Melbourne Tremor

[Tredders66]

I dont know what sort of forum this is meant to be in but i thought i might discuss it here.

At 10.35pm there was a tremor here in Melbourne, quite a few people reported in on the radio. Did anyone else here feel it? It just sounded like a gust of wind going through the house.

 

[GrayNicolls]

Dean Rioli's back in town

 

[DidaksLeftFoot]

I felt it, here in South Caulfield. A mate in St. Kilda felt it too. Lasted a few seconds or so.

 

[Philhawk]

Any idea yet where the epicentre was?

 

[j-ham]

Apparently somewhere SW of Perth.

 

[Philhawk]

SEN (So much for being a Sports Network )

10:36pm

Magnitude 2.3, epicentre just South-East of Melbourne CBD.

Thought to be a direct result of another Earthquake in the Indian Ocean of a magnitude of 6.3.

 

[Tredders66]

Any idea yet where the epicentre was?

Just herd on ABC, it wasn't far from Melbournes CBD. The magnitude was 2.3

 

[Upgrayedd]

wow, 2.3 isnt really that big anyways

 

[Emerald]

our power's just come back on, in Perth, been off for about half an hour.

don't know if that's got anything to do with it?

 

[Tredders66]

wow, 2.3 isnt really that big anyways

Na not really but it happening in the middle of Melbourne is somthing different. Some people felt it alot more lasting around 7 to 10 seconds in some places.

 

[Upgrayedd]

our power's just come back on, in Perth, been off for about half an hour.

don't know if that's got anything to do with it?

what? power was off in perth? i live about 7 minutes drive from the cbd, and i didnt lose power

 

[Emerald]

what? power was off in perth? i live about 7 minutes drive from the cbd, and i didnt lose power

oh... maybe it was just my suburb...

 

[Tredders66]

what? power was off in perth? i live about 7 minutes drive from the cbd, and i didnt lose power

Nothing happend in perth it was in the ocean not far from Perth. One guy losing power doesn't mean everyone has.

 

[Upgrayedd]

oh... maybe it was just my suburb...

thats western power for ya

 

[Pykie]

Its basically impossible for Melbourne to have an earthquake, there are no major plate boundaries near melbourne, nor near Australia for that matter, the nearest major plate boundary is that running straight through the middle of New Zealand, and the edge of the ring of fire, near Indonesia, the other possibility is a volcanic intrusion through the continental plate from the mantle, which has only happened a few times in the last few hundred million years, the most famous being the creation of the Hawaiin Islands.

 

[lenny&carl]

I heard it happen.

 

[Philhawk]

Its basically impossible for Melbourne to have an earthquake, there are no major plate boundaries near melbourne, nor near Australia for that matter, the nearest major plate boundary is that running straight through the middle of New Zealand, and the edge of the ring of fire, near Indonesia, the other possibility is a volcanic intrusion through the continental plate from the mantle, which has only happened a few times in the last few hundred million years, the most famous being the creation of the Hawaiin Islands.

True, but a release of pressure (such as the filling of the Warragamba damn in Sydney), could spark a minor earthquake, as seen with Newcastle.

I think you'll also find that there's a decent amount of minor earthquakes in the Tasmanian basin?

 

[Altum Volantes]

The end is nigh!!!

 

[kookadog]

Its basically impossible for Melbourne to have an earthquake, there are no major plate boundaries near melbourne, nor near Australia for that matter, the nearest major plate boundary is that running straight through the middle of New Zealand, and the edge of the ring of fire, near Indonesia, the other possibility is a volcanic intrusion through the continental plate from the mantle, which has only happened a few times in the last few hundred million years, the most famous being the creation of the Hawaiin Islands.

There was a decent earthquake in Newcastle. So earthquakes do happen away from faultlines, just not massive ones.

 

[derro]

yep felt it in noble park. heard a rumble then room shook for half a second.
knew it was a tremor too cant mistake that uneasy feeling

 

[Silvagnis]

Apparently somewhere SW of Perth.

I guess that means Carlton have decided to draft Leuenberger and the shock wave is on it's way to MC Labour Park.

I felt nothing here.

 

[FrediKanoute]

Its basically impossible for Melbourne to have an earthquake, there are no major plate boundaries near melbourne, nor near Australia for that matter, the nearest major plate boundary is that running straight through the middle of New Zealand, and the edge of the ring of fire, near Indonesia, the other possibility is a volcanic intrusion through the continental plate from the mantle, which has only happened a few times in the last few hundred million years, the most famous being the creation of the Hawaiin Islands.

Explain the Newcastle earthquake in 1990/91?

 

[FootyJunkie]

I thought this thread would be about the South Dragons of the NBL folding and being replaced by another franchise, Melbourne Tremor.

 

[Tas]

You can have earthquakes where there are no fault lines, they are just not as common or as powerful. However, if the ground is relatively soft in the area it magnifies the vibrations and can turn a minor earthquake into a destructive one.

I dont think we have any problems in Australia, our biggest threat would in the form of a tsunami hitting one of our coastal cities from an earthquake resulting from the giant plate our country is on moving.

 

[Philhawk]

Explain the Newcastle earthquake in 1990/91?

That was an anomaly. It was the direct result of the enormous pressure placed on the Warragambah district after the dam was filled.