Thought those watchign this thread might like a history of our Aussie quakes..

Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria 13 July 1884 6.4 Offshore quake Felt in Tasmania and in eastern Victoria[4]

Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria 12 May 1885 6.8
Offshore quake Felt in Tasmania and in eastern Victoria[4]

Yass, New South Wales/ACT 15 November 1886 5.5 (estimated) Damage caused in Yass, felt strongly in Queanbeyan. [5]

Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria 26 January 1892 6.9 Offshore earthquake, felt in Launceston. This was the strongest quake in a sequence of hundreds in the Tasman Sea between 1883 and 1892[4][6]

Beachport - Robe, South Australia 10 May 1897 6.5
Several serious and numerous minor injuries. Severe damage to homes, buildings, power lines, and railways. The epicentre was offshore from Beachport and Robe. Most of the buildings in Beachport and Robe were destroyed. Kingston and Mount Gambier experienced severe damage to many buildings. In Adelaide, widespread panic lead to several minor injuries in crowded areas, and structural damage was caused to many buildings, including Parliament House.[7]

Warooka, South Australia 19 September 1902 6.0
2 deaths by heart-attack have been attributed to this earthquake. Significant damage to the township of Warooka.[8]

Warrnambool, Victoria 14 July 1903 5.3
Extensive minor damage in Warrnambool [9]

Indian Ocean, Western Australia 19 November 1906 7.6
Bottles fell off shelves in Carnarvon, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away. Felt at Albany, Western Australia, 1,700 kilometres (1,056 mi) away. Strongest earthquake recorded in an Australian territory.[10]

Bundaberg - Rockhampton, Queensland 7 June 1918 6.0
Caused "serious damage" to Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Gladstone. Offshore earthquake.[11]

Boolaroo, New South Wales 18 December 1925 5.3
Damage and panic in Hunter Street (particularly at the Theatre Royal). [12]

Gunning, New South Wales 15 November 1934 5.6
Damaged a majority of the buildings in Gunning. The quake was felt strongly in Canberra.[5]

Gayndah, Queensland 12 April 1935 5.4
Caused considerable damage to the town of Gayndah. One fatality[13] [14]

Meeberrie, Western Australia 29 April 1941 7.2
Severe shaking, burst water tanks and cracked ground at Meeberrie homestead. Minor damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres (311 mi) away. Strongest onshore earthquake recorded in Australia.[15]

Launceston, Tasmania 15 September 1946 6.2
Offshore earthquake[4][16]

Dalton and Gunning, New South Wales 10 March 1949 5.5
Significant damage in Dalton and Gunning, minor cracks in some buildings in Canberra. This quake was felt from Sydney in the north to Narooma and Cooma in the south.[5][17]

Adelaide, South Australia 1 March 1954 5.5
8 MM Damage totaling $90 million. Widespread minor damage. Considerable damage to many buildings.[18]

Gabalong, Western Australia 30 August 1955 5.8
Felt in Perth Epicentre near Gabalong, about 30 km east of Moora and 200 km NNE of Perth[19][20]

Robertson and Bowral, New South Wales 21 May 1961 5.6
$4.1 million [21] Damage was caused in Moss Vale, Bowral and Robertson.[22]

Meckering, Western Australia 14 October 1968 6.9
20 injuries, no deaths, 60 buildings destroyed.[citation needed] Minor damage in Perth. Total damage $5 million. In Perth, 130 kilometres (81 mi) away, buildings were reported to have swayed for up to 3 minutes following the quake, which is the second strongest onshore earthquake recorded in Australia. The quake was felt up to 700 kilometres (435 mi) from the epicentre.[23]

Calingiri, Western Australia 10 March 1970 5.9
No damage reported This quake was significant in that it was one of only five earthquakes recorded in Australia to have caused surface faulting. It was believed at the time to be related to the 1968 Meckering earthquake, but no connection has yet been demonstrated.[24]

Canning Basin, Western Australia 24 March 1970 6.7
Little damage due to the remoteness of the area Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982[25]

Canning Basin, Western Australia 16 July 1971 6.4
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982[25]

Picton, New South Wales 9 March 1973 5.6
Damage totaling $2.8 million.[26] Minor damage in Picton, Bowral and Wollongong.[26]

Canning Basin, Western Australia 3 October 1975 6.2
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning Basin area of northern Western Australia between 1970 and 1982[25]

Cadoux, Western Australia 2 June 1979 6.1
No injuries.
25 buildings in Cadoux were damaged. Damage cost $3.8 million. Perth, 180 kilometres (112 mi) away experienced some swaying of tall buildings but no damage was reported. This was one of the largest onshore earthquakes recorded in Australia.[27]

