Recent earthquakes measured by Geoscience Australia

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Earthquake locations published on this website represent Geoscience Australia’s best computed location. Please note that for earthquakes within Australia, these locations may possess uncertainties of up to 10 km in position and 20 km in depth.
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Date	Time (UTC) hh:mm:ss	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Magnitude	Location (click for map and further information)
28/08/2008	15:22:26	.185	-17.366	10	6.2	North of Ascension Island
28/08/2008	12:37:35	50.17	-129.58	10	5.8	Vancouver Island, Canada Region
28/08/2008	08:56:46	-18.05	-178.47	600	5.0	Fiji Islands Region
27/08/2008	01:35:31	51.72	104.25	10	6.3	Near Lake Baikal, Russia
26/08/2008	21:00:37	-7.54	-74.47	152	6.3	NE of Lima, Peru
26/08/2008	05:34:02	-34.753	149.162	0	3.2	S of Dalton, NSW. Preliminary
26/08/2008	03:07:34	-6.35	104.4	57	5.8	Sunda Strait, Indonesia
25/08/2008	13:22:02	31	83.7	33	6.6	Tibet-Nepal Border Region
25/08/2008	13:17:20	-16.43	-177.03	450	5.4	Fiji Islands Region
25/08/2008	11:25:38	-39.35	176.42	33	5.6	North Island, New Zealand
25/08/2008	02:43:17	9.31	125.44	66	5.8	Mindanao, Philippine Islands
24/08/2008	02:46:28	-7.5	128	100	5.5	Banda Sea, Sunda Arc
23/08/2008	04:47:17	-4.5	125.51	450	5.5	Banda Sea, Sunda Arc
22/08/2008	07:47:54	-18.71	67.58	10	6.0	Mid-Indian Rise, Indian Ocean
20/08/2008	13:18:47	9.5	125.02	200	5.1	Mindanao, Philippine Islands
19/08/2008	16:30:51	-15.69	-174.49	300	5.5	Tonga Islands
15/08/2008	10:25:32	11.03	125.39	10	5.7	Philippine Islands, Philippines
15/08/2008	00:30:41	-32.99	138.095	7	2.7	Port Pirie SA
14/08/2008	11:10:29	43.77	146.78	10	5.6	Kuril Islands
12/08/2008	05:26:00	-11.46	166.47	30	6.2	Santa Cruz Islands, New Hebrides Islands
11/08/2008	21:30:06	-20.48	-177.74	600	5.7	Fiji Islands Region
10/08/2008	12:21:14	10.62	91.78	15	5.6	Andaman Islands Region
10/08/2008	08:21:43	10.8	92	18	6.2	Andaman Islands Region
09/08/2008	16:36:31	-61.6	154.43	10	6.0	Balleny Islands Region, Macquarie Loop
09/08/2008	06:01:40	-61.6	154.43	10	6.5	Balleny Islands Region, Macquarie Loop
08/08/2008	12:50:25	-35.479	137.299	10	2.7	Kangaroo Island SA
08/08/2008	10:27:25	-30.466	117.281	4	2.5	NE of Burakin WA
08/08/2008	06:37:42	-3.85	100.96	30	5.8	Southern Sumatra, Sunda Arc
07/08/2008	23:54:28	-34.16	137.6	10	2.6	S of Moonta SA
07/08/2008	08:15:36	32.203	104.666	10	5.0	Sichuan-Ganzu Border Region, China
06/08/2008	22:41:06	-8.48	117.45	30	6.1	Sumbawa Island Region, Sunda Arc
05/08/2008	14:04:40	.5	127.5	200	4.9	Halmahera, Borneo-Celebes
05/08/2008	09:49:18	32.75	105.52	10	6.2	Sichuan-Gansu Province, China
05/08/2008	08:27:05	-17.95	-178.05	594	5.0	Fiji Islands
05/08/2008	08:02:49	-20.17	-178.8	650	5.0	Fiji Islands
04/08/2008	20:45:17	-5.98	130.03	200	6.2	Banda Sea
04/08/2008	15:17:03	-5.67	151.61	100	5.5	New Britain Region, Bismark and Solomon Islands
02/08/2008	05:18:23	-14.656	122.166	3	4.1	Scott Reef, WA
01/08/2008	17:27:48	-30.495	117.132	0	3.1	NW of Burakin, WA
01/08/2008	10:36:30	9.5	121.49	600	5.6	Sulu Sea, Philippenes
01/08/2008	08:32:44	32.038	104.742	71	5.8	Sichuan-Gansu Border Region, China
30/07/2008	12:59:15	-22.01	-179.18	618	5.7	South of Fiji Islands

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