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Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m

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Australia is not on the edge of a tectonic plate so why do we have earthquakes? The Indian-Australian plate is being pushed north and is colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific plates. This causes stresses to build up in the interior of the plate which is released during earthquakes.

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Title Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/093aa9b6-f5c0-40a6-a95d-a741ce597a4b
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Geoscience Australia
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[110.0, -44.0], [156.0, -44.0], [156.0, -9.0], [110.0, -9.0], [110.0, -44.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Earthquake Epicentres in Australia 1841-2000 1:10m". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/earthquake-epicentres-in-australia-1841-2000-1-10m