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EARTHQUAKE!!!!

Post #1 made 15 years ago
by redlegger
HOLY SH!T!!!!
Earthquake just hit Kal, dunno how big it was, but i crapped myself!!
Probably not that big, but big enough to shake the walls of our shed and office!!
Oh! another after shock! wow, i hope all the blokes under ground are ok!
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Post #2 made 15 years ago
by crundle
We had one in Adelaide on Friday night, at 3.5 on the scale, so might be a bit of a shake coming from all of the intercontinental plate activity we have been seeing of late.

Hope everyone is OK, especially those underground.

Matt

Post #3 made 15 years ago
by redlegger
Initial reports reckon 3.3 on the scale, .. geez i would really hate to be in a 6 7 or 8! Man it was loud!

Edit: Upgraded to 4.8

Edit:
Magnitude 5.2 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2010 April 20 00:17:08 UTC

Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 00:17:08 UTC
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 08:17:08 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 30.530°S, 121.653°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Distances 33 km (20 miles) NE of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
225 km (140 miles) SSW of Laverton, Western Australia, Ausgralia
340 km (210 miles) ENE of Merredin, Western Australia, Australia
575 km (360 miles) ENE of PERTH, Western Australia, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 18, Nph= 18, Dmin=614.5 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp=162°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010vhab
"I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink beer to celebrate a major event such as the fall of Communism or the fact that the refrigerator is still working.” – Dave Berry

Post #5 made 15 years ago
by redlegger
Heaps of damage to 100+ year old buildings in Burt St, Boulder. Even the pubs !! bugger!

Now a housefire in town as well, this is the biggest news day in Kal for 20 years i reckon !

No injuries underground at this point thankgod, most operations have resumed, word is most underground miners didnt even know there was a quake.
"I like beer. On occasion, I will even drink beer to celebrate a major event such as the fall of Communism or the fact that the refrigerator is still working.” – Dave Berry

Post #6 made 15 years ago
by hashie
Good to hear re the miners, not so good the owners of properties lost :(

You shouldn't worry to much re the pubs, you've got HB!
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."

Post #7 made 15 years ago
by PistolPatch
Now that is the experience of a lifetime!

I've heard that when one experiences a quake it is a super strange feeling. How weird was it RL?

Not the best place to have a quake. If I was a miner I wouldn't be looking forward to work tomorrow.
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Post #8 made 15 years ago
by wizard78
We had one down here at the end of last year, I think it registered low to mid 4's, the epi-centre was about 10-20kms away. It shook the shit out of my house, I thought a train was coming down our road :D and all I thought after that was "shit no warning at all", I couldn't imagine how a big one would be.
I think they say for every 0.1 on the scale the earthquake has actualy doubled in power. :o
Good to hear everyone is safe
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Post #9 made 15 years ago
by redlegger
It sure is a weird feeling, i think after it was over, i realized how scary it was. Like you siad wiz, no warning.
I cant get over the noise, it was the loudest thing i have ever heard, i can only liken it to a jumbo jet crashing into the shed at work. Amazing no one was hurt, heaps of buildings of historical burt st, boulder, have half fallen down or has srious damage.
Something im not going to forget in a long time, especially the car park and the walls in the office moving in front of my eyes!
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