Australia has experienced few big earthquakes, but some of them have caused great devastation. Here are the 10 most significant in recent history. EARTHQUAKES STRIKE when tectonic plates mash and ...

Tremors were felt as far away as Sydney and Batemans Bay after the quake in NSW’s central west.

As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and ...

(CNN) — An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck near Melbourne in southern Australia on Wednesday, according to Geoscience Australia. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, the Victorian State Emergency ...