What event measured a 5.6 on the Richter magnitude scale and led to the establishment of the New South Wales Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1?
Urban Search and Rescue New South Wales AUS-2 New South Wales Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (or NSWTF/1) was first established as a USAR capability in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After earlier large-scale collapses including the 1977 Granville Train Disaster, 1989 Newcastle earthquake and 1997 Thredbo landslide, Fire & Rescue NSW was legislated as the combat authority for responding to major structural collapse incidents within the state of New South Wales.
1981 Golbaf earthquake The 1981 Golbaf earthquake occurred on June 11 at with a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII+ ("Severe"). Total damage was considered moderate and amounted to $5 million in financial losses, with many injured, and 1,400–3,000 killed.