Marryat Creek, Northern Territory 30 March 1986 5.9
Damage was minor, cracked walls observed in DeRose Hill and Victory Downs stations. Felt in Alice Springs 300 kilometres (186 mi) to the north, and Coober Pedy 350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south.[28]

Tennant Creek, Northern Territory 22 January 1988 6.3 - 6.7
Two buildings and 3 other structures damaged, damage caused to natural gas pipeline. Total damage $2.5 million. Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on the Richter scale. Remarkably caused little damage, despite the intensity of the quake. Felt in high-rise buildings as far away as Perth and Adelaide[29][30]

Uluru, Northern Territory 28 May 1989 5.7 Minor damage was reported at Yulara resort [31]

Newcastle, New South Wales 28 December 1989 5.6
13 fatalities, 160 people hospitalised, 300,000 people affected. 50,000 homes damaged, 300 buildings demolished.
Damage estimated at $4 billion. To date the most destructive earthquake recorded in Australia, damaging over 50,000 buildings and shutting down the Newcastle CBD for two weeks. Effects of the earthquake were felt over 200,000 square kilometres (77,220 sq mi) up to 800 kilometres (497 mi) away.[32]

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 30 September 1992 5.1
No damage reported Felt in Nhulunbuy, Maningrida and Milingimbi. The crew of HMAS Moresby, anchored in Maningrida at the time, felt the quake strongly[33]

Banda Sea 4 January 1994 6.8
No injuries, 20 buildings damaged, minor damage to old homes, all in Darwin. Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north of Darwin.[34]

Ellalong, New South Wales 6 August 1994 5.4
5 people injured 1,000 homes and 50 other buildings damaged, Total damage $36 million. Some buildings badly damaged.[35]

Southern Ocean 16 May 1995 5.2
None Offshore

Mount Baw Baw, Victoria 25 September 1996 5.0
No major damage [36]

Burra, South Australia 5 March 1997 5.0
No major damage Felt over a wide area.

Collier Bay, Western Australia 10 August 1997 6.3
Mw No major damage Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and Kununurra. Strongest earthquake recorded in Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek earthquake.[37]

Appin, NSW, southwest of Sydney 17 March 1999 4.8
65 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Sydney, New South Wales Depth only 3.2km. Felt in Sydney and caused 1000 homes to lose power. [38]

Southern Ocean, southwest of Tasmania 16 December 1999 5.8 Offshore 1,000 kilometres (621 mi)
southwest of Hobart[39]

Cocos Islands 18 June 2000 7.5
Mw Offshore, felt on Cocos Islands but no damage was reported 180 kilometres (112 mi) southeast of Cocos Islands[40]

Indian Ocean, Northwest of Western Australia 11 October 2000 5.5 Offshore
This quake occurred approximately 230 kilometres (143 mi) northwest of Exmouth[41]

Southern Ocean, south of Western Australia 25 December 2000 5.7 Offshore
This quake occurred approximately 860 kilometres (534 mi) south of Albany[42]

Burakin, Western Australia 28 September 2001 5.1
No damage reported This quake occurred 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Burakin, approximately 190 kilometres (118 mi) northeast of Perth[43]

Southern Ocean south of Western Australia 12 December 2001 7.0 Mw Offshore,
felt in Albany and Esperance 1,020 kilometres (634 mi) south of Esperance[44]

Southern Ocean, North of Macquarie Island 23 December 2004 8.1 Mw Offshore,
felt in Tasmania and New Zealand 500 kilometres (311 mi) north of Macquarie Island, 1,300 kilometres (808 mi) south of Hobart[45]

Banda Sea 3 March 2005 7.1 Felt in Darwin.
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north of Darwin.[46]

Strahan, Tasmania 14 December 2006 5.0 Offshore [47]

Banda Sea 23 January 2009 6.2 Felt in Darwin.
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north of Darwin.[48]

Kalgoorlie-Boulder 20 April 2010 5.0
In the earthquake numerous buildings damaged, mainly in Boulder, two people were injured.[49] Strongest earthquake in the Goldfields region of Western Australia for 50 years.

Banda Sea 13 April 2011 7.1 Felt in Darwin.
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north of Darwin

Queensland 14 April 2011 5.2 Epicentre between Ayr and Bowen. An earthquake of near this magnitude occurs usually once or twice a decade in Queensland[50].

Indian Ocean, west of Western Australia 17 April 2011 5.2 Offshore 522 km (324 mi) west of Port Headland.[51