<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience . Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy . (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> This is a list of significant earthquakes recorded within Australia and its territories . The currency used is the Australian dollar (A $) unless noted otherwise . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> MMI </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Total damage / notes </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Offshore Cape Schanck </Td> <Td> 1855 - 09 - 17 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage in Melbourne and surroundings . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Newcastle </Td> <Td> 1868 - 06 - 18 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage in Hunter Street and the Newcastle suburbs of The Hill and Wallsend (then known as Pitt Town). </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Eastern Highlands </Td> <Td> 1869 - 08 - 30 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Light building damage and smashed windows reported around the Mt Hotham region including in Benalla and Omeo . Felt widely across eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales, including Melbourne and Albury . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Australia </Td> <Td> Dorset Vale </Td> <Td> 1883 - 07 - 07 </Td> <Td> 4.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> IV </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt strongly throughout southern South Australia including within Adelaide where one man was injured after jumping out through a window due to fright . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queensland </Td> <Td> Gayndah </Td> <Td> 1883 - 08 - 28 </Td> <Td> 5.9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Caused major damage in the Gayndah region . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> Flinders Island </Td> <Td> 1884 - 07 - 13 </Td> <Td> 6.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt across Tasmania and in eastern Victoria (MMIII - IV). Extensive minor damage across eastern Tasmania including fallen plaster, cracked ceilings and walls, damaged chimneys in Launceston (MMV) and items knocked from shelves . Part of the 1883 - 1892 West Tasman Sea earthquake swarm . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> Flinders Island </Td> <Td> 1884 - 09 - 19 </Td> <Td> 6.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt across Tasmania and in eastern Victoria . Minor damage in northwest Tasmania . Part of the 1883 - 1892 West Tasman Sea earthquake swarm . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Geraldton </Td> <Td> 1885 - 01 - 05 </Td> <Td> 6.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage to buildings . Epicentre estimated to be off Geraldton coast . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> Flinders Island </Td> <Td> 1885 - 05 - 13 </Td> <Td> 6.8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt across Tasmania and large parts of Victoria, including in Melbourne and Geelong (MMIII), as well as in southeastern New South Wales (MMMIV - V). Extensive minor damage across eastern Tasmania including fallen plaster, cracked ceilings and walls, damaged chimneys, items knocked from shelves, and damage to church spires . Part of the 1883 - 1892 West Tasman Sea earthquake swarm . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Cape Liptrap </Td> <Td> 1885 - 07 - 02 </Td> <Td> 5.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tied with the 1922 and 1965 events as Victoria's largest earthquake . Felt throughout Victoria, including Melbourne and Geelong . Minor damage around epicentre . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales / ACT </Td> <Td> Yass </Td> <Td> 1886 - 11 - 15 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage caused in Yass, felt strongly in Queanbeyan . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> Flinders Island </Td> <Td> 1892 - 01 - 27 </Td> <Td> 6.9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt across Tasmania (MMIV - VI), Victoria (MMIII - V), and southeastern New South Wales (MMV). Extensive minor damage across eastern Tasmania including fallen plaster, cracked ceilings and walls, damaged chimneys, and collapsed verandahs . Part of the 1883 - 1892 West Tasman Sea earthquake swarm . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Australia </Td> <Td> Beachport - Robe </Td> <Td> 1897 - 05 - 10 </Td> <Td> 6.5 </Td> <Td> UK </Td> <Td> IX </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> NGDC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Portarlington </Td> <Td> 1899 - 11 - 23 </Td> <Td> 4.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage reported around Portalington and nearby towns including large cracks, smashed windows, and items thrown from shelves . Felt widely across Melbourne, Geelong, and western Gippsland . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Australia </Td> <Td> Warooka </Td> <Td> 1902 - 09 - 19 </Td> <Td> 6.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Widespread damage to the town's many stone buildings . Minor damage and panic in Adelaide . First earthquake in Australia to have caused fatalities . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Warrnambool </Td> <Td> 1903 - 07 - 14 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Regarded as Victoria's most damaging earthquake, extensive minor damage occurred throughout Warrnambool and a few nearby towns . Minor damage also occurred by a magnitude 5.0 foreshock in April . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Newcastle </Td> <Td> 1906 - 05 - 16 </Td> <Td> UK </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage in the suburb of The Hill . Ruptured water mains . Caused some cliff erosion </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Taree - Newcastle </Td> <Td> 1916 - 06 - 11 </Td> <Td> UK </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage to the Seal Rocks lighthouse . Caused alarm along the Mid-North Coast . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queensland </Td> <Td> Bundaberg - Rockhampton </Td> <Td> 1918 - 06 - 07 </Td> <Td> 6.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Offshore . Caused "serious damage" to Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Gladstone . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Offshore Ocean Grove </Td> <Td> 1922 - 04 - 10 </Td> <Td> 5.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chimney collapse in Glen Iris . Objects thrown from shelves in Cranbourne, East Malvern, Pakenham and Portalington . Felt as far north as Ivanhoe, as far west as Warnambool and as far south as Burnie, Tasmania . A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck a few kilometres east of this earthquake back on the morning of 1 March 1922, which was felt throughout Melbourne, knocking picture frames off a wall in Cowes . