Twenty people were injured and many buildings damaged, with a cost of $1.5 million (about $18 million today). HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. Unstable objects overturned. A significant portion of the transportation system around Los Angeles was shut down, as sections of major freeways (including the Santa Monica Freeway and the Golden State Freeway) collapsed and numerous bridges sustained heavy damage. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). To view images and find our more go to our Newcastle Earthquake Online Collection. Three quakes of greater than magnitude 6 rattled Tennant Creek in one day, each about half an hour apart. Nine people were killed and many more were trapped beneath the rubble. Articles with the HISTORY.com Editors byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan and Matt Mullen. Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. This increased the rate of movement in some structures, highlighting leaks in buildings previously thought to be structurally sound after the earthquake. After the shaking stopped, buildings including the Newcastle RSL, the George Hotel and the adjacent Carrington Chambers looked almost fully intact from outside, despite the damage within. Northridge Earthquake: January 17, 1994. The Earth heaved in waves and ruptured to a depth of 4m. What are the odds of another Newcastle earthquake? Estimated deaths from those earthquakes are listed at the bottom of the charts. The earthquake caused damage to over 35,000 homes, 147 schools, and 3,000 commercial and/or other buildings, with significant damage (i.e. Damage to the Seal Rocks lighthouse. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Minor damage in Cowes, Flinders and Shoreham. Of these, 2800 records are available as electronic full-text records, digitised images, and sound and video files. This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 00:09. One roadie setting up the stage was killed and the auditorium ceiling had hit the floor. This information is being used to better inform land-use planning and building standards in the chance of future damaging earthquakes in the area. Not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions. At least 57 people perished, while thousands more were injured. Experts say soft sediments may have intensified the shaking, the strength of which older buildings could not withstand. Quakes Near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Now, Today, and Recently. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Geoscience Australia, 'Newcastle earthquake 28 December 1989,' 22 June 2004, website viewed 14 June 2011. Most of those awnings had been originally supported by posts, removed in the 1920s as transport moved from horses to cars. 5.3 magnitude earthquake. Aftershock of the 8.2 earthquake an hour prior. 4ha, then estimated at a total cost of $3.8 million. Share. The series of YouTube videos below demonstrates some of these impacts. This was one of the most serious natural disasters in Australia's history. The timing of the earthquake (early morning during a federal holiday) is thought to have prevented a higher death toll, as most residents were in their beds, rather than on failed freeways or in other collapsed structures (such as office buildings or parking lots). Southern California has about 10,000 earthquakes every year, although most are so small they arent felt. The scores below have been updated to reflect the change. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. "Yet another disaster, I'm soaking up the punishment," Waller said to reporters outside Newcastle Workers Club the day after the earthquake. AP WAS THERE: California's deadly 1994 Northridge earthquake - AP NEWS New South Wales Government, 'Newcastle earthquake 28 December 1989,' website viewed 14 June 2011. "People like Robert 'Chippies' Matthews, who as a 15-year-old kid went to the Newcastle Earthquake Relief Concert, and had the best day of his entire life," she said. We care about the protection of your data. Over half the deaths related to atherosclerosis on the day of the earthquake (13 of 24) occurred between midnight and 6 a.m., whereas only 3 of 32 deaths (9 percent) during the seven days. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. Following the Newcastle earthquake, information was collected from around Newcastle and Lake Macquarie to better understand the local geology and susceptibility of the area to ground shaking. The MMI observations were digitised from the Atlas of Isoseismal Maps of Australian Earthquakes, Damage from the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. Duration estimated. On Friday, October 20, a laden semi-trailer veered to the wrong side of the highway near Grafton, and sheared head-on into an interstate coach, killing 21 people and injuring 22, making it the nation's worst road accident by death toll. CBCA Children's program - Create. "We showed [the interviewees] the image just before we took the photo," Mr Kellett said. Felt reports following the 17 January 2019 (UTC time) ML 3.1 earthquake near Sutton, NSW. When these plates move and jostle around, they get pushed on one side and pulled on the other, so stresses build up inside the plate itself.