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Old 05-07-2011, 11:37 AM   #1
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Default Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

My whole couch just shook!!!!

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Old 05-07-2011, 11:39 AM   #2
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

Sitting at my desk in Lilydale. Thought it was just windy! Lol
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Old 05-07-2011, 11:59 AM   #3
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Felt it south of Cranbourne @ 11:32, fair sized tremor.
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Old 05-07-2011, 11:59 AM   #4
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

Nothing in the CBD.. was it a small short one?
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:16 PM   #5
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

Yep - felt it in Sth Melb for about 10-15 seconds
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:21 PM   #6
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

Apparently it was 4.4
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:24 PM   #7
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

felt it in Baysie
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:29 PM   #8
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FFNEWS.COM.AU - read about it 1st here .
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:34 PM   #9
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

I was talking to a customer in Kilsyth as he felt it. said it lasted a while
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:39 PM   #10
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

I noticed it up here in Wandin too...........thought WTF was that??!!
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Old 05-07-2011, 12:41 PM   #11
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...hake-melbourne

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Old 05-07-2011, 02:08 PM   #12
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Apparently it was 4.4
I'll see your 4.4 and raise you a 6.5...

Just had one, central Nth Island, NZ. Bloody lucky it was a deep one, felt over much of NZ.
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Old 05-07-2011, 03:04 PM   #13
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

I think the earth has an upset tummy, quakes all over!
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Old 05-07-2011, 06:49 PM   #14
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Was in Richmond all day today, didn't feel anything.
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Old 05-07-2011, 08:14 PM   #15
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Felt the building shake in Mulgrave...workplace just went, "Was that a quake?"

And then we all got back to work...
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Old 06-07-2011, 12:43 PM   #16
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Default Re: Earthqake! Did anyone else just feel it?!

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I'll see your 4.4 and raise you a 6.5...

Just had one, central Nth Island, NZ. Bloody lucky it was a deep one, felt over much of NZ.
Yep you win, so which way are you moving anyway, closer or further away from Australia?
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Old 06-07-2011, 01:02 PM   #17
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Yep you win, so which way are you moving anyway, closer or further away from Australia?

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Yesterday's quake occurred on the subducting Pacific Plate, which is being pushed under the Australian Plate at a rate of 40-45mm a year.
We are getting closer
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