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Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any ...
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near east coast of Australia, EMSC says

Aug 16 (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near the east coast of Australia on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, ...