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GPS-geodetic monitoring of the Southwest Seismic Zone of Western Australia progress after two observation epochs in 2002 and 2006

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The Australian southwest seismic zone (SWSZ) is a north-south trending belt of intra-plate earthquake activity that occurs in the southwest of Western Australia, bounded by 30.5°S to 32.5°S and 115.5°E to 118°E. This is one of the most seismically active areas in Australia, with nine earthquakes over magnitude 5.0 occurring between 1968 and 2002, the largest of these was the M6.8 Meckering earthquake in 1968.

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Title GPS-geodetic monitoring of the Southwest Seismic Zone of Western Australia progress after two observation epochs in 2002 and 2006
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/febbb167-76a1-454e-9f47-3629947f0ebe
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        115.0,
        -32.5
      ],
      [
        118.0,
        -32.5
      ],
      [
        118.0,
        -30.5
      ],
      [
        115.0,
        -30.5
      ],
      [
        115.0,
        -32.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "GPS-geodetic monitoring of the Southwest Seismic Zone of Western Australia progress after two observation epochs in 2002 and 2006". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/gps-geodetic-monitoring-of-the-southwest-seismic-zone-of-western-australia-progress-after-2006