Southeastern Australia has been hit by an earthquake with a 6.0 magnitude. It's Australia's strongest quake in about 24 years. In this photo, geologists look at the seismograph for a 2007 earthquake.

Northern Territory residents have been rocked by a strong offshore earthquake which has rattled the Top End. Geoscience ...

Port Vila in Vanuatu, which was heavily impacted by a major earthquake in December 2024, is now reopening for cruise ships.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne on Wednesday in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia. The quake hit about 80 miles northeast ...

On average, 100 earthquakes are recorded in Australia each year. Most are small, around magnitude 3 or more. In December 1989, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit the New South Wales city of Newcastle ...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the southeastern Australia state of Victoria on Wednesday was felt in the country's second most-populous city, Melbourne.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Australia on Wednesday morning local time, causing shaking in Melbourne and a warning of aftershocks and other hazards.

A rare earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rattled the Melbourne area Wednesday morning in what was the largest tremor to hit southeast Australia in nearly five decades, according to U.S. officials.