#Earthquakes continue in #Australia, both intensifying and relocating. The address of the shaking this time was Northern Australia.
The Cains district shook at midnight on Sunday. The severity of the shaking was announced as 3.6 .
The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 10km, was announced as Coastal Cairns, from the Offshore region of Queensland.
Australian Geosciences announced that the earthquake occurred at 02:16:55 at night.
The last time a 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Western Australia's Wagin region on February 1 .
National Seismic Hazard Assessment via map of Australia.
Image: Geology Australia
Earthquakes happen in Australia. So, are we prepared?
In the April 2019 edition of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management,
people in Australia are surprised to learn that hundreds of earthquakes occur under our feet each year. The majority are too small to be felt, let alone cause any damage. Despite this, we are not immune and ready for major earthquakes, he said.
Australia records at least one magnitude 5 earthquake each year and a magnitude 6 earthquake approximately every ten years.
🟥THESE GREAT EARTHQUAKE
The town of Meckering, Western Australia, was devastated by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in 1968. And nearly 30 years ago, 13 lives were lost in Newcastle from a 5.4-magnitude earthquake.
🟥CAN AN EARTHQUAKE BE FORECASTED?
Earthquake and subsurface scientists, engineers and emergency managers are always working to answer the questions of where the next damaging event will occur and how we can better prepare.
Experts say it's nearly impossible to accurately predict when and where an earthquake will strike, but the history of earthquake activity in an area can tell us a lot about its potential risks for the future.
Many buildings in Australia were built without considering earthquakes. Following the Newcastle earthquake of 1989, the earthquake loading standard was incorporated into the National Construction Act of 1990.
🟥It can occur in unexpected places
Earthquakes can occur in unexpected places where historical observations are not available, according to Geoscience Australia.
The exemplary geoscience agency announced that in May 2016, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in a remote region west of central Australia's Uluru. After the earthquake, a 20 km surface crack occurred. Rupture of the surface was noted to be a rare occurrence in Australia.
In November 2018, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in the Lake Muir region of southwestern Western Australia, this time with a 6-7 km long surface rupture.
Explaining that these events resulted in minimal damage, earth science warned that if this breakage occurred in a big city, it would have serious and devastating effects.