Australian Earthquakes 2016

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

This poster shows earthquakes occurring in Australia in 2016 with a background of earthquake activity in Australia over the past 10 years. Also included are images produced as part of the analysis of the Petermann Ranges Earthquakes -, the offshore Bowen Earthquakes -, and the Norsemann Earthquakes Sequences. A yearly summary of earthquake occurrences in Australia as well as the top 10 Australian earthquakes in 2016 are presented.

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Title Australian Earthquakes 2016
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/41ffeb99-7b83-46ce-9660-08f62dd0a968
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
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Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian Earthquakes 2016". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-earthquakes-2016