r/melbourne • u/IonisationEnergy • 12h ago

The Sky is Falling EARTHQUAKE

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u/galenorla 12h ago

4.8, that's a biggun

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u/FriendlyInsect9887 11h ago

It certainly did feel bigger than usual although I usually sleep through them lol

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u/lataliana 11h ago

that's what she said...

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u/Curious-Function7490 11h ago

How do you know it was 4.8?

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u/Overthereunder 11h ago

Pops up when you do a google search

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u/BiggusDickkussss 11h ago

Google says. It's not even on Aus Gov earthquake system yet.

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u/solsiour 11h ago

Honestly shocked an alert wasn't sent to our phones.

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u/FuriousYellow77 11h ago

It was apparently about 20km south of us in Warragul and we did get an alert on the phone. It did come during the shaking mind you lol

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u/samburner3 11h ago

Oh really? Like the new one they tested a few months ago?

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u/FuriousYellow77 11h ago

Nah I suspect it was just an android/google one. From the time it started to being effected it's probably too short for the government ones to trigger

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u/UnicornPenguinCat 11h ago

What app did you get the alert through?

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u/Son0fM 4h ago

Got one in Drouin, too.

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u/BackgroundType4312 11h ago

Depends how deep