Red Centre rumbles as earthquake recorded south of Uluru in the Northern Territory

The Red Centre has rumbled, with an earthquake recorded south of an Australian icon. Read what we know.

Uluru, NT. Picture: File

There’s been a rumble in the Red Centre, with authorities recording an earthquake south of an Australian icon.

A Geoscience Australia alert said a 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the southwestern corner of the Northern Territory on Tuesday morning.

The earthquake was recorded in the Lasseter District, about 150km southwest of Uluru – a UNESCO listed heritage site – and roughly 500km from Alice Springs.

Stations in Alice Springs, South Australia, and Western Australia recorded the quake, which had a depth of 9km, according to the Geoscience Australia alert.

The remote corner where the quake rumbled was about 50km from the intersection between the WA, SA, and NT borders, dubbed the Surveyor General’s Corner.

The biggest recorded earthquake to strike the heart of the Territory was in 1988, when Tennant Creek recorded 6.2, 6.3, and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes.

Since then, there had been more than 1500 recorded earthquakes around Tennant Creek, senior seismologist Jonathan Griffin told this masthead in January.

Originally published as Red Centre rumbles as earthquake recorded south of Uluru in the Northern Territory