Earthquake map shows Tennant Creek hot spot by Geoscience Australia !

A new earthquake hazards map released by Geoscience Australia has revealed Tennant Creek is among the locations most likely to be affected by an earthquake.

he map shows a hot spot under Tennant Creek, along with Moe in Victoria and York and Kirwan in Western Australia.

The Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, says the new information should help communities to plan for the possibilty of earthquakes.

But the information reinforces fears that Muckaty station, around 100km from Tennant Creek, is not a suitable location for the Federal Government's proposed nuclear waste site.

They said Australia has experienced 168 earthquakes above magnitude 5.0 since 1950, and last year alone, 82 earthquakes were recorded at a magnitude 3.0 or above.

In 1988, Tennant Creek was struck by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, causing around $2.5m damage.

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