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    • Professor Mike Sandiford

    Professor of Geology, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

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    Sciences & Technology

    Seismic ears to the ground

    A high precision seismic network is now able to detect about 400 earthquakes every year in Victoria’s Gippsland region, providing key information to protect people and infrastructure

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    Sciences & Technology

    When Central Australia slipped and trembled

    The 2016 magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Petermann Ranges gives researchers key insights into how some faults may break in Australia to produce larger earthquakes

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    Environment

    Is Bhutan’s earthquake hiatus over?

    After centuries with no major earthquake, new research suggests Bhutan’s luck may be running out

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