M 6.7 - 38 km WSW of Tennant Creek, Australia

There were three earthquakes above magnitude 6 in the same day. Damage in the Tennant Creek area. Felt over two-thirds of Australia. According to preliminary reports from the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, two fault scarps about 8 km. apart striking approximately east-southeast were observed in the epicentral area. The southernmost scarp was about 15 km. long with a maximum throw of about one meter.