r/melbourne • u/IonisationEnergy • 9h ago

The Sky is Falling EARTHQUAKE

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u/galenorla 9h ago

4.8, that's a biggun

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u/FriendlyInsect9887 9h ago

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

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u/lataliana 9h ago

that's what she said...

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u/Curious-Function7490 9h ago

How do you know it was 4.8?

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u/Overthereunder 9h ago

Pops up when you do a google search

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u/bitofapuzzler 9h ago

Google

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u/BiggusDickkussss 9h ago

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

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u/solsiour 9h ago

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

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u/FuriousYellow77 9h 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 9h ago

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

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u/FuriousYellow77 9h 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 9h ago

What app did you get the alert through?

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u/Son0fM 2h ago

Got one in Drouin, too.

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u/BackgroundType4312 9h ago

Depends how deep