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Australia

Australia on the map: 2 Holocene volcanoes and 36 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
2
Confirmed eruptions
5
Highest volcano
McBride Volcanic Province 1,020 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
36
Strongest
M 7.7 1924
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Newer Volcanics Province Volcanic fields 1,011 m 4 2,900 BCE
McBride Volcanic Province Volcanic fields 1,020 m 1 5,050 BCE

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 7.7 · Macquarie Island region 26 June 1924 · 10 km
  2. M 7.5 · Macquarie Island region 6 September 1943 · 10 km
  3. M 7.5 · north of Macquarie Island 3 October 1926 · 10 km
  4. M 7.4 · Macquarie Island region 3 September 1987 · 33 km
  5. M 7.4 · northwest of Australia 19 November 1906 · 10 km
  6. M 7.3 · Macquarie Island region 2 August 1965 · 11 km
  7. M 7.3 · Macquarie Island region 11 June 1970 · 15 km
  8. M 7.1 · north of Macquarie Island 24 July 1924 · 15 km
  9. M 7.1 · south of Australia 12 December 2001 · 10 km
  10. M 7.1 · Macquarie Island region 12 April 2008 · 16 km
  11. M 7.0 · Macquarie Island region 17 June 1969 · 10 km
  12. M 7.0 · Macquarie Island region 25 May 1966 · 10 km
  13. M 7.0 · north of Macquarie Island 7 July 1982 · 10 km
  14. M 7.0 · Macquarie Island region 28 July 2025 · 31 km
  15. M 6.9 · west of Macquarie Island 30 January 2007 · 11 km
  16. M 6.9 · Macquarie Island region 19 May 2022 · 10 km
  17. M 6.9 · Macquarie Island region 5 December 1948 · 15 km
  18. M 6.8 · north of Macquarie Island 13 December 1960 · 15 km
  19. M 6.8 · Macquarie Island region 3 September 1987 · 33 km
  20. M 6.8 · Macquarie Island region 3 March 2024 · 23 km
  21. M 6.8 · Macquarie Island region 29 April 2025 · 19 km
  22. M 6.7 · west of Macquarie Island 14 March 1940 · 10 km
  23. M 6.7 · Macquarie Island region 21 July 1977 · 33 km
  24. M 6.7 · 38 km WSW of Tennant Creek, Australia 22 January 1988 · 5 km
  25. M 6.6 · north of Macquarie Island 10 November 2007 · 10 km
  26. M 6.6 · west of Macquarie Island 9 October 2012 · 10 km
  27. M 6.6 · 198 km W of Cable Beach, Australia 14 July 2019 · 10 km
  28. M 6.6 · west of Macquarie Island 12 December 2021 · 10 km
  29. M 6.6 · off the south coast of Australia 27 March 1906 · 10 km
  30. M 6.5 · 40 km ENE of Northam, Australia 14 October 1968 · 11 km
  31. M 6.5 · Macquarie Island region 7 February 1980 · 10 km
  32. M 6.5 · west of Macquarie Island 27 April 1981 · 10 km
  33. M 6.5 · Macquarie Island region 5 November 1994 · 25 km
  34. M 6.5 · west of Macquarie Island 1 June 2008 · 10 km
  35. M 6.5 · west of Macquarie Island 9 August 2008 · 10 km
  36. M 5.9 · 39 km S of Mount Buller, Australia 21 September 2021 · 12 km