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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake south
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12
Dec 2003 |
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An
earthquake of Richter magnitude 4.2 occurred at 09:19 pm AEDT on Thursday
11 December, with its epicentre near Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands
region of NSW. This is about 100 kilometres south of Sydney.
It was strongly recorded on seismographs operated by the ES&S Seismology
Research Centre throughout New South Wales and Victoria.
No reports of any structural damage have been received, but an earthquake
of this magnitude could cause minor damage to a distance of a few kilometres
from the epicentre. A few aftershocks have been recorded.
Reports of the main earthquake being felt have been received from Bowral
and Canberra, and as far as north shore Sydney. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake
would normally be felt over a radius of about 80 to 120 kilometres.
For the latest details on this and other recent earthquakes, see the
Seismology Research Centre web
page, or contact the Operations Manager of the SRC, Adam Pascale, at
ES&S during working hours using the contact details on the home
page. |
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