زلزال نيوكاسل 1989

زلزال نيوكاسل 1989

التاريخ	28 December 1989 (1989-12-28)
المقدار	5.6 ML (5.4 $M_{b}$ )
العمق	11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi)
موقع مركز الزلزال	بولارو، نيو ساوث ويلز at 32.95°S 151.61°E / -32.95; 151.61
البلدان/ المناطق المتأثرة	أستراليا
الضحايا

زلزال نيوكاسل 1989 1989 Newcastle earthquake بلغت شدته 5.6 حسب مقياس ريختر, وقع في يوم الخميس ديسمبر 1989، في الساعة 10: 27 صباحا, في نيوكاسل، نيو ساوث ويلز.

وكانت أستراليا الأكثر تأثراً بالكوارث الطبيعية، مما أسفر عن مقتل 13 شخصا واصابة اكثر من 160. وقد قدرت الأضرار ب4 قالب:A $ مليار دولار (بما في ذلك المؤمن عليهم بحوالي 1 مليار دولار).

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 حقائق

• Deaths: 13 total, including;
  • 9 people who were killed at the Newcastle Workers Club
  • 3 people who were killed in Beaumont Street, Hamilton
  • 1 person who died of earthquake induced shock
• Injuries: 160 people were hospitalised.
• Damaged Buildings: 50,000 buildings were damaged; about 80 percent of these were homes.
• Demolition: 300 buildings were demolished including more than 100 homes, The Newcastle Workers Club, The Century Theatre and King's Hall.
• Human Effects: 300,000 people were affected and 1,000 made homeless.
• Cost: The total financial cost of the earthquake is estimated to have amounted to about A$4 billion.
• Felt Area: Estimated 800 km (497 mi) around the epicentre.
• Magnitude: 5.6 M_L; 5.4 $M_{b}$
• Epicentre: Boolaroo
• Aftershocks: One aftershock (M 2.1 on the Richter scale) was recorded on 29 December 1989.

 وصلات خارجية

• "Newcastle earthquake image gallery". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
• News footage by NBN Television, compiled a number of weeks after the quake. The footage shows the quake interrupting an interview, and also shows parts of the city on the day of the quake: particularly Hamilton, the Newcastle Workers Club, the city centre and inner-city suburbs.
• Geoscience Australia: CCIP Project - Newcastle (Earthquake Risk in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie)