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International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
Vanuatu Earthquake 17 Dec 2024 land motion impact observed by GNSS
On 17th of December 2024 at 01:47:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake with a depth of 50 km occurred about 20 km West-North-West of Port Vila in Vanuatu1. The earthquake caused... -
Modelling the vulnerability of old URM buildings and the benefit of retrofit
The Shire of York is partnering with the WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), the University of Adelaide and Geoscience Australia in a collaborative project that... -
National Seismic Risk Assessment for Residential Buildings in Australia using NSHA23
The overall earthquake bedrock hazard across Australia is low compared to the hazard of countries located at tectonic plate boundaries. This hazard is, however, variable and... -
What have we learnt regarding cratonic earthquakes in the fifty years since...
The 14th of October 1968 Ms 6.8 (Mw 6.58) Meckering earthquake was the first of a remarkable series of nine historical surface rupturing earthquakes to occur in the Precambrian... -
Earthquake Monitoring
This seismograph is part of Geoscience Australia’s Seismic Network which detects local and regional earthquakes and measures their magnitude. This allows Geoscience Australia to... -
Development and Verification of the Java Exposure Model for use in PSRA
The island of Java in Indonesia is the most populated island in the world, with over 150 million residents. Java is located in a complex tectonic setting and frequently... -
A revised seismic site conditions map for Australia
The Australian Seismic Site Conditions Map (ASSCM) uses information about surficial geology (regolith) as a proxy for the potential behaviour of geological materials under the... -
International Collaboration in Support of Indonesian Earthquake Hazard
The 2004 Sumatra earthquake was the most lethal natural disaster of modern times. Such a massive earthquake came as a surprise to earth scientists worldwide, who had grossly... -
Application of USGS ShakeCast for Rapid Post-Earthquake Assessment of...
The National Earthquake Alerts Centre (NEAC) at Geoscience Australia (GA) operationally provides alerts on earthquake events in the region which include Shakemap. This paper... -
Historic earthquakes story map
This story maps steps through Australia's history of significant earthquakes, plotted on an interactive story map. The map provides information on earthquakes, beginning with... -
Multi-site testing of stochastic earthquake tsunami models at Australian tide-gauges
Hazardous tsunamis are rare in Australia but could be generated by several mechanisms, including large plate-boundary earthquakes in locations that efficiently direct wave... -
How Passive Seismic Surveys Work
This animation shows how passive seismic surveys Work. It is part of a series of Field Activity Technique Engagement Animations. The target audience are the communities that are... -
Urban Seismic Risk in Java, Indonesia
Understanding and quantifying seismic risk in urban areas is critical to underpin policy designed to mitigate against future seismic losses and fatalities. This requires... -
Interim Amendment to PNGS 1001-1982: Part 4 Earthquake Design Actions
Papua New Guinea (PNG) sits at complex boundary between three major tectonic plates and eight microplates. As a result of this setting, the region experiences significant... -
Surface rupture and distributed deformation revealed by optical satellite...
This investigation uses high-resolution optical satellite imagery to quantify vertical surface offsets associated with the intraplate 20 May 2016 Mw 6.0 Petermann Ranges...