Qld earthquake risk real Central Queensland University
seismologist Mike Turnbull. A Queensland seismologist has warned
the state should prepare for damaging earthquakes as strong as
magnitude 6 in the future, despite widespread public perceptions
the risk is low. Central Queensland Seismology Research Group
leader Mike Turnbull said his pleas for greater funding to help
his ground monitoring work had fallen on deaf ears - even though
Central Queensland had experienced strong earthquakes in the
past including a magnitude 6 quake in 1918. The scale of this
earthquake - which caused property damage in Rockhampton,
Bundaberg and Gladstone - is nearly as high as the devastating
6.3 quake that struck in Italy early this month, killing
hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless. Brisbane is
considered to have a lower earthquake risk, but the region has
experienced earthquakes in the past. The Emergency Management
Australia disaster database shows a 4.4 magnitude quake hit
Mount Glorious, 20 kilometres north-