Prime Minister Morrison said from the US, where he is visiting, that he has no reports of casualties yet. “So that’s very good news and let’s hope it stays that way,” he told reporters. “An earthquake of this nature can be very disturbing. They are very rare occurrences in Australia.”
According to Geoscience Australia, earthquakes in eastern Australia are uncommon because it is relatively far from fault lines on the Indo-Australian plate. Today’s earthquake was more severe than the 1989 earthquake near the city of Newcastle. Thirteen people were killed.
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