On average, 100 earthquakes are recorded in Australia each year. Most are small, around magnitude 3 or more. In December 1989, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit the New South Wales city of Newcastle ...

A rare earthquake rattled southeastern Australia on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked residents running into the streets of Melbourne, the country’s ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne on Wednesday in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia. The quake hit about 80 miles northeast ...

As the country grapples with continuing COVID-19-related protests, it got a bad omen in the form of an unlikely earthquake. Australia hit by its biggest earthquake in years - CNET X ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. MELBURNIAN 1: Oh my gosh. When a magnitude 4 earthquake hit the city of Melbourne, residents were ...

Southeastern Australia has been hit by an earthquake with a 6.0 magnitude. It's Australia's strongest quake in about 24 years. In this photo, geologists look at the seismograph for a 2007 earthquake.

SYDNEY — A powerful earthquake struck southeast Australia on Wednesday, damaging buildings and prompting people to spill onto the streets of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state. Government ...

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN town of Norseman has a serious case of the shakes – with a staggering 50 earthquakes hitting the area in the last two months. The gold-mining town – located about 720km east of ...

A strong, shallow earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia's Maluku province, causing panic in several cities and villages. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The U.S ...

An island near Australia was hit with a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Thursday, a quake smaller than the 7.3 magnitude initially reported. The earthquake took place in the Macquarie Island region in ...

Meanwhile, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Indian Ocean has been felt across large parts of Western Australia. The quake struck about over 100 miles off the coast at 1:39 p.m. on Sunday.