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.
2010 New Britain earthquakes On July 18, 2010 a 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. This quake was the second in a series of two earthquakes to hit New Britain on July 18, the first one measuring magnitude 6.9. A tsunami warning was issued but later lifted. Some houses in the area of the earthquake were reported collapsed.