Earth Tremor

[BA GT-HO]

I am in Adelaide, wondering if anyone just felt that 10 minutes ago. Loud rumbling then shook the bejeezus out of my place for a good 5 seconds. Never felt anything like that in my life. :

[DOC]

a ha, i asked my wife if she felt the earth move, she darn slapped me n all, but yes i felt it for sure

[FG XR]

Originally Posted by DOC

a ha, i asked my wife if she felt the earth move, she darn slapped me n all, but yes i felt it for sure

hahahaha!!

[BA GT-HO]

I am in the North of the city, felt really nasty for a while there. I ran outside haha!

[LANKY 1]

yeah, faceboook has gone crazy with status updates and groups, just googling it is crazy! only felt like one of my drunk mates fell over here

[Falcman0o7]

earth quakes everywhere, the build up to 2012.

[mik]

Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

earth quakes everywhere, the build up to 2012.

it does get you thinking, the activity underground seems to be more energetic off late.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by mik

it does get you thinking, the activity underground seems to be more energetic off late.

Yep. Wont be long before Kalifornia departs the mainland... You can hear Arnie now, shouting "Ahrll be back!"

[prydey]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Yep. Wont be long before Kalifornia departs the mainland... You can hear Arnie now, shouting "Ahrll be back!"

could be the other one ... hasta la vista baby!!

[Jason[98.EL]]

Small earthquake hits Adelaide April 17, 2010 - 5:54AM

Originally Posted by smh.com.au

AAP

A small earthquake has hit the Adelaide Hills.

The tremor registered a magnitude of about 4 and hit in the area in the city's north-east about 11.30pm (CST) on Friday, but was felt as far as 50km away from its epicentre, Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen told AAP.

No one was injured and the tremor is not believed to have caused any significant damage, he said.

However emergency services received a lot of phone calls from anxious people all over Adelaide and nearby towns that had felt the tremor.

"The event would have lasted 2-3 seconds and would have been felt as strong shaking, the severity depending on what they were doing at the time," he said.

"This is the earth doing its normal stuff ... when the stress of the plates exceeds the strength of the rocks underneath it releases energy."

Friday night's tremor was strong by Adelaide's standards, but a previous earthquake in 1954 was 5.4 magnitude, occurred near the heart of the city and caused the equivalent of $6 million damage to property, Mr Jepsen said.

Earthquakes between three and four magnitude are often felt, with shaking occurring, but rarely cause serious damage.

[prydey]

apparently rattled/shook our house for a good 10seconds. i was working closer to town and never felt a thing. i was inside a big factory though with noisy machinery.

not sure why people rang 000 though. what are the police, fire or ambo's going to do??

[sgt_doofey]

Heard a rumbling but didn't feel anything. Must have been too far away from the epicentre.

[pottery beige]

I miss out on all the cool stuff in Adelaide..... :

[ToxikXR6]

lasted about 5seconds here, live about 30km from the epicentre (which was apparently Mount Barker)

thought I was going crazy.. good to confirm im not!

[290v]

was up until about 1.00am didn't feel anything near Blakeview

[krt10]

im about 15 klms from the epicenter. slept thru the whole thing. must have been intense

[Cobra]

Epicentre was in Mt Barker and I certainly felt it!

[GTP-03]

Im near footy park, i heard a noise i thought it was the neighbours shutting the balcony door upstairs, i do live in a double story town house and was also upstairs at the time, i remember in 1985 there was an earth tremor aswell

[xalent]

I live very close to Mt Barker. Was quietly working on my car in the shed when it happened. Initially, I thought a couple of people had jumped onto the roof of the shed and were running around, but once I felt it coming through the concrete floor and all through my body, you could tell it was a tremor. Shed was rockin and rollin, not a plesant feeling at all.

[GasoLane]

No Earth tremor. Just Whoosha delivering one of his Iveco's and going down the Range a bit quick!!

[prydey]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

No Earth tremor. Just Whoosha delivering one of his Iveco's and going down the Range a bit quick!!

you reckon an iveco could do that?? or is it just the way whoosha drives them

[chevypower]

There was a small one just north of Salt Lake City last night. They are saying the number of earthquakes per year has not increased over the last 100 years. It certainly seems like they have.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by prydey

you reckon an iveco could do that?? or is it just the way whoosha drives them

A bit of each...Whoosha bouncing it of the sides of the tunnel coming down the hill

[rodderz]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

No Earth tremor. Just Whoosha delivering one of his Iveco's and going down the Range a bit quick!!

He didn't see the "No exhaust brakes in towns" sign did he?

[aussie muscle]

3.3?? Just be thankful it wasn't a 7 like in china, you big wooses.

[theboss290]

ABC news

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...17/2875481.htm

I was asleep through this one but the kids and wife come running in to tell me about it, I remmember the 1985 i was in the back yard of my Grans house and the hills hoist was shaking i ran inside and seen her holding up her crystal cabernet.

funny thing tho last nights and the 1985 one both happend at night ??

[V3RSAC3]

I was on Hindley at the time behind a Fully Worked VE R8 that sounded beautiful. So between that, my car, and the city noises. We heard nothing =( .. Didn't find out until I went on FB this morning =)

[SPK-250]

Spewin i missed it! I was only 10 mins from walking out of my factory too.

[loosey]

I was in a rumpus room with a group of drunk mates, i was the only sober one and noticed it first and copped ******** until they realised to floor was moving too. We were a fair from the epicentre though, Hallet Cove..

[Spanrz]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...bn.php#details