The Newcastle earthquake, 30 years later: How engineers helped city back to its feet

By Helen Link
Updated December 29 2019 - 4:08pm, first published December 28 2019 - 4:00pm
LOOKING AHEAD: A 220-page Engineers Australia report delivered in May 1990 explained the December 1989 earthquake's impacts and made recommendations on new building codes.
LOOKING AHEAD: A 220-page Engineers Australia report delivered in May 1990 explained the December 1989 earthquake's impacts and made recommendations on new building codes.

AT the time of the Newcastle earthquake there was no requirement in the Australian standards code for engineers to consider in design or construction the effects of an earthquake in Newcastle, or across the Hunter region.

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