Other Significant Earthquakes
- Bass Strait, 17 September 1855, magnitude 5.5, just about felt by and awoken everyone in Melbourne, suburbs and Southern Victoria. Strongest recorded earthquake along the Selwyn Fault since settlement in Victoria.
- Eastern Highlands, 29 August 1868, magnitude 5.0, felt in North Eastern Victoria, Gippsland and as far as Albury but not in Melbourne.
- Cape Liptrap, 2 July 1885, magnitude 5.7, the largest recorded earthquake in Victoria since White Settlement.
- Broome, 16 August 1929, magnitude 6.6, offshore earthquake to the north-west of Broome, Western Australia.
- Simpson Desert, 21 December 1937, magnitude 6.0, in a remote location of the Simpson Desert in the Northern Territory, south-east of Alice Springs.
- Simpson Desert, 27 June 1941, magnitude 6.5, in a remote location of the Simpson Desert in the Northern Territory, south-east of Alice Springs.
- Cape Otway, 25 December 1960, magnitude 5.3, occurred early Christmas morning at 2:42 am. Residents awoken.
- Mount Hotham, 4 May 1966, magnitude 5.5, felt across most of North Eastern Victoria but not in Melbourne or Canberra; there were broken windows at Mount Hotham ski village.
- Boolarra, 22 June 1969, magnitude 5.0, aftershock of 20 June earthquake.
- Westernport Bay, 7 July 1971, magnitude 5.0, felt across Westernport, Melbourne and its suburbs.
- Adelaide, 16 April 2010, magnitude 3.8,
- Grampians, 1 June 2011, Magnitude 3.8, felt in Ararat, Halls Gap, Pomonal and Stawell
- Adelaide, 19 October 2011, magnitude 3.3, epicentre Upper Sturt, felt up to 31 km away. Struck at 2:22am
- Korumburra, Victoria, 5 July 2011, Magnitude 4.4, felt over many Melbourne suburbs
- Manilla, 8 June 2012, Magnitude 4.3, epicentre approximately 50 km north west of Tamworth
- Boorowa, 22 June 2012, Magnitude 3.8
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