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Boys i can tell you, it sounded like a chopper was on the roof. The whole joint shook for about 20 secs. Gonna check the roof and house today. Was bloody loud. More confusing at the start than anything as you have that WTF is going on moment. Kids slept through it.
 

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I think i Shat myself just a little, i looked at my missus and we both said WTF is that? i feel for the countries that have much bigger ones all the time. if that was a little scary hate to feel what they have.
 
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I think i Shat myself just a little, i looked at my missus and we both said WTF is that? i feel for the countries that have much bigger ones all the time. if that was a little scary hate to feel what they have.
If i have this correct, the difference between this one and say something like Christchurch is that the tremour occured about 5km's under the surface at Moe, whereas in NZ it was far closer to the surface?
 

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I love it. Potentially life threatening natural disaster and people rush to the keyboards.

When the aliens invade and are demolishing buildings / people / pets with giant death rays in the city BF will go into overdrive!:D
 

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I love it. Potentially life threatening natural disaster and people rush to the keyboards.

When the aliens invade and are demolishing buildings / people / pets with giant death rays in the city BF will go into overdrive!:D
I found it funny to, everyone was like OMG earthquake what do we do? Status Update on facebook don't worry about safety lol
 

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If i have this correct, the difference between this one and say something like Christchurch is that the tremour occured about 5km's under the surface at Moe, whereas in NZ it was far closer to the surface?
As a geologist, let me clarify this if anyone is interested.

The richter scale is a base 10 log scale, which means (say) a 5.4 quake is twice as strong as a 5.3 quake. Or a 6.0 is 100 times stronger than a 4.0 quake.

The one in NZ was a 7.1 whereas they are saying the one last night was only 5.4. That would make the one in NZ much much stronger than the one here. Of course, proximity to the epicentre (the land directly above the quake) will determine how badly the damage will be.

Normally you don't get earthquakes in continental areas, and if you do they are usually small. Anywhere on a plate margin, such as Japan, Indonesia, NZ, Turkey, etc is much more prone to this kind of thing because the plates are pushing against each other and eventually something has to give.

If anyone's spent time living in places like PNG or Japan or NZ they will have probably felt earth tremors all the time. It's kind of exciting as long as it's not too big!
 
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As a geologist, let me clarify this if anyone is interested.

The richter scale is a base 10 log scale, which means (say) a 5.4 quake is twice as strong as a 5.3 quake. Or a 6.0 is 100 times stronger than a 4.0 quake.

The one in NZ was a 7.1 whereas they are saying the one last night was only 5.4. That would make the one in NZ much much stronger than the one here. Of course, proximity to the epicentre (the land directly above the quake) will determine how badly the damage will be.

Normally you don't get earthquakes in continental areas, and if you do they are usually small. Anywhere on a plate margin, such as Japan, Indonesia, NZ, Turkey, etc is much more prone to this kind of thing because the plates are pushing against each other and eventually something has to give.

If anyone's spent time living in places like PNG or Japan or NZ they will have probably felt earth tremors all the time. It's kind of exciting as long as it's not too big!

Thanks mate, i wasn't too sure of the info i was given, hence the question mark.
 

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As a geologist, let me clarify this if anyone is interested.

The richter scale is a base 10 log scale, which means (say) a 5.4 quake is twice as strong as a 5.3 quake. Or a 6.0 is 100 times stronger than a 4.0 quake.

The one in NZ was a 7.1 whereas they are saying the one last night was only 5.4. That would make the one in NZ much much stronger than the one here. Of course, proximity to the epicentre (the land directly above the quake) will determine how badly the damage will be.

Normally you don't get earthquakes in continental areas, and if you do they are usually small. Anywhere on a plate margin, such as Japan, Indonesia, NZ, Turkey, etc is much more prone to this kind of thing because the plates are pushing against each other and eventually something has to give.

If anyone's spent time living in places like PNG or Japan or NZ they will have probably felt earth tremors all the time. It's kind of exciting as long as it's not too big!
Cheers TD, good insight
 
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