in the past 30 days
  • 14 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in Australia:

1938-02-01 19:04:22 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Tual, Maluku, Indonesia
1963-11-04 01:17:09 UTC 8.1 magnitude, 65 km depth
Lospalos, Lautém, East Timor
1906-09-14 16:04:43 UTC 8.0 magnitude, 35 km depth
Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
1992-12-12 05:29:26 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 27 km depth
Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
1935-09-20 01:46:43 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 30 km depth
Aitape, Sandaun, Papua New Guinea
1971-01-10 07:17:05 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Abepura, Papua, Indonesia
1950-11-02 15:28:15 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 199 km depth
Lospalos, Lautém, East Timor
1938-05-12 15:39:06 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Finschhafen, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
1943-11-06 08:31:41 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tual, Maluku, Indonesia
1916-01-13 08:20:32 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Nabire, Papua, Indonesia
1922-01-19 21:59:04 UTC 6.9 magnitude, 15 km depth
Morehead, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
1988-01-22 12:04:57 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 5 km depth
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
2019-07-14 05:39:24 UTC 6.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Broome, Western Australia, Australia
1968-10-14 02:58:52 UTC 6.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia
1997-08-10 09:20:30 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Derby, Western Australia, Australia
1988-01-22 03:57:25 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 5 km depth
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
1988-01-22 00:35:58 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 5 km depth
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
1941-04-29 01:35:38 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Melville, Western Australia, Australia
1941-06-27 07:55:55 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Innamincka, South Australia, Australia
1924-12-09 11:53:06 UTC 6.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Kerema, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
1979-06-02 09:47:58 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 6 km depth
Wongan Hills, Western Australia, Australia
1979-04-23 05:45:10 UTC 5.9 magnitude, 33 km depth
Broome, Western Australia, Australia
2021-09-21 23:15:53 UTC 5.9 magnitude, 12 km depth
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
1989-05-28 02:55:19 UTC 5.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2018-12-16 14:26:19 UTC 5.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
1986-03-30 08:53:53 UTC 5.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
1972-08-28 02:18:54 UTC 5.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
1970-03-10 17:15:11 UTC 5.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Wongan Hills, Western Australia, Australia
2016-08-18 04:30:08 UTC 5.7 magnitude, 7 km depth
Bowen, Queensland, Australia
1988-01-29 10:19:30 UTC 5.6 magnitude, 5 km depth
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

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