ABC Online | Alice Springs surrounds rocked by magnitude 6.1 earthquake ABC Online An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, unusually powerful for Australia, has struck outside of Alice Springs. The quake hit at 4:14am, 125 kilometres west of Uluru, at a depth of about 10 kilometres, according to Geoscience Australia. Two aftershocks ... Magnitude 5.9 earthquake recorded in central Australia Northern Territory rocked by earthquake of magnitude 6.1 5.9 magnitude quake hits central Australia |