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Earthquake rattles tiny town of Boort, Victoria

Scores of residents in Boort, population 940, reported feeling the impact of the 3.4-magnitude quake early this morning.

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Gresford earthquake felt as far away as Port Stephens

RESIDENTS in Gresford felt the earth move overnight with a magnitude 3.2 earthquake recorded just after 10pm Sunday.

Newcastle Herald

Australia's last eruption was 5,000 years ago so could extinct volcanoes come back to life?

Tropical Far North Queensland's volcanoes were active until about 10,000 years ago, which is seconds in geological terms. So could those extinct volcanoes come back to life?

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Earthquake at 4.1-magnitude hits between Arthur River and Wagin, Geoscience Australia confirms

Great Southern residents awoke today to "unreal" shaking that sounded "like heavy trucks" as the 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck.

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A magnitude-7.6 earthquake off Indonesia rocked Darwin. What makes some regions more prone to them?

Residents in Australia's north woke to shaking homes and cars early on Tuesday morning, when a massive earthquake struck under the Banda Sea. Here's what you should do in an earthquake, and why the Top End region is prone to them.

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Earthquake shakes Adelaide Hills, tremor also detected in southern suburbs

Early risers in parts of the Adelaide Hills were shaken from their slumber by a small tremor before sunrise, with one resident saying his "cat was running around scared and went and hid".

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Wheatbelt, Kimberley tremors unrelated to deadly Indonesian earthquake, scientists say

A magnitude-4.3 earthquake close to Derby shook the Kimberley town on Monday evening with reports of homes shaking followed by a "noise like thunder".

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Earthquake 'swarm' data in Mukinbudin studied to understand seismic activity in WA's Wheatbelt region

Scientists collect data to determine the cause of ongoing seismic activity in the Wheatbelt. It comes following a cluster of at least 13 earthquakes in the Mukinbudin area last week.

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Magnitude-4 earthquake rattles NSW South West Slopes, epicentre located close to Boorowa

A shallow earthquake hits the NSW South West Slopes, with some residents close to the epicentre describing the sound as "like 20 gas bottles exploding at once".

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Federal government approves two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas off WA and NT

The federal government issues permits for two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas, off the coast of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

ABC News

As EVs drive a mining revolution, will Australia become a battery minerals superpower?

A cocktail of minerals is needed to make EV batteries and Australia has them in abundance. But will the country capitalise on its natural resources advantage?

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Wheatbelt earthquake could be aftershock of magnitude-6.1 quake from 1979, seismologists say

Seismologists say an earthquake that struck Cadoux on Sunday may be an aftershock from a magnitude-6.1 quake that hit the town in 1979.

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Across outback Queensland, Great Artesian Basin water is surfacing where it has never been seen before

One of the world's largest reservoirs — the Great Artesian Basin — springs back to life, bringing potentially new species with it.

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Not if, but when: unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae

Earthquakes can be especially devastating for developing countries, where competing priorities can stymie resource allocation towards earthquake resilience.

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Investment group set to acquire Geoscience building

The sale price will set a new commercial property record for Canberra.

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Magnitude 2.9 earthquake detected near Brendale, north of Brisbane, Geoscience Australia reports

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake has struck near Kilcoy, north-west of Brisbane, Geoscience Australia reports.

The Conversation

Tapping mineral wealth in mining waste could offset damage from new green economy mines

To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads to damage to pristine areas.

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Darwin feels tremors of 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Timor-Leste

The earthquake was felt extensively throughout the Top End, with accounts of rattling apartment buildings in the city and shaking across Darwin's northern suburbs.

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Digging deeper into earthquakes and minerals

Sensors to give insight into the 'potential for discovering new mineral and energy resources'.

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Earthquake rattles Adelaide for second time this month

A magnitude-2.8 tremor has been reported in South Australia with the epicentre around the same location as an earthquake three weeks ago.

The Canberra Times

Nation's pre-eminent geoscience building expected to fetch $360m

The Geoscience Australia building is set to go on sale nearly 25 years after completion.

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Magnitude 3.9 earthquake strikes off Cairns, Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami threat

Geoscience Australia reports a magnitude 3.9 earthquake off the coast of Cairns in Far North Queensland.

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Earthquake 'swarm' rattles WA's south with more than than 40 over three weeks

Residents of Arthur River say so far the damage has been minor, even though some of the tremors have been felt hundreds of kilometres away.

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