Earthquake in Melbourne
Publison
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Everybody OK in OZ?
https://www.aol.com/australia-rocked-rare-magnitude-5-155558407.html
Publison
Posts: 12,366
Everybody OK in OZ?
https://www.aol.com/australia-rocked-rare-magnitude-5-155558407.html
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Yeah, incredibly I don't think there have been any big injuries or deaths. Quakes are a really rare event around here, especially that big.
It was a long 15~20 mins hitting refresh on the USGS live quake tracker website to learn of the epicentre and magnitude
IIRC the previous earthquake of note was in 1989 - 5.6 in Newcastle 100ml (160km) north of Sydney. Quite a bit of damage as none of our buildings ever expected earthquakes of this magnitude.
Apparently we get a number of magnitude 3 but we don't seem to notice them.