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2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake

Index 2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake

The 2010 Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake was a 5.2 earthquake that occurred near the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia on 20 April 2010, at approximately 8:17 am WST. [1]

19 relations: Agence France-Presse, Cardinal direction, Coordinated Universal Time, Earthquake, Earthquakes in Western Australia, Epicenter, Gold mining, Goldfields-Esperance, Herald Sun, Kalgoorlie, List of earthquakes in 2010, List of earthquakes in Australia, Mercalli intensity scale, Moment magnitude scale, Super Pit gold mine, The Times, Time in Australia, United States Geological Survey, Western Australia.

Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Cardinal direction

The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the clockwise direction of rotation from north and west being directly opposite east.

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Coordinated Universal Time

No description.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Earthquakes in Western Australia

Earthquakes have occurred in Western Australia (WA) on a regular basis throughout its geological history.

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Epicenter

The epicenter, epicentre or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Goldfields-Esperance

The Goldfields-Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a morning newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and NSW South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In March 2009, the paper had a daily circulation of 530,000 from Monday to Friday.

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Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie, part of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a city in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway.

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List of earthquakes in 2010

Earthquakes in 2010 resulted in nearly 321,000 fatalities.

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List of earthquakes in Australia

This is a list of significant earthquakes recorded within Australia and its territories.

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Mercalli intensity scale

The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake.

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Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted as Mw or M) is one of many seismic magnitude scales used to measure the size of earthquakes.

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Super Pit gold mine

The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016 when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine also in Western Australia.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Time in Australia

Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00).

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Kalgoorlie-Boulder_earthquake

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