Melbourne Earthquake
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Definitely a good few seconds across the state
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@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@hooroo we are actually....port melbourne, its a good point...might walk over the westgate, we're allowed to do that apparently
Don't forget your hi-vis
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@hooroo said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@nta said in Melbourne Earthquake:
People in Canberra felt that one apparnetly.
5.6 according to one source @Hooroo
Depending on depth, not that strong then. Just nervy
Was just on a video meeting with one of our contractors who lives on the ground floor of a block of apartments in Melbourne. He was typically chill about it all.
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fuck the tradie protestor blokes have been in to the pies too hard from the sound of it
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i bet there are a couple of tradies happy they're not on top of a skyscrapper still under construction
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Felt it here in Sydney.
Sitting at home (where else would I be given we are in our 13th week of lockdown
), our 3rd floor apartment in Lane Cove and at first I thought I was experiencing some sort of vertigo as I felt my feet "moving" under me as I was sitting at my desk gaming... uhm, I mean "working".And then my wife came in a few minutes later having seen the earthquake reported on the news and I was like, of course!
A couple of car alarms went off at that time too.
Last earthquake I experienced was the "Newcastle Quake" back in '89, not long after settling here in Australia. That was a much cooler experience as the building I was working in swayed and moved.
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@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@hooroo dont know yet but it felt decent and long
That’s what she said
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@crucial said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@hooroo dont know yet but it felt decent and long
That’s what she said
thank you! was disappointed no one else called that
on a serious note, i legit cant slow my heart beat
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@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@crucial said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@hooroo dont know yet but it felt decent and long
That’s what she said
thank you! was disappointed no one else called that
on a serious note, i legit cant slow my heart beat
I guess that living in Wellington is well out of the question then.
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@roninwc said in Melbourne Earthquake:
Felt it here in Sydney.
Sitting at home (where else would I be given we are in our 13th week of lockdown
), our 3rd floor apartment in Lane Cove and at first I thought I was experiencing some sort of vertigo as I felt my feet "moving" under me as I was sitting at my desk gaming... uhm, I mean "working".And then my wife came in a few minutes later having seen the earthquake reported on the news and I was like, of course!
A couple of car alarms went off at that time too.
Last earthquake I experienced was the "Newcastle Quake" back in '89, not long after settling here in Australia. That was a much cooler experience as the building I was working in swayed and moved.
Felt nothing out here in the Hills.
Bloody Eastern Suburbs elites, even keeping the quakes to yourself!
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@nta said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@roninwc said in Melbourne Earthquake:
Felt it here in Sydney.
Sitting at home (where else would I be given we are in our 13th week of lockdown
), our 3rd floor apartment in Lane Cove and at first I thought I was experiencing some sort of vertigo as I felt my feet "moving" under me as I was sitting at my desk gaming... uhm, I mean "working".And then my wife came in a few minutes later having seen the earthquake reported on the news and I was like, of course!
A couple of car alarms went off at that time too.
Last earthquake I experienced was the "Newcastle Quake" back in '89, not long after settling here in Australia. That was a much cooler experience as the building I was working in swayed and moved.
Felt nothing out here in the Hills.
Bloody Eastern Suburbs elites, even keeping the quakes to yourself!
Nothing here either, waiting on the tsunami to arrive though
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@hooroo said in Melbourne Earthquake:
@kiwiwomble said in Melbourne Earthquake:
fuck, moved to melourne to get away from the earthquakes...that was not fun
How big?
Not big: 5.8 Mw
Earthquakes@GA
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Knocked a few shitty brick walls over. Thankfully there's tradies everywhere on the streets just ready for such an occurence.
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More pretty pictures:
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@antipodean Melbourne has the odd tremor that people hardly ever feel, but that was a big one by Melb/Vic standards. I’ve never felt the house shake like that ever.
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Port Melbourne
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Hope you're all well and safe.
I was working late in Tokyo the evening that big one (6.9) hit Kobe in 1995. The office shook seriously for 45-60 seconds. I didn't think that much, went home, and every single Japanese TV stations was showing a map of Japan with one side red. Only then I knew it was huge.
Pictures came out the next day, wow.
