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Australia earthquakes in 1979

11 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Australia in 1979. The largest: M6.1 104 km NNE of Northam, Australia, Jun 2, 1979.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19781980

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Where every quake of 1979 was located in Australia. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1979

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19790
February 19790
March 19790
April 197935.9266 km NW of Bilingurr, Australia
May 197914.5northwest of Australia
June 197946.1104 km NNE of Northam, Australia
July 197915.35 km NW of Roebuck, Australia
August 19790
September 19790
October 197925.0127 km E of Moora, Australia
November 19790
December 19790

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Australia nowWorldwide in 1979

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.