Tremor in Melbourne this evening.

[stephenb]

Did anyone else feel the small tremor at 8:54pm this evening?

[gts055]

sure did, in Moorooduc quite violent in a two story house

[traveller]

Yep slight tremor in northern Melbourne.
Bo

[alistairsam]

yep ground shook very noticeably for about 6 seconds at Box Hill Nth around 8:55. Not out in the news as yet

[jamiep]

big enough here (aspendale gardens) ... quite noticable.

[goober]

You guys are fast. Absolutely.... Quite a bit of rock and roll in Oakleigh.

[cristian abarca]

Felt it here in Keysborough it was very noticeable here as well as Narre Warren

Cristian

[gts055]

is there a govt website that gives information on earth tremors ? i can only find old information, Mark

[gts055]

ohh ok

[mill]

Just had a earthquake here in Mount Evelyn.
This one was pretty strong because the whole house moved.
I wonder where the epicentre was.

[Tamtarn]

Very noticable here in Launching place. We heard loud rumbling before we felt it.

[phobos]

looks like it was mag 5.2
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/csv/all/hour

[goober]

I got the GA data... Mag 5.5 (est) at 38.29S 146.22E

[mithrandir]

I can't get on to Geoscience Australia - site's too busy. Here (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb000ajek.php)'s the USGS web page, and some preliminary info:
The coords put it about 3Km SE of Trafalgar.

Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:53:29 UTC
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 08:53:29 PM at epicenter

Location 38.244°S, 146.194°E
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA
Distances

121 km (75 miles) ESE (117°) from Melbourne, Australia
419 km (260 miles) SW (218°) from CANBERRA, Australia

Location Uncertainty


horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles);
depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)

[casstony]

very obvious swaying/shaking in Morwell - easy to feel the concrete slab of the verandah moving.

[rat156]

Well, I didn't feel a thing, but I was imaging, no sign of it in the pictures.

New ad for the Paramount MX, so solid it can image through earthquakes!

Cheers
Stuart

[DavidU]

Yep, a big initial rattle here then about 15 secs of minor movement as I watched the flowers in a vase move. ( Wheelers Hill eastern Melb)

[Davi5678]

The roof started rattling, thought, bloody possums, wait, that's an effen big possum!:scared2::P

[M&M7]

Felt in Brunswick

[jjjnettie]

Not to detract from the seriousness of the situation, but, THIS is going viral on the interwebs already.

[MattT]

Even woke the cat up:lol:

[Forgey]

Felt it here in Cranbourne.



Im still in stitches jjj

On a serious note tho I would not like to be caught in the middle of big earthquake.

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for sharing it Paula. Sorry , I should have credited you in my post. xox

[Forgey]

lol its not mine i shared it from someone else lol

[seanliddelow]

I find it amazing that members posted about the earthquake a minute or two after it happened, and before some people felt it:eyepop:.

The power of the internet.

[Rob_K]

Felt here in Bright, NE Vic. I was sitting in a chair and it started to rock backwards and forwards. Seemed to last a while. Thought someone was pushing it but no-one was there, freaky. Didn't notice anything else (noise, rattles etc) and didn't think anything of it till my daughter rang a minute later to ask if we'd felt the tremor. Her house (1/2km away) rattled and shifters hanging in the shed were swinging backwards and forwards. The earth didn't move for my partner, she didn't notice a thing! :shrug: :P

Last one I felt here could be heard coming and going, and we got lots of rattles.

Cheers -

[jjjnettie]

Felt the quake?
Buy the shirt.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Survived-Melbourne-Earthquake-2012-Tremor-Funny-New-Mens-T-shirt-Tee-/330751577896?roken=R1KFOs#ht_503wt_ 1037

ta Paula. LOL

[byronpaul]

My kids said they felt something, but I thought they were joking.

They were upstairs in our 2 story house near Tullamarine, and I thought the eldest had put down his weight set a bit hard.

Surprised to get on here and find out about the tremor.

[Chillie]

Nothing felt here in Horsham.

[pgc hunter]

Latest figures put it at mag 5.3

I didn't feel it, was driving home from work at the time.

[casstony]

The "we will rebuild" joke made it easier for us to go to sleep last night - very funny. Being from Sanfrancisco the quake was unsettling for my wife since she's accustomed to the initial shaking being the prelude to something bigger.

The kids were in bed at the time and thought hooligans were shaking/attacking our house :) - says something about the area we live in.

[MrB]

LOL jjj
Apparently the same image was used for the Perth storms last week.

[andyc]

Just about exactly what I thought in Mt Waverley!! :lol: Didn't really feel the whole place move, but plates were rattling and there was a vibration going through the floor alongside a noise like a big truck or train going past.

Love the pic jjj, seen it around a few places, very funny!

[Colin_Fraser]

When are they going to have the mandatory concert?

[jjjnettie]

It was also used for the Virginia earthquake last year. :)
Just like the proverbial little black dress, some things never go out of style. :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Maybe our resident muso DavidU could organise a few of his friends to perform. :)

[danielsun]

:lol:

Yep, felt a good shake here in Taylors Lakes. It was amazing! My youngest son and I were watching TV and thought for a second that my eldest had snuk up behind me and shook the couch. Heard a slight rumble and rattling.