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Selection and ranking of ground-motion models for the 2018 National Seismic...
One of the key challenges in assessing earthquake hazard in Australia is understanding the attenuation of ground-motion through the stable continental crust. There are now a... -
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The 2018 Lake Muir earthquake sequence, south west Western Australia:...
Modern geodetic and seismic monitoring tools are enabling study of moderate-sized earthquake sequences in unprecedented detail. Here we use a variety of methods to examine... -
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Paleoseismology of the 2016 MW 6.1 Petermann earthquake source: Implications...
The 20 May 2016 MW 6.1 Petermann earthquake in central Australia generated a 21 km surface rupture with 0.1 to 1 m vertical displacements across a low-relief landscape. No... -
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Periodicity and Clustering in the Long-term Earthquake Record
Instrumentally observed earthquakes sequences typically show clusters of earthquakes interspersed with periods of quiescence. These ‘bursty’ sequences also have correlated... -
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Earthquake sources of the Australian plate margin: Revised models for the...
Located within an intraplate setting, continental Australia has a relatively low rate of seismicity compared with its surrounding plate boundary regions. However, the plate... -
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Large earthquake recurrence on the Willunga Fault, South Australia
In mid-2022 two paleoseismic trenches were excavated across the Willunga Fault at Sellicks Hill, ~40 km south of Adelaide, at a location where range front faulting displaces a... -
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The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment: Model overview
Geoscience Australia, together with contributors from the wider Australian seismology community, has produced a National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA18) that is intended as... -
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National Seismic Hazard Assessment: Fact Sheet
Geoscience Australia is the Australian Government advisor on the geology and geography of Australia, and develops the National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA). The NSHA defines... -
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The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia
Geoscience Australia, together with contributors from the wider Australian seismology community, has produced a National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA18) that is intended as... -
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Site Classification and VS30 Determination for Seismic Hazard Evaluation in...
Seismic site classification is essential for seismic hazard analysis as it helps constrain the impact of local geological conditions on the near-surface seismic-wave... -
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The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia: Earthquake...
The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA18) is a flagship Geoscience Australia product, used to support the decisions of the Australian Building Codes Board and... -
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The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia: Model input files
This Geoscience Australia Record contains technical data and input files that, when used with the Global Earthquake Model’s (GEM’s) OpenQuake-engine probabilistic seismic hazard...