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Whats the likelihood of a large earthquake striking a major Australian city in the next 100 years

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-09-04] [Hit: ]
so if there was about a 200 year gap, then Id say the likelihood of Australia getting an earthquake in the next 100 years depends on when the last quake was & how much seismic activity is going on around your tectonic plate boundaries near you. Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict with a 30 second warning time when one does roll around, so Id say it all depends on how often AU DOES get them & when the last one was & whether youre due for another one.......
please elaborate! :)))
thanks! :D

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Well I guess it depends if you live near a fault line or if Australia is on a tectonic plate boundary. \

According to this map:
http://www.rain.org/homeschool/science/i…

If this plate were to move, you'd be close enough to the epicenter to feel it. It also depends on if there's fault lines IN Australia.

I live in North America on the east coast & there was an earthquake in Virginia about 2 weeks ago & I felt it all the way up in Connecticut. It was a 5.8 magnitude quake THERE & was felt all up north cuz we were still kind of close to the epicenter. The last earthquake to strike Virginia before 2011 was sometimes in the late 1800s. We are on a very inactive fault line & of course many of us didn't know we lived on a fault line bigger than San Andrea's fault in California- they get quakes all the time, so if there was about a 200 year gap, then I'd say the likelihood of Australia getting an earthquake in the next 100 years depends on when the last quake was & how much seismic activity is going on around your tectonic plate boundaries near you. Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict with a 30 second warning time when one does roll around, so I'd say it all depends on how often AU DOES get them & when the last one was & whether you're "due" for another one.
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