Canberra: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted Western Australia on Saturday. As per the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9, and was at a depth of 40 km.
There was no immediate reports of causality, injury or damage to property as it is a very hot desert area.
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Although Australia is not situated in an earthquake prone area, the country reports 100 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more every year. About every ten years Australia experiences a potentially damaging earthquake of magnitude 6.0 or more.
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