Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

For those who are curious about the #qld earthquake on Saturday morning here is an article in the @aunz.theconversation.com written by @deeninis.bsky.social and @mojtabarajabi.bsky.social - why does Australia get earthquakes when it isn’t close to any plate boundaries? Read to find out more.

Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

Why does tectonically “stable” Australia get earthquakes? @deeninis.bsky.social, Abbas and I explain in our new article for The Conversation.

theconversation.com/why-does-aus...

Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

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ISC contributing to World Stress Map;
Celebrating Robin Adams birthday;
RAS Award to D. A. Storchak;
New ISC members;
Papers published in Seismica;
Remembering Anthony Hughes.

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Impact of faults on the remote stress state Abstract. The impact of faults on the contemporary stress field in the upper crust has been discussed in various studies. Data and models clearly show that there is an effect, but so far, a systematic...

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📢Paper Alert! "Impact of faults on the remote stress state" The paper investigates which component of the stress tensor is affected at which distance from the fault, using a series of generic 3-D models.
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Stress map of northern Bowen Basin using 890 quality-ranked orientation of maximum horizontal stresses.

Depth analysis of stress data in the northern Bowen Basin using 9,046 horizontal stress orientations.

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📢Paper Alert! Contribution of mine borehole data toward high-resolution stress mapping: An example from Bowen Basin, Australia This paper represents the most comprehensive quality-ranked basin-wide stress map according to our database!
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