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Category: News Author : Duncan Riley Posted: March 17, 2009
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Earthquake rattles Melbourne, Australia


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A second earthquake in around two weeks has rattled residents in one of the last places you’d expect to have an earthquake: Melbourne, Australia.

The quake struck at 4:30pm local time Wednesday (10:30pm US PDT) and lasted between 4-10 seconds. There is no confirmation of the scale of the quake, although Twitter users reported that it felt less severe that the last quake March 6 that recorded a 4.7 on the richter scale.

Having sat through it (oddly I didn’t feel the last one) the biggest part is the pure surprise. I’ve never felt an earthquake before, and our house in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne rattled for a good 4-5 seconds, sort of a mellow rattle. My first thought was that perhaps there had been an accident outside, but there wasn’t.

Update: quake was 4.6. Small on a global scale, but for locals, big enough to make the Melbourne Earthquake the Number One hash tag on Twitter.











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12 Archived Responses to “ Earthquake rattles Melbourne, Australia ”

  1. Kyle Brady
    Mar 17, 2009

    It's fun, isn't it?

    I've been through two… a small one, and the one about a year or two ago that was the biggest NorCal's had since the big SF quake of '89 or whatever.

    I think they're exciting, as long as there's no major damage and I don't personally get hurt…

    –Kyle

  2. Joanne
    Mar 17, 2009

    Yeah my computer monitor was shaking it didn't feel as strong as the last earthquake was pushing me off my chair . I'm in Knox , I'm wondering is this a preview to something bigger on the horizon or just a natural occurence.

  3. lantrix
    Mar 17, 2009

    I thought my phone was vibrating…. :-)

  4. Earthquake In Melbourne
    Mar 17, 2009

    We live in Preston ,Victoria Australia.On Wednesday 18 /3/9 today around 4.30 pm ,our window kitchen rattling for about 4 to 5 second . we felt the floor moving little bit. I ask my husband whether it was earth quake like 2 weeks ago,as We felt the same thing.

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    Mar 17, 2009

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    Mar 17, 2009

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    Mar 18, 2009

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  8. Jeanne Theunissen
    Mar 18, 2009

    I live in West Heidelberg. I didn't notice the first quake at all, but definitely felt this one. I heard a slight ticking sound that sounded like rats or mice chewing on something inside the walls. This lasted for several seconds, and then I felt a big “whump” that shook the whole house. It sort of felt like a wave going under the house, or that someone had dropped something very large in the front yard. It was very quick.

  9. Mike
    Mar 18, 2009

    If you live in Tokyo for long enough you get used to them, but I would still get freaked out occasionally especially at night. I am in North Sumatra now and yet to feel one here, so it is strange that Melbourne has had two in the past month.

  10. Joanne
    Mar 18, 2009

    I was driving along in my car and didn't even know an Earthquake had hit until my husband told me.

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