Earthquake and Meteorite strike sites to visit

[wrinklearthur]

I have started looking at the possibility of visiting earthquake and meteorite strike sites as items of interest to see for our Land Rover owners club trips.

I came across this snippet of information about an 1854 earthquake in Tasmania and I am wondering where the epicentre might have been.

Ref; Thomas Bellinger and Susannah Middleton | Heaven and Hell Together (http://www.heavenandhelltogether.com/?q=node/62)

"SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE AT MARLBOROUGH.

The following extract has been officially forwarded to Hobart Town:-

Marlborough, 21st April, 1854.

"I beg to inform you of a very strange occurrence on the evening of the 24th of March last. A shock like that of an earthquake was felt in almost very part of the Marlborough District. Two shepherds were gathering sheep the other day and discovered the cause of it. I went to the place yesterday; there has been some fearful volcanic eruption, rocks of enormous size have been driven about, and the face of the earth appears to have been hoisted in the air and pitched surface downwards. I cannot describe to you the appearance, but if you will come up I am sure you will be highly gratified - the distance is about ten miles from this.

"(Signed) "THOMAS BELLINGER."19"

"On 1 January 1857 Thomas Bellinger was still in the position of Chief District Constable for the Marlborough area in the district of Hamilton."

[FeatherWeightDriver]

What a great idea! :thumbsup:

Here is some information on the "known" Australian crater sites:

Australia (http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/Australia.html)

Sadly none of these appear to be in NSW, oh well, yet more places to add to my shopping list of places to visit... ;)

[goingbush]

Good Idea, not so much Earthquakes - ( well a visit to Flinders Ranges would cover that, lot of Tectonic movemnt involved there :o ) We always like visiting any known impact craters on our trips, collecting tektites & meteorite fragments along the way !!

There is only one Impact crater that I know of in Tas,
Darwin Crater you can just make it out on Google Earth S42 18 09.7 E145 39 27.7
about a 2km hike from the nearest road tho.

it was formed about 80,000 yrs ago so I dont think it was what they felt at Marlborough

something on it here http://www.rocksonfire.com/darwin%20glass.htm

[wrinklearthur]

Working steady towards finding the source of major events in Tasmania.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/01/1108.jpg

The well known Lake Edgar Fault near Scotts Peak Dam.
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[goingbush]

Thats cool, you can see that fault line on Google Earth

might be worth adding Volcanos to your list of Earthquake and Meteor sites.

you might find this page interesting

Romsey Australia: Volcanic eruption risk and maps (http://home.iprimus.com.au/foo7/volcmap.html)
easy to see how you used to be able to walk across bass strait.

apparantly we are overdue for another eruption ??

Victorian Volcanoes 'Due To Erupt' | Colac, Port Fairy, Portland (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/volcanoes-due-to-erupt-20110705-1h0s4.html)

Does anyone know if Hickman Crater near Newman is still there, l heard it was going to be mined. Planning on a visit later in the year.

[bob10]

Thats cool, you can see that fault line on Google Earth

might be worth adding Volcanos to your list of Earthquake and Meteor sites.

you might find this page interesting

Romsey Australia: Volcanic eruption risk and maps (http://home.iprimus.com.au/foo7/volcmap.html)
easy to see how you used to be able to walk across bass strait.

apparantly we are overdue for another eruption ??

Victorian Volcanoes 'Due To Erupt' | Colac, Port Fairy, Portland (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/volcanoes-due-to-erupt-20110705-1h0s4.html)

Does anyone know if Hickman Crater near Newman is still there, l heard it was going to be mined. Planning on a visit later in the year.


Thanks for that, something not often thought about. Bob

[bushrover]

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Does anyone know if Hickman Crater near Newman is still there, l heard it was going to be mined. Everyone should visit the Pilbara in the very near future, many incredible places are being shipped to China.Planning on a visit later in the year.

goingbush,

Exploration has been happening all around the crater for quite a while, but the last time I looked it was still there. Well worth a visit. I have added GPX files to 'Trans Australia Trails' (Motorcycle trip website) of a few places to visit around Newman including a circuit trip out to Weeli Wolli and Hickman crater.

Search 'Pilbara' in the name field.

Rick

I had better add a disclaimer to this post - all of these tracks on TAT I have done in 'Rover' (and on my bikes) with damage ranging from bush pin stripes to four tyres staked in two days. All are on mining leases and new exploration tracks turn up all the time to confuse things. Two vehicles minimum and two spare tyres. Hickman crater is an easy day trip from Newman but remote.