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The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA) - Derived Geo-spatial Product
As part of the 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA), we compiled the geographic information system (GIS) dataset to enable end-users to view and interrogate the NSHA18... -
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Seismic Hazard Assessment in Australia: Can Structured Expert Elicitation...
The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment of Australia incorporated 19 alternative seismic-source models. The diversity of these models demonstrates the deep epistemic... -
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Earthquake Scenario Selection Tool
The Earthquake Scenario Selection is an interactive tool for querying, visualising and downloading earthquake scenarios. There are over 160 sites nationally with pre-generated... -
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Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis at regional and national scale: state...
Seismic hazard modelling is a multi-disciplinary science that aims to forecast earthquake occurrence and its resultant ground shaking. Such seismic hazard models consist of a... -
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Ground shaking potential relating to eastern Australian active faults: an...
We present earthquake ground motions based upon a paleoseismically-validated characteristic earthquake scenario for the ~ 48 km-long Avonmore scarp, which overlies the Meadow... -
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New Zealand Community Fault Model – version 1.0
There has been a long-identified need in New Zealand for a community-developed three-dimensional model of active faults that is accessible and available to all. Over the past... -
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A Far-Field Ground-Motion Model for Northern Australia from Plate Margin Earthquakes
At its nearest, northern Australia is just over 400 km from an active convergent plate margin. This complex and unique tectonic region combines active subduction and the... -
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Being Prepared for Earthquakes
You may not realise it but, on average, Australia is rattled every few days by an earthquake of magnitude 3 or above. We don’t feel every small tremor that happens, but the... -
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Shear-wave velocity and site-amplification factors for 50 Australian sites...
One-dimensional shear-wave velocity (VS ) profiles are presented at 50 strong motion sites in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. The VS profiles are estimated with the... -
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The Beetaloo Sub-basin Baseline Seismic Monitoring Project – Phase 1 Observations
Public concerns have been raised about the potential for induced seismicity as state and territory governments lift moratoriums on hydraulic stimulation activities for the... -
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A pragmatic approach to adjusting early instrumental local magnitudes for...
Prior to the development of Australian-specific magnitude formulae, the 1935 magnitude corrections by Charles Richter – originally developed for southern California – was almost... -
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National Seismic Hazard Assessment 2018 Web Map
As part of the 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA), we compiled the geographic information system (GIS) dataset to enable end-users to view and interrogate the NSHA18... -
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Fragility of Indonesian houses: scenario damage analysis of the 2006...
Indonesia is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world and often experiences damaging earthquakes. In the past the housing sector has sustained more... -
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Real-Time Community Internet Intensity Maps and ShakeMaps for Australian Earthquakes
Geoscience Australia provides 24/7 monitoring of seismic activity within Australia and the surrounding region through the National Earthquake Alerts Centre (NEAC). Recent... -
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An Atlas of Earthquake Scenarios for Australian Localities
Geoscience Australia has produced an Atlas of Australian earthquake scenarios (the Atlas) to support planning and preparedness operations for emergency management agencies. The... -
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Source and Attenuation Properties of the 2012 Moe Earthquake Sequence,...
The local magnitude ML 5.4 (MW 5.1) Moe earthquake on 19 June 2012 that occurred within the Australian stable continental region was the largest seismic event for the state of... -
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The Mw 5.9 Woods Point Earthquake: A Preliminary Investigation of the Ground...
The 22 September 2021 (AEST) moment magnitude MW 5.9 Woods Point earthquake was the largest in the state of Victoria’s recorded history. The ground motions were felt throughout... -
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Seismic monitoring of CSG regions in NSW
Geoscience Australia and the NSW Department of Industry undertook seismic monitoring of the NSW CSG extraction area in Camden as well as baseline monitoring in the region... -
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Towards Improving ML Estimates for Local Earthquakes Made by Geoscience...
Here we undertake a statistical analysis of local magnitudes (ML) calculated using the two real-time earthquake monitoring software platforms use by Geoscience Australia (GA)... -
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Comparison of Mainshock and Aftershock Fragility Curves Developed for New...
Seismic risk assessment involves the development of fragility functions to express the relationship between ground motion intensity and damage potential. In evaluating the risk...