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Newcastle </Td> <Td> 1925 - 12 - 18 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage and panic in Hunter Street (particularly at the Theatre Royal). </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> North East Tasmania </Td> <Td> 1929 - 12 - 29 </Td> <Td> 5.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Significant damage in Launceston, Tasmania; felt across Western Tasmania from Burnie to Hobart . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Benalla </Td> <Td> 1931 - 04 - 17 </Td> <Td> 4.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Largest event in a series of earthquakes that occurred near Benalla during the 1930s . Damage included smashed windows, large cracks, collapsed chimneys, and items thrown from shelves . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Mornington Peninsula </Td> <Td> 1932 - 09 - 03 </Td> <Td> 5.1 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage caused throughout the Mornington Peninsula . Recent analysis has relocated the epicentre to in - between the towns of Moorooduc, Somerville, and Tyabb . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Gunning </Td> <Td> 1934 - 11 - 15 </Td> <Td> 5.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damaged a majority of the buildings in Gunning . Felt strongly in Canberra . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queensland </Td> <Td> Gayndah </Td> <Td> 1935 - 04 - 12 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Caused considerable damage to the town of Gayndah . One fatality . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Monbulk </Td> <Td> 1937 - 06 - 18 </Td> <Td> 3.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Although a minor earthquake, recent newspaper analysis discovered that this earthquake may have triggered a mining related injury in Moorooduc where a loosened rock fell and struck a young man, resulting in a broken arm . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Meeberrie </Td> <Td> 1941 - 04 - 29 </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Severe shaking, burst water tanks and cracked ground at Meeberrie homestead . Minor damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria / Tasmania </Td> <Td> Bass Strait </Td> <Td> 1946 - 09 - 15 </Td> <Td> 6.2 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage reported in Tasmania from Burnie to Huonville, and in Gippsland, Victoria . Offshore earthquake </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Dalton and Gunning </Td> <Td> 1949 - 03 - 10 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Significant damage in Dalton and Gunning; minor cracks in some buildings in Canberra . Felt from Sydney in the north to Narooma and Cooma in the south . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Australia </Td> <Td> Adelaide </Td> <Td> 1954 - 03 - 01 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VIII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Damage totaling $90 million . Widespread minor damage . Considerable damage to many buildings . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Gabalong </Td> <Td> 1955 - 08 - 30 </Td> <Td> 5.8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt in Perth . Epicentre near Gabalong, about 30 km east of Moora and 200 km NNE of Perth </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Cape Otway </Td> <Td> 1960 - 12 - 25 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> No major damage reported . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Robertson and Bowral </Td> <Td> 1961 - 05 - 21 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> $3.4 million </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Mt Hotham </Td> <Td> 1966 - 05 - 04 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Broken Windows at Mt Hotham Ski Village . Felt across North - eastern Victoria, Gippsland and South - eastern New South Wales . Not felt in Melbourne . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Meckering </Td> <Td> 1968 - 10 - 14 </Td> <Td> 6.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> IX </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> $2.2 million </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Boolarra, Victoria </Td> <Td> 1969 - 06 - 20 </Td> <Td> 5.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5.0 aftershock two days later . Cracked walls and stacked chimneys in and around epicentral area . Felt in central and eastern Victoria including Geelong, Benalla and Orbost and on Flinders Island . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Lake Mackay </Td> <Td> 1970 - 03 - 24 </Td> <Td> 6.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Little damage due to the remoteness of the area . Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Western Port </Td> <Td> 1971 - 07 - 07 </Td> <Td> 5.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage in Cowes, Flinders and Shoreham . Felt throughout Melbourne, Western Port Bay and Gippsland . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Picton </Td> <Td> 1973 - 03 - 10 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage totalling $2.8 million . Minor damage in Picton, Bowral and Wollongong </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Balliang </Td> <Td> 1977 - 12 - 02 </Td> <Td> 4.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt strongly in Geelong and across the suburbs of Melbourne, caused minor damage in the Anakie area . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Cadoux </Td> <Td> 1979 - 06 - 02 </Td> <Td> 6.1 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> IX </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 25 buildings in Cadoux were damaged . Damage cost $3.8 million . Perth, 180 kilometres (112 mi) away experienced some swaying of tall buildings but no damage was reported . This was one of the largest onshore earthquakes recorded in Australia . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Wonnangatta, Victoria </Td> <Td> 1982 - 11 - 21 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The epicentre was in the remote Wonnangatta Valley, along the Wonnangatta Fault; it was mostly felt widely in Eastern Victoria and South Eastern New South Wales and throughout Melbourne and its South Eastern suburbs but not in Geelong . Minor damage was reported in nearby towns . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Wyalong </Td> <Td> 1982 - 11 - 26 </Td> <Td> 4.