Data Set Name:
<All Earthquakes>
Short Description:
The South Australian government record of Earthquake locations from 1840 to the current date.
Update Frequency:
Daily
Last Updated:
15/05/2013
Organisation:
Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy – Geological Survey of South
Australia
File Location:
https://sarig.pir.sa.gov.au/Map/MapViewer/Display/Earthquakes (SARIG: South Australian Resources
Information Geoserver)
http://www.dmitre.sa.gov.au/minerals/earthquakes (more information)
File Format:
Comma Separated Variable (CSV), ESRI shapefile, MapInfo Tab file and Google Earth KMZ format
Author:
David Love (Seismologist)
David.Love@sa.gov.au
David Love 0419 824 458 Attending on Sat morning
Mentors:
Alison Wallace 8463 3333
Themes:
Earthquake, Seismology, Hazards, Earth Science, Environment
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License (CC-BY)
Meta Data (How to use/interpret the data set)
Please refer to the DMITRE Metadata catalogue for attribute information:
https://sarigbasis.pir.sa.gov.au/WebtopEw/ws/catapp/sarig/cat/Record?w=version_highest_version_key='1922'
Earthquake risk in Adelaide: https://sarigbasis.pir.sa.gov.au/WebtopEw/ws/samref/sarig1/image/DDD/MESAJ003022-025.pdf
Extra notes for metadata catalog
Earthquake locations, 1840 to present.
Geographical extent – larger than state.
Progress – final version may be up to 2 months behind actual date
Maintenance – some (larger) events entered within a day or two
Lineage
Post 1964 – mostly from calculations based on readings from recorder networks, both
local and interstate.
1909 – 1963 – from calculations based on readings from broad Australian recorder
network, and also from newspaper and research reports (isoseismal maps)
Pre 1909 – from newspaper and research reports ( isoseismal maps)
Excel spreadsheet – started by Adelaide University, then Flinders University, then
State Government, collecting from other sources where relevant. Early event
locations were estimated from felt reports.
Magnitude – OK
Date – OK
Time – OK
Seconds – OK
Long – OK
Lat – OK
No stations – OK
Place – before 1989-2-1 this was place at which eq was felt. Note that from 1962 –
1968 when network was only starting, felt place may be better epicentre than
calculated lat – long!
Up to 1997-6-1 this was nearest town. Post 1997-6-1 includes town, direction and
distance.
Depth – depth of focus – note that this is nearly always much less accurate than
location. Usually needs a station very closeby for there to be much accuracy in the
depth. Depths of 0, 5 and 10 may be used as defaults.
Accuracy – extra note – accuracy A may be a mistake. Only a few locations have be
calculated with a local model. Nearly all locations in all areas of the state have been
calculated with the same, single layer velocity model. Accuracies I, J and K have not
been applied rigorously. The accuracy of an epicentre is heavily dependent on the
location of recording stations. If an epicentre is within the recording network, it is
likely to be much more accurate than if it is outside the recording network. This
information is not available in this dataset. Recording network has slowly changed
from paper to digital starting in 1989. Most of the relevant stations have been added
below, with reduced location accuracy.
Other notes – Occasionally mine and quarry blasts have been included in the dataset.
In particularly epicentres SE of Woomera, in the Olympic Dam region, and in 1978 in
the Adelaide Hills are mostly likely to be blasts.
Table below contains most of the relevant stations used to calculate the epicentres.
Lats and Longs have been rounded to about 1km accuracy. Start dates and end dates
are in form yy-mm-dd. First station was in 1958. 58 to 99 are Years 1958 to 1999
and 00 to 13 are years 2000 to 2013. 99-99-99 means station is currently running.
