Australia Aboriginal Land Earthquake

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Strongly felt and possibly dangerous M5.6-6.1 earthquake in Australia’s aboriginal inland

Last update: March 23, 2012 at 1:27 pm by By 

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 5.6 (USGS) – Ml 6.1 (Geoscience Australia)
UTC Time :   Friday, March 23, 2012 at 09:25:16 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Friday, March 23, 2012 at 07:55:16 PM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Geo-location(s) :
Very close to Ngarutjara (risk area)
317 km (197 miles) SSW (213°) from Alice Springs, Australia  

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Red circle area can be damaging – image courtesy Geoscience Australia

– The earthquake’s epicentre was recorded at a shallow depth near
Ernabella, 415km north west of Coober Pedy and about 320km south west of Alice Springs, just before 8pm. It is about 130km SE of Uluru.
– A magnitude of Ml6.12 has been given by Geoscience Australia. Given the remoteness it is difficult to constrain the magnitude.
-It has been given a M5.6 by other agencies.

Ernabella has an airstrip, and 2 houses.
Geoscience Australia reported the quake could have been felt by people up to 500km away and damage experienced within a 40km radius of the epicentre.
“There are a number of Aboriginal communities near the epicentre and they would have felt the earthquake strongly,” he said.
“It is possible there could be some minor damage up there.”
An SA Police spokesman said there had been no reports of damage or
injuries as yet, but being nightfall probably more information will be
found tomorrow.

for more information and updates, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2012/03/23/strong-earthquake-in-australia/