Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1954 Adelaide earthquake had its center at Darlington, some 12 km (7.5 mi) to the south of Adelaide in South Australia. It took place at 03.40 in the early morning of 1 March 1954 and had a reported magnitude of 5.6. The quake is thought to have started along the Eden-Burnside fault line, which is essentially the Hills face zone, at a depth of 4 km although, due to lack of instruments, this is uncertain.As Australia lies in the middle of a tectonic plate, South Australia is relatively stable geologically, however, South Australia is the most earthquake prone of the Australian states with around 20 tremors every year. Most are however, of a magnitude below 3.5, noteworthy only to seismologists, and since they are dispersed fairly evenly across the state, most take place well away from centers of human population. The 1954 Adelaide earthquake was different because of its magnitude, which made it the fourth most intense earthquake reported in the state since settlement in 1836, and because it took place in an area of dense human settlement, under a suburb of the state capital, Adelaide.. }
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- 1954_Adelaide_earthquake abstract "The 1954 Adelaide earthquake had its center at Darlington, some 12 km (7.5 mi) to the south of Adelaide in South Australia. It took place at 03.40 in the early morning of 1 March 1954 and had a reported magnitude of 5.6. The quake is thought to have started along the Eden-Burnside fault line, which is essentially the Hills face zone, at a depth of 4 km although, due to lack of instruments, this is uncertain.As Australia lies in the middle of a tectonic plate, South Australia is relatively stable geologically, however, South Australia is the most earthquake prone of the Australian states with around 20 tremors every year. Most are however, of a magnitude below 3.5, noteworthy only to seismologists, and since they are dispersed fairly evenly across the state, most take place well away from centers of human population. The 1954 Adelaide earthquake was different because of its magnitude, which made it the fourth most intense earthquake reported in the state since settlement in 1836, and because it took place in an area of dense human settlement, under a suburb of the state capital, Adelaide.".