Is this series of earthquakes near Broome, Australia normal? There have been a series of earthquakes (some strong) near Broom, Western Australia. See this screenshot of the Geoscience Australia earthquakes map:



I didn't believe there were any faults around this area, or any apparent risk factors for strong earthquakes. Is the strength and number of these earthquakes normal normal, or is something odd happening here?
Are you confusing faults with tectonic plate boundaries?

Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, but there are countless faults within the plate, as within all the other plates. Each plate is stressed &amp; eventually rock adjacent to some faults moves resulting in a intraplate earthquakes.

As the Geoscience Australia website states:


  Although Australia is not on the edge of a plate, the continent experiences earthquakes because the Indo-Australian plate is being pushed north and is colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific plates. This causes the build up of mainly compressive stress in the interior of the Indo-Australian plate which is released during earthquakes.