Small Tremor!!!!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Just had the house shake a bit about 2-3 minutes ago. A short sharp jolt that lasted about 2-4 seconds. Felt like a small earthquake, probably about 2-2.5 on the Richter. Hard to say, really, but we couldn't find any immediate cause for the shaking.

[Strawb (Dave)]

Yep got it too Carl - woke me up from my siesta

[renormalised (Carl)]

Wonder where the epicentre was??. Would have to be closeby, being so small. Wish I still had my geological maps for the area....there's about a dozen or more small faults around here, plus you have the major Hodgkinson-Palmerville Fault which partly runs just off the coast along here.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

GA initial report


Near Bowen, QLD.
Magnitude: 5.4 (Mb)
Depth: 24 km

They ask for reports from people who felt it

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

I felt it in Mackay

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

5.2 according to USGS http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usc0002stu.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...10/150_-20.php

[renormalised (Carl)]

Yeah, just went to their site....5.2 according to the USGS.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

It is on the news now as a 5.1

Adrian

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by AdrianF

It is on the news now as a 5.1

Adrian

Actually, GA recorded it as 5.4, and that was from the Mt Surprise seismograph....a lot closer to the epicentre than the USGS. And, in any case, what would the news lot know....if it was left upto them, it would get smaller every time they came on air to report it.

[Ric]

Blimey, there's never a dull moment in Queensland.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

GA revised it down to 5.2 in their 16:32 update.

Who's to say it won't change some more later, in either direction.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

GA revised it down to 5.2 in their 16:32 update.

Who's to say it won't change some more later, in either direction.

They're only following the USGS lead.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

....if it was left upto them, it would get smaller every time they came on air to report it.

Actually Carl, knowing what the media is like, they like sensationalism (Drama sells News) they would keep trying to raise the Magnitude.
The less the Magnitude, the less newsworthy it is

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Actually Carl, knowing what the media is like, they like sensationalism (Drama sells News) they would keep trying to raise the Magnitude.
The less the Magnitude, the less newsworthy it is

Yeah, that's true....it might become a 10 on the Richter soon enough

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Yeah, that's true....it might become a 10 on the Richter soon enough

yep.


I can remember one reporter on FoxNews doing an interview when Japan was struck.

The Seismologist confirmed it as a 9.0 and she kept getting excited and saying "but it could be a 9.5" and he would say "no" and she would keep repeating "but it could've been", until he finally said "yes, it possibly could have been, but it wasn't"

Then after she had finished the interview she very seriously faced the camera and said "There you have it, and now some video of the resulting horror of that terrible earthquake measured at a possible 9.5 magnitude"

Archie Carumba!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

yep.


I can remember one reporter on FoxNews doing an interview when Japan was struck.

The Seismologist confirmed it as a 9.0 and she kept getting excited and saying "but it could be a 9.5" and he would say "no" and she would keep repeating "but it could've been", until he finally said "yes, it possibly could have been, but it wasn't"

Then after she had finished the interview she very seriously faced the camera and said "There you have it, and now some video of the resulting horror of that terrible earthquake measured at a possible 9.5 magnitude"

Archie Carumba!

That's why I hardly watch TV news anymore. It's not worth the effort and you don't get the facts...all you get is the fantasy.

[Mick (Michael)]

We didn't feel it we were in the car at the time. But I had to laugh our 20 year old was at home at the time and he hunted the dogs as he thought they were scratching fleas under the kitchen table.

[OICURMT]

If you felt this earthquake, you can describe it and it will be logged into the USGS system.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak....disabled.html

[Suzy]

Gosh, you guys must have really wondered "what tha" heck is going on!
Not everyday you get to experience an earthquake.

Oh dear, I really think Queensland has had enough now. Well said there Ric - never a dull moment in Queensland it seems. Let's hope all these disasters of late have now finally come to a stop.

What's weird is seeing the postings here of some of you'll wondering what's going on before it became news. How often does that happen..

Did it moves cups and plates? Cushions fall over? What did you experience?
Strawb got woken up from a snooze so I'm guessing his bed shook From the quake

[Nortilus (Josh)]

well it made my house shake for a few seconds and strong enough to make my monitor on my desk wobble a bit and Im in mackay