Code
FR25
FR27
MYP
STR2
MRAT
FR01
FR02
FR03
FR14
CLV1
CLV2
CLV3
CLV4
FR30
SACA
SAHA
SAOR
SAPE
PLMR
YE6
FR29
FR50
FR51
FR52
FR53
FR54
HML1
JMS1
PBR1
HKR
ARPS
ADE
HTT
CLV
SNL
UMB
PNA
ILN
ASPA
OOD
BFD
WSA
Long
138.72
138.62
138.42
138.85
137.63
138.90
138.40
138.88
138.58
136.64
136.72
136.74
136.82
138.74
138.63
138.55
138.59
138.93
139.15
135.83
138.51
138.33
138.47
138.40
138.25
138.10
138.59
138.61
138.84
138.55
141.84
138.71
138.92
136.50
138.64
139.13
138.16
136.87
133.90
135.45
142.55
136.80
Lat
-31.37
-31.52
-35.44
-35.29
-34.63
-31.32
-31.51
-31.62
-33.47
-33.55
-33.60
-33.70
-33.61
-31.09
-32.23
-31.76
-32.76
-33.07
-34.87
-34.16
-31.13
-32.08
-32.13
-32.02
-31.94
-32.21
-34.40
-33.20
-32.98
-31.76
-36.77
-34.97
-33.43
-33.69
-33.89
-30.24
-32.01
-31.39
-23.68
-27.56
-37.18
-31.14
Startyymmdd
04-01-01
05-01-01
06-08-04
07-01-05
07-03-06
03-09-06
03-09-06
03-09-06
03-09-06
10-06-08
10-06-08
10-06-08
10-06-08
05-08-09
02-10-09
02-10-09
02-10-09
02-10-09
06-08-10
03-12-11
05-06-27
07-12-27
07-12-27
07-12-27
07-12-27
07-12-27
07-03-28
11-06-28
11-06-28
00-11-02
00-11-30
58-07-02
62-06-22
63-10-26
66-01-01
67-06-16
69-09-10
70-03-25
70-12-00
72-08-23
72-10-16
73-04-26
Endyymmdd
08-01-01
08-01-01
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
08-01-01
08-01-01
08-01-01
08-01-01
10-07-15
10-07-16
10-07-17
10-07-18
08-01-01
08-01-01
08-01-01
08-01-01
08-01-01
99-99-99
99-99-99
08-01-01
08-12-01
08-12-02
08-12-03
08-12-04
08-12-05
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
71-12-01
86-09-01
00-05-01
73-05-04
99-99-99
72-11-07
00-11-30
81-10-05
Place
Flinders, Oraparinna
Wilpena Pound, SA
Myponga
Strathalbyn
Mt Rat
Flinders, YellowFoot
Flinders, near NCN
Flinders, Mt Neville
Spalding
Cleve Mangalo
Cleve SheoakHill
Cleve Yalpoudnie
Cleve TheBrothers
F;inders, Angorichina
Carrieton portable
Hawker portable
Orroroo portable
Peterbrgh portable
Palmer
Yeelanna
Flinders, The Gap
FLinders SofHawker temp
Flinders, SlateyWell temp
Flinders, S Hilda temp
Flinders, ELms temp
Flinders, YarrahVale temp
Hamley Bridge
Jamestown
Peterborough
Hawker temp digital
Mt Arapilles
Adelaide, SA
Hallett, SA
Cleve, SA
Seven Hill, SA
Umberatana, SA
Partacoona, SA
Island Lagoon, SA
Alice Springs, NT
OOdnadatta, SA
Bellfield, Vic
Woomera, SA
MTA
STKA
HKN
PCUL
PEND
PLGP
PMCK
PNBK
PSCK
PCOO
PNBT
RPA
ELO
PCPJ
PPWA
PRYA
PCNW
PLPA
PMLA
PSTG
PSCC
EDO
WLK
NBK
PBTA
PGGM
PMGS
PMGT
PSPK
PSTA
PSTX
PWWE
PYPA
WKA
PRDK
MGR
HWK
WRG
ARK
KHC
QLP
THS
GEX
PDA
SDN
MSY3
MYS
135.24
141.60
135.19
137.76
138.05
137.55
138.04
137.98
138.13
138.42
137.98
137.40
138.05
138.19
138.85
138.58
138.64
138.72
138.71
138.59
138.69
138.05
