MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne on Wednesday in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia. The quake hit about 80 miles northeast ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has hit Australia's southeastern coast. The quake was originally reported as a 6.0 magnitude, but the magnitude was later downgraded. The country hasn't been hit with a ...

A powerful earthquake has struck Western Australia's central Wheatbelt overnight. The 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit near the rural town of Wyalkatchem, about 192km east of Perth, at a depth of 6km ...

Australian singer Vassy wrote on Twitter it was the longest quake she had felt. The location of the 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Banda Sea is shown on a map, off the coast of Indonesia’s ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Australia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:55 a.m. Australian Eastern time about 19 ...

A powerful earthquake has hit Australia, with shockwaves being reportedly felt several kilometres away from the epicentre. The 4.1-magnitude tremor struck at around 4pm local time (7.30am BST ...

Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little damage.

Australia is not known for frequent large earthquakes but does experience moderate seismic activity, particularly in regions like the Hunter Valley. Phil Cummins, senior seismologist at Geoscience ...

An unusually dense 'swarm sequence' of earthquakes has rocked the south-east coast of Australia with 17 separate rumbles recorded in just a week. The earthquake swarm struck areas spanning from ...

Melbourne was hit by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Sunday night. Geoscience Australia said shaking was reported as far north as Bendigo and as far south as Hobart. Earthquakes have hit Australia ...