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The largest event in a series of earthquakes that occurred near Wyalong during 1982 . Extensive minor damage reported in Wyalong, West Wyalong, and surrounding towns . In Wyalong damage included cracking of external and internal walls, items thrown from shelves, and a partly collapsed shop awning . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Oolong </Td> <Td> 1984 - 08 - 09 </Td> <Td> 4.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage in and around the town of Oolong, including in the town of Dalton where the spire of St Matthews Anglican Church was permanently knocked side ways . Produced the highest Peak Ground Acceleration reading in Australian history . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Lithgow </Td> <Td> 1985 - 02 - 13 </Td> <Td> 4.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V - VII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage in and around the town of Lithgow including demolished chimneys, smashed windows, and cracked masonry walls . Power outages were also reported . The total damage came to $65,000 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Territory </Td> <Td> Marryat Creek </Td> <Td> 1986 - 10 - 30 </Td> <Td> 5.9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Damage was minor, cracked walls observed in DeRose Hill and Victory Downs stations . Felt in Alice Springs 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the north, and Coober Pedy 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Territory </Td> <Td> Tennant Creek </Td> <Td> 1988 - 01 - 22 </Td> <Td> 6.2, 6.3, 6.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Two buildings and 3 other structures damaged, damage caused to natural gas pipeline . Total damage $2.5 million . Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on the Richter scale . Remarkably caused little damage, despite the intensity of the quake . Felt in high - rise buildings as far away as Perth and Adelaide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Territory </Td> <Td> Uluru </Td> <Td> 1989 - 05 - 28 </Td> <Td> 5.7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VII </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor damage was reported at Yulara resort </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Newcastle, New South Wales </Td> <Td> 1989 - 12 - 28 </Td> <Td> 5.6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VIII </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 160 </Td> <Td> $4 billion in damage </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Ellalong </Td> <Td> 1994 - 08 - 06 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 1,000 homes and 50 other buildings damaged . Total damage $36 million . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Mount Baw Baw </Td> <Td> 1996 - 09 - 25 </Td> <Td> 5.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Despite the minor damage reported around the quake's epicentre, this event is noteworthy as it was the largest earthquake in a swarm triggered by the creation of the Thomson Dam, dating back to the late 1970s . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Australia </Td> <Td> Burra </Td> <Td> 1997 - 03 - 05 </Td> <Td> 5.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> No major damage . Felt over a wide area . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Collier Bay </Td> <Td> 1997 - 08 - 10 </Td> <Td> 6.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> No major damage . Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and Kununurra . Strongest earthquake recorded in Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquake . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Appin, New South Wales, southwest of Sydney </Td> <Td> 1999 - 03 - 17 </Td> <Td> 4.8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 65 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Sydney, New South Wales . Depth only 3.2 km . Felt in Sydney and caused 1000 homes to lose power . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Boolarra, Victoria </Td> <Td> 2000 - 08 - 29 </Td> <Td> 5.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Caused minor damage . Felt strongly throughout Gippsland and Melbourne . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Swan Hill, Victoria </Td> <Td> 2001 - 10 - 27 </Td> <Td> 4.8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Felt in Swan Hill near VIC--NSW border, Minor damage including fallen chimneys and fallen shelve items . Power disruptions . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> Beaconsfield, Tasmania </Td> <Td> 2006 - 04 - 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> This micro earthquake triggered the Beaconsfiled Mine Collapse . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australia </Td> <Td> Kalgoorlie </Td> <Td> 2010 - 04 - 20 </Td> <Td> 5.2 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Extensive damage to buildings throughout Kalgoorlie - Boulder . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Victoria </Td> <Td> Gippsland </Td> <Td> 2012 - 06 - 19 </Td> <Td> 5.4 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> VI </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Minor extensive damage reported around the Gippsland area, including smashed windows, items thrown from shelves, destroyed chimneys, and ceiling tile collapses . An indirect minor injury reported from a man who fell from a ladder in Melbourne's suburbs . Damage bill in the millions . Largest aftershock was a magnitude 4.4 just over a month later, and was too felt across Gippsland and Melbourne . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Queensland </Td> <Td> Coral Sea </Td> <Td> 2015 - 07 - 30 </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> V </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Slight building damage </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> Orange, NSW </Td> <Td> 2017 - 04 - 13 </Td> <Td> 4.3 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> IV </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Slight damage to Cadia - Ridgeway Mine and was felt in Orange, Bathurst, Blayney, Millthorpe, Molong and surrounds . Caused damage to houses and farms 7 km around . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="10"> The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles . The principles described are also applicable to lists . In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded . M = moment magnitude scale M = surface wave magnitude UK = Unknown </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> MMI </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Total damage / notes </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr>

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