Southeastern Australia has been hit by an earthquake with a 6.0 magnitude. It's Australia's strongest quake in about 24 years. In this photo, geologists look at the seismograph for a 2007 earthquake.

As Australia sits in the centre of a tectonic plate, our earthquakes are a bit different to other places, he says. Dr Allen uses a pavlova to describe why we have earthquakes in Australia.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne on Wednesday in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia. The quake hit about 80 miles northeast ...

Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little damage.

A powerful earthquake has hit Australia, with shockwaves being reportedly felt several kilometres away from the epicentre.. The 4.1-magnitude tremor struck at around 4pm local time (7.30am BST) on ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck near Melbourne in southern Australia on Wednesday, according to Geoscience Australia. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, the Victorian State Emergency Service ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Australia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:55 a.m. Australian Eastern time about 19 ...

The earthquake is notable not for its destruction but for how unusual such quakes are in Australia. High-magnitude earthquakes are rare, and when they do occur are usually located in the country's ...

A powerful earthquake has struck Western Australia's central Wheatbelt overnight. The 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit near the rural town of Wyalkatchem, about 192km east of Perth, at a depth of 6km ...

OUR HISTORY BOOKS need reprinting: Geoscience Australia has released revised magnitude scores of Australia’s earthquakes and with them, a new title holder for the country’s biggest earthquake.

Here are the top 10 worst Australian earthquakes in modern times, ranked is by cost, magnitude and damage. 1. Newcastle, NSW (Magnitude 5.6) 28 December 1989. One of Australia’s worst natural ...