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Analysis of earthquakes using real map and data sets

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Students can access and analyse real world earthquake data using online portals created by Geoscience Australia (GA) (Geoscience Australia data portal and Earthquakes@GA). The document provides background information for teachers about earthquakes and the online portals, as well as two student inquiry activities. Each activity includes instructions on how to access and use the relevant portal as well as questions that prompt students to find, record, and interpret the data. An Excel table is provided to accompany one of the activities.

The activities are suitable for use with secondary to senior secondary science and geography students. The topics covered in these activities include: earthquakes, plate tectonics and natural hazards.

The print version has lines provided for written answers, the accessible version is intended for digital responses.

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Title Analysis of earthquakes using real map and data sets
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/2d7c85cf-3846-45b3-a623-f34949104083
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 12/02/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        111.3625,
        -44.2975
      ],
      [
        155.4756,
        -44.2975
      ],
      [
        155.4756,
        -9.9749
      ],
      [
        111.3625,
        -9.9749
      ],
      [
        111.3625,
        -44.2975
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Analysis of earthquakes using real map and data sets". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/analysis-of-earthquakes-using-real-map-and-data-sets