Australian tourists described the terrifying moment a violent earthquake struck Vanuatu earlier this week as they arrived back home on Thursday evening. After 46 years, a family thought they had ...

The quake's epicentre was near the rural town of Mansfield, about 124 miles northeast of Melbourne, and was at a depth of 6 miles. Australian Broadcasting Corporation's journalists Michael Rowland and ...

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any ...

MELBOURNE, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Australian island state of Tasmania early Thursday morning. Geoscience Australia reported that the earthquake was recorded near ...

The vast, brooding expanse of Lake George, tucked against the foothills of mountains, is a familiar sight to those travelling between Canberra and Sydney. But beneath its depths lies an ancient ...

After the deadly earthquake in Nepal, it is believed that at least one Australian is among the dead, killed by an avalanche on Mount Everest. Fairfax reported that the unnamed Australian was part of a ...

Expedition leaders and organisers on Sunday said the dead include an Australian, an American and a Chinese citizen. “I have lost four team members in the avalanche — two Nepalis, one Chinese and ...

Meghan S. Miller receives funding from the Australian Research Council and from AuScope which is part of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Louis Moresi receives ...

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 ...

"The Australian Embassy in Jakarta is liaising with Indonesian authorities to determine if any Australians have been affected by the earthquake," a department spokesperson told news.com.au. "So far, ...