1968 Meckering earthquake

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Australia March 2019 October 2024 1968 Meckering earthquake Salisbury homestead gnangarra-44.jpg stairs to the verandha, with part of one still standing amongst the rubble Salisbury Homestead one of the buildings destroyed in the earthquake Australia 1968-10-14 02:58:52 815895 iscgem815895 1968 10 14 yes 10:58:52 6.5 w y 15 km mi 0 on -31.57 117.07 region:AU_type:event inline,title Meckering Fault Reverse $2.2 million IX 20–28 injuredEveringham 1968 summary The Western Australian town of Meckering was struck by an earthquake on 14 October 1968. The earthquake occurred at 10:58:52 local time 02:58:52 UTC, with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage amounted to $2.2 million with 20–28 injured. Monday, October 14, 1968, also happened to be a public holiday in Western Australia observing the Queen's Birthday. Earthquake The shallow fault was about 32 km long around the western side of the town of Meckering. It damaged roads including the Great Eastern Highway, the Eastern Goldfields Railway and the Goldfields water pipeline. It formed a fault scarp up to 1.5 m ft 0 high with overthrusting to the west of up to 2 m ft 0 and strike-slip displacement of up to 0.9 m ft 0. Damage The earthquake affected structures in Perth,Meckering Action Group, (issuing body.) Meckering Earthquake, October 14, 1968 : souvenir booklet 2010 Meckering Action Group (Inc.) https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/24714702 13 March 2019 the capital of Western Australia 130 km west of Meckering. It occurred in mid-morning of a public holiday, the Queen's Birthday and theatres were packed with children.Everingham 1968 Introduction Salisbury Homestead The Salisbury Homestead was built by Harry Sermon in 1904 using local stone with a timber and corrigated iron roof. The property would later be owned by the Snooke family. The earthquake destroyed the house, Alice Snooke rescued her 2-year-old daughter from the earthquake. The homestead was abandoned due to the damage and as of 2024 remains as a memorial to the event.History of Meckering » Shire of Cunderdin https://www.cunderdin.wa.gov.au/community/our-towns/history-of-meckering.aspx cunderdin.wa.gov.au 29 May 2024Meckering Earthquake Farm Ruins » Shire of Cunderdin https://www.cunderdin.wa.gov.au/explore/what-to-see/meckering-earthquake-farm-ruins.aspx cunderdin.wa.gov.au 29 May 2024Tate Lee October commemorates 50 years since the earthquake of Meckering https://www.haveagonews.com.au/travel/on-your-doorstep/october-commemorates-50-years-since-the-earthquake-of-meckering/ 29 May 2024 Have a Go News 11 July 2018 See also List of earthquakes in 1968 List of earthquakes in Australia South West seismic zone References ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2013) https://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2017 International Seismological Centre Version 4.0 Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead 29 September 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) 1972 National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ 4 September 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 The Geology of Earthquakes R. S. Yeats K. E. Sieh Kerry Sieh C. R. Allen Clarence Allen (geologist) 1997 978-0-19-507827-5 Oxford University Press 335, 485 Sources Preliminary Report on the 14 October 1968 Earthquake at Meckering, Western Australia https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/12254/Rec1968_142.pdf I. B. Everingham 1968 Department of National Development – Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Record No. 1968 / 142 F. R Gordon J. D. Lewis The Meckering and Calingiri Earthquakes October 1968 and March 1970 Geological Survey of Western Australia (Bulletin 126) 1980 072448082X https://geodocsget.dmirs.wa.gov.au/api/GeoDocsGet?filekey=6a5283ac-1008-46dc-a905-ce8aff9f5224-byxkb1pylhwt68e9piijo6zhducskpgoeccfzobg https://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/gswa_enews/files/2-page-spread_Meckering_Earthquake.pdf Understanding the Meckering Earthquake: Western Australia, 14 October 1968 J. F. Johnston S. R. White Geological Survey of Western Australia 9781741688306 2018 External links 815895 Category:1968 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Western Australia Category:Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Category:1960s in Western Australia