Month: April 2024

by Kevin McCueJust 24 years after the formation of the colony of South Australia in 1836, the early europeans had become quite aware of local earthquakes. The Register newspaper was set up in 1837 and the locals dutifully reported their experiences of earthquakes to the Register or to the Chief Meteorologist, Charles Todd. He in… Continue reading South Australian earthquakes 1860-1869

by Kevin McCue There were just 88 South Australian earthquakes reported to newspapers in the decade 1870-1879. Five earthquakes were of magnitude 4 or more, the two larger earthquakes were of magnitude ML4.2, and occurred between Tanunda and Truro on 13 November 1874 and at Clare on 30 November 1879. In November 1873 reports of… Continue reading South Australian earthquakes 1870-1879

by Kevin McCue This decade saw a surge of interest in earthquakes in South Australia, partly due to the growth of communication with the overland telegraph service, partly the intersecting interest of a few leading scientists in the UK and Australia including Milne and Todd, and also an apparent significantly higher level of seismic activity… Continue reading South Australian Earthquakes 1880-1889

by Kevin McCue Introduction The first earthquake deaths reported in Australia followed the second large earthquake in 5 years in South Australia, on 19 September 1902, the epicentre in Gulf St Vincent as best we can determine. An even earlier deaths has been uncovered here. The 1902 earthquake was the tipping point for the government… Continue reading South Australian Earthquakes 1890-1897