However, Professor Cummins stated that aftershocks were anticipated.
He stated that while they will likely be smaller, some of them might be felt, and that could last for a few days, a week, or longer.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory in January 1988 was the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Australia.
Thirty-five years after the 1989 Tenant Creek earthquakes, aftershocks are still occurring.
According to Professor Cummins, aftershocks from the 7.2 to 8 magnitude New Madrid earthquakes in eastern North America are still thought to occur more than 200 years later.
