News Forum - Melbourne hit by 6.0 magnitude quake, tremors across south-east Australia

[Thaiger]

The Australian city of Melbourne, capital of the south-eastern state of Victoria, has been struck by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, damaging buildings but with no serious injuries reported. The quake struck on Wednesday morning, with tremors felt as far away as Adelaide and Sydney. It measured higher on the Richter scale than a 5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1989, killing 13 people. According to a Reuters report, several buildings have been damaged in this morning’s quake, with the epicentre near the town of Mansfield, 200 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. The quake struck at a depth of […]

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[Smithydog]

Postscript to articles:

"Investigations underway to see if tremors caused by spin doctors protecting PM from another stuff up."

[gummy]

My friend in Melbourne posted that at the time him and his wife were making love and she said it was the first time she felt the earth move 

[richard]

It's them bloody Victorians, if it's not covid lockdowns, anti vax demonstrations, it's earthquakes. They do anything to get in the news. 

[Smithydog]

"Dude, was that an Earthquake" (0.30s)

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/earthquake-alert-for-melbourne/news-story/f10fd7a4227cce625c98fa28a0818592

 

[WilliamG]

Maybe the guy in the Thailand UFO Khao Kala cult was right. Volcano in the Canaries, shortage of CO2 in UK, quake in OZ....what's next?