140.32
137.98
138.07
138.11
137.99
138.01
138.14
137.91
137.93
138.25
138.07
140.32
139.22
140.57
135.20
136.76
139.34
136.91
144.23
138.77
140.83
137.24
139.34
138.08
138.22
-29.87
-31.88
-30.01
-32.89
-32.32
-32.59
-32.85
-32.70
-32.73
-32.68
-32.70
-32.73
-32.32
-35.62
-34.68
-35.12
-35.11
-34.76
-34.90
-35.04
-35.08
-32.32
-36.42
-32.70
-32.93
-32.48
-32.80
-32.81
-32.72
-32.48
-32.47
-32.68
-32.58
-36.42
-34.93
-37.73
-29.96
-31.10
-30.28
-35.98
-26.58
-34.74
-37.07
-35.81
-34.51
-30.43
-30.45
73-06-06
74-04-00
75-08-15
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-04-16
77-09-14
77-09-22
77-11-04
78-01-01
78-01-01
78-01-01
78-03-28
78-03-28
78-03-28
78-03-28
78-03-29
79-01-01
79-03-15
79-05-16
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
79-10-11
80-01-01
80-03-03
80-04-13
81-06-22
81-10-07
87-10-10
88-06-01
89-08-12
89-11-02
89-12-01
90-03-08
90-04-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
75-08-13
99-99-99
81-04-15
77-05-08
77-05-08
77-05-08
77-05-08
77-05-08
77-05-08
79-11-09
78-12-31
99-99-99
78-12-31
78-12-03
78-12-03
78-12-03
78-04-21
78-04-21
78-04-21
78-04-21
78-04-21
85-01-29
79-12-31
99-99-99
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
79-11-09
99-99-99
80-03-07
99-99-99
99-99-99
91-05-05
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
99-99-99
03-09-09
99-99-99
99-99-99
95-01-11
95-01-11
Mirikata, SA
Stephens Creek, NSW
Hawk's Nest, SA
cul portable, SA
Endilo portable
portable, SA
portable, SA
nbk portable, SA
sck portable, SA
coo portable, SA
nbt portable, SA
Roopena, SA
Endiloe, SA
cpj portable, SA
pwa portable, SA
rya portable, SA
cnw portable, SA
lpa portable, SA
mla portable, SA
stg portable, SA
scc portable, SA
Endiloe, SA
Willalooka, SA
Nectar Brook, SA
bta portable, SA
ggm portable, SA
mgs portable, SA
mgt portable, SA
spk portable, SA
sta portable, SA
stx portable, SA
wwe portable, SA
ypa portable, SA
Willalooka, SA
rdk portable, SA
Mt Gambier, SA
Hawk's Nest, SA
Woomera, SA
Arkaroola, SA
Kelly Hill Caves, SA
Quilpie QLD
The Heights HS, SA
Naracoorte,SA
Parndana KI, SA
Sedan, SA
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
MYS2
MYS4
MYS5
MYS6
MYS7
MYS8
MYSA
ORR1
ORR2
BBOO
NAP
138.15
138.07
138.03
138.07
138.07
138.11
138.12
138.48
138.55
136.06
138.15
-30.36
-30.37
-30.42
-30.41
-30.41
-30.39
-30.41
-32.58
-32.58
-32.81
-33.18
94-12-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
94-12-01
95-11-13
95-11-13
95-12-07
96-08-14
95-01-11
95-01-11
95-01-11
95-01-11
95-01-11
95-01-11
95-01-11
96-01-07
96-01-07
99-99-99
99-99-99
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs
Orroroo
Orroroo
Buckleboo
Napperby