A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the New South Wales Hunter Valley early on Wednesday morning, jolting awake residents across a wide swathe of eastern Australia, including parts of Sydney and ...

Earthquakes are not as common in Australia though the continent does experience seismic activity due to tectonic plate movement. In 2021, Victoria experienced a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that ...

Melbourne was hit by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Sunday night. Geoscience Australia said shaking was reported as far north as Bendigo and as far south as Hobart. Earthquakes have hit Australia ...

On Wednesday, June 18, 2025, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake in West Java was triggered by deformation in the Indo-Australian ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Australia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:55 a.m. Australian Eastern time about 19 ...

An unusually dense 'swarm sequence' of earthquakes has rocked the south-east coast of Australia with 17 separate rumbles recorded in just a week. The earthquake swarm struck areas spanning from ...

Japanese meteorological agency chief on Friday dismissed growing rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings ... and its substantial shaking was widely felt in northern Australia. Two school buildings and 15 houses were ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers ...

Australia is not known for frequent large earthquakes but does experience moderate seismic activity, particularly in regions like the Hunter Valley. Phil Cummins, senior seismologist at Geoscience ...