Does anyone know why there are earthquakes in Australia? I thought Australia is not in the seismic zone.
Not sure if I should post it here but delete it if inappropriate.
Many thanks
Why Do We Have Earthquakes in Australia?
Yaren24 on 16/08/2025 - 12:13
Last edited 16/08/2025 - 13:38 by 2 other users
Last edited 16/08/2025 - 13:38 by 2 other users
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I’m more interested in what ChatJVt thinks
Yes…
it’s because of yo momma walking around
-ChatJVt
Not sure if I should post it here but delete it if inappropriate.
Yes, please delete. This type of question is completely inappropriate, and may impact on consumer confidence levels, which we all know will flow through into business closures and ultimately less competition.
Referral didn't work. Still waiting on my earthquake.
What on Earth?
Oh yes, Australia is on Earth..
Thats why we have "earth" quakes
Clippy doesn't care if he thinks your post is inappropriate, he just wants to help. 📎
And the housing industry too.
Disastrous!
Makes Sydney more expensive than other areas.
I didn’t know that quakes were only meant to occur in seismic zone. I thought it was just that “the big one” was more likely to occur in the seismic zone.
The earth moved for me this morning.
Moved for everyone..
Not for me.
I didn't feel a thing. People in the same suburb apparently had lights swinging etc
I feel sorry for you
What were the heavies doing?
I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
No, it moved because of you.
If you crush a pepsi can, the middle is crushed first. But if you drop a pepsi can, the edges are dinted first.
Tectonic plates work the same way, we get earthquakes caused by pressure being released. While places like Japan get earthquakes from plates crashing into each other.
But what if it's a refreshing Coca-Cola TM can?
Sugar or no sugar? Caffeine or no caffeine? So many variables.
So many variables.
Which brings us back to "so much pressure".
The stampede of oz bargainers running towards a bargain causes earthquakes. Fortunately for OP no bargain was included, so no earthquake occurred.
We did just have a month of KFC deals
sounds like a mass increase on the richter scale for the next ones then
The whole World is seismic to various degrees. Just look at a current World Map and it's easy to see what bits fit into a global jigsaw puzzle.
Google - Gondwana for further reading.
Am taking the bait? Yes, but hopefully some might like to read about it and might learn something…
In Australia we have intraplate earthquakes. Stresses, weaknesses and fault lines are often a cause.
All the tectonic plates move around. The Indo-Australian plate is moving north. In the process it is being pushed inwards from the east and west. So we aren't getting earthquakes like in the main seismic zones from plates grabbing until there's enough accumulated force that they release and slide past each other, we are getting them in the middle of the plate from the plate being pushed into a new shape as it tries to fit between the other plates. The Flinders Ranges is being pushed up by this. There are weakness in the crust everywhere, and that's where the quakes from the whole plate being under pressure within the plate occur.
This is very NSFW
Was this question because we got a 5.6 this morning in QLD?
Yes
didn't feel anything
That's what she said.
I blame the LNP, earthquake stats were never this bad under Labor. Guess they weren't kidding when they promised to shake things up.
Hilarious, but as with all politics… twisted facts.
10 years prior - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 9.41am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 100kms east of Queensland's Sunshine Coast - 30 July 2015 - Annastacia Palaszczuk was Premier.
…Plus Geosciences Australia is a federal agency.
They all as bad as each other.
Wouldn't 100 klm East of Sunshine Coast be in the ocean?
100kms east of Queensland's Sunshine Coast
That's the ocean, a federal area. Straight on the LNP’s record. Tony couldn't even balance the budget, let alone stop the quakes.
How did you come to the conclusion that a bargain forum is the best place to ask this question?
You know, not Google, not your local library, not an AI, not Wikipedia, not a reputable source on earthquakes, not an encyclopedia…etc.
Define bargain.
Perhaps OP thought he would get "more information than he bargained for" by asking here?
PRetty soon the eastern suburbs of sydney will be known as the eastern islands of sydney because a lot of it will be submerged or they'll be no eastern suburbs.
Modelling shows that over 8000 NSW addresses could be affected by coastal erosion by 2100.That's more important than earthquakes in Aus
Be a real shame for the people that spent $6m on houses that will be covered in seaweed. Might have to sell it off to Mr Krabs for cents on the dollar.
Don't buy a house 5m from an ocean swell fyi. It's like those cities built in flood plains, then they complain when a 1/50 year flood comes through.
Can I ask why you never searched for the answer?
He searched here.
Classic OP laziness.
Is this similar to asking why does it rain some time? I was glad I didn't have solar hot water on my rooftop this morning when it happened.
TIL!
Earthquake magnitude was traditionally measured on the Richter scale. It is often now reported as moment magnitude, which is calculated from seismic moment. The seismic moment of an earthquake is calculated using the area of the fault that ruptured, the strength of the rocks that slipped (the shear modulus), and the amount of slip along the fault during the earthquake.
welcome to Earth
Lack of manufacturing.
We used to have lots of factories holding things down. Now the economy is based on importing people. All of those feet moving around also increases the disturbance in the ground.
Unintended consequences. The politicians really are doing their best.
Also because of the RBA lowering interest rates, irritating inflationary pressures to cause a rift in cost of living crisis
Yep. This is why Trump wants to bring back manufacturing to America so areas like San Francisco / LA can have decreased earthquakes.
The influx of mexicans across the border causes an imbalance on the south end of one of the larger plates.
So if america starts making their chips again, since those machines are really heavy and big, that will stabalise the plates and thus reduce earthquakes.
[You know some stupid AI is going to pick this up and write it as an answer - the more upvotes the more it will believe it]
The whole earth is a seismic zone. Everyone is floating on a giant ball of liquid hot magma.
…using these "lasers"…
In Victoria it is mostly left of from New Zealand escaping. The high country is still going up from it as well.
There are some excellent youtube channels like ozgeology that explain this stuff.
Where did you get the idea that Australia wouldnt experience earthquakes?
Does anyone know why there are earthquakes in Australia?
Because we live on a planet, and all planets have geological activity.
all planets have geological activity
Debatable.
Because we anger the gods. Not enough ritual sacrifice.
Lack of free dog food samples
I explain it to my daughter as our country being tickled by rubbing
Yet again OzBargain asks the question, and just days later it is answer by an academic in The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/why-does-australia-have-earthqua…
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