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I think there's some important context here for people reading this from overseas, geologically Australia is extremely stable as its far from any tectonic plate
by JanisL 5y ago
I think there's some important context here for people reading this from overseas, geologically Australia is extremely stable as its far from any tectonic plate borders and there's very few large earthquakes here. This quake is one of the largest to happen here. Many people here have never experienced the sort of whole building shaking type of experience we just had.
- davidjohnstone 5y agoAccording to Wikipedia's list[1], it's the strongest earthquake Australia has had since 1997, and that one was in a remote part of Western Australia. "A Seismologist tells @abcmelbourne it’s the biggest earthquake Victoria has experienced since European settlement" [2] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Austral... 2. https://twitter.com/bridgerollo/status/1440467927140999174 https://twitter.com/bridgerollo/status/1440467927140999174
- rd07 5y agoWell, that's new knowledge for me. Especially knowing that in its northern neighbor, Indonesia, there is an earthquake somewhere in its region.
- JanisL 5y agoHave a look at some maps of plate tectonics. The huge Australian plate collides with the Sunda plate along a boundary which is much closer to Indonesian landmasses compared to the Australian ones.