Is the recent earthquake sequence near Muswellbrook, NSW - including last week’s widely felt M4.8 - mining related? We weigh up the evidence. Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment 🌏🌪️🍃 Seismology Research Centre Monash Science theconversation.com/could-the-musw…

Thousands more active fault traces can now be viewed right down to the property scale in some regions thanks to an upgrade to the GNS Science NZ Active Faults Database webmap.🗺️

#FridayFold seen in a new road cutting near Stornoway. #Archaean Lewisian gneiss is cut by mafic #OuterHebrides dyke. Both are then folded during the #Laxfordian. Cross cutting of the gneissic foliation can be seen in the core of the fold, whilst the limbs are concordant

Another large earthquake has occurred near Muswellbrook NSW. This magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred at 5:58am local time.

It's the first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind. Uni of Adelaide theconversation.com/witness-1-8-bi…

This morning’s M4.5 earthquake near Muswellbrook, NSW, follows a M2.6 overnight. So far, is the third earthquake larger than M4.0 to occur in this sequence, which began with a M4.8 two weeks ago. There have been ~30 earthquakes >M2.5.

Muswellbrook, NSW, experienced a M4.5 earthquake this morning - the third >M4.0 since this sequence began with a M4.8 two weeks ago. What might be causing the current seismic activity in this region? Read our article in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/could-the-musw…

A number of people have asked about the relationship between the recent earthquakes and the mining in the Hunter Valley region. Here’s a recent article by our earthquake geologist discussing that very topic.

Latest Muswellbrook earthquake connected to a 'swarm' of shakes in the Upper Hunter ift.tt/UEn4yZm

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake occurred just before midnight on Sunday night, located about 30km North of Mansfield VIC

An M3.4 (prelim.) earthquake near Strathbogie, Vic. ~15 mins. ago. If you felt this earthquake please report your experience to our colleagues EarthquakesGA earthquakes.ga.gov.au

Baby earthquake

A spooky Friday the 13th reading of a historical account of an earthquake. These are used to estimate the location and magnitude of earthquakes before we had instruments to record them. Featuring a cameo by Cinnamon who waited patiently for her lap time while I filmed last night.

When a fault ruptures the same region twice within two decades with moderately large magnitude earthquakes, it's not often that a coconut tree records the events. Find out more in Temblor's latest, led by PHIVOLCS-DOST scientist Deo temblor.net/temblor/two-st…

Two earthquakes in the same location, close succession - the first slightly smaller than the second. Notice how the two distinct waveforms merge at more distant sites, making it harder to distinguish the two separate events. Offshore of Robe/ Mount Gambier, SA.

Since 23 Aug. the Muswellbrook NSW earthquake swarm has involved >70 earthquakes, including a M4.8 and two M4.6. Is this unusual? Is it mining related? Is this region safe for nuclear reactors? I’ll be talking to Dr Shane Huntington OAM on Einstein A Go Go about this and more tomorrow 11 a.m.

Looking forward to this discussion on Hartmuth Kernig tomorrow morning 👌

It was great to talk about the Muswellbrook earthquakes, and tectonic vs. anthropogenic crustal stress with Dr Shane Huntington OAM on Einstein A Go Go - you can listen to it here👇 And pls consider subscribing to 3rrrfm to support this public radio science program! rrr.org.au/shared/broadca…

A new fun piece of science we’ve just published… theconversation.com/hidden-craters… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Because earthquakes are my thing, And music is my thing… I had to buy this book, yes?