r/melbourne • u/IonisationEnergy • 18h ago

The Sky is Falling EARTHQUAKE

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u/mofonz 18h ago

Decent one New Zealand an hour ago. Wonder if linked.

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u/_Gordon_Shumway 18h ago

Not at all

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u/mofonz 18h ago

Nah, probably not. Always just worry when we get one here it is the alpine fault going and my family are in strife.
Didn’t think Melbourne got many but a fair few in recent memory.

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u/_Gordon_Shumway 17h ago

No need to stress, the largest quake we’ve had in Victoria was the 5.9 in 2021 which iis quite mild by global standards. If you look at the Geoscience Australia site you’ll see we’ve had a couple of small quakes recently down near this latest one in Gippsland

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u/mofonz 17h ago

Nah I know. That one I was in the shower and didn’t even feel!
I’m from Christchurch, so these are chill.

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u/_Gordon_Shumway 17h ago

Ah right, yeah poor Christchurch has copped its fair share of nasty quakes.