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Australia - Earthquake Dec 1989 UNDRO Information Report No.1

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UNDRO 89/2525
AUSTRALIA - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
28 DECEMBER 1989

1. MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED THURSDAY MORNING SHORTLY AFTER 10:00 AM 28 DECEMBER (23:00 27 DECEMBER GMT) IN NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA'S EIGHTH LARGEST CITY, 150 KM NORTH OF SYDNEY AND A POPULATION OF ABOUT 140,000.

2. MAGNITUDE MEASURED 5.5 ON OPEN-ENDED RICHTER SCALE. EPICENTRE PINPOINTED 5 KM WEST OF NEWCASTLE.

3. REPORTS INDICATE AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE KILLED AND MORE THAN 90 INJURED.

4. BUILDINGS CRASHED IN SEVERAL SUBURBS. TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CUT.

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