South Australian earthquakes during 1976 and 1977 |
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| Authors: | K F McCue D J Sutton |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physics , University of Adelaide , Adelaide, S.A., 5000;2. The Geophysical Observatory , Box 323, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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| Abstract: | During 1976 and 1977, 120 earthquakes occurred in South Australia which were large enough to be recorded by the University of Adelaide seismograph network, and subsequently located. Only four epicentres lie outside the recognised seismic zones of the Adelaide Geosyncline, Eyre Peninsula and the Southeast Zone; only four of the earthquakes had magnitudes (ML) greater than 4. Fault‐plane solutions for three of the events within the Geosyncline suggest a direction of principal stress which is a northeast southwest compression. |
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