Did the earth move for you? Melb earthquake

lithgowlights

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So who noticed the earthquake near Melbourne last night at about 8:55pm?
Apparently it was a 5.3 magnitude quake which lasted about 20 seconds and was 16km southwest of Moe, at the Latrobe Valley in Victoria’s east.
 

lithgowlights

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We felt it at work thats for sure, and that was 1000km away... well the trip of a number of generating units totalling close to 2000MW very close to the location managed to send a frequency disturbance through the 4 eastern states that was one of the largest I have seen in a long time. :eek:
 

djgra79

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Yep we definitely felt it here. We had just put our 2 year old to bed and he didn't stir. We'll never forget his 2nd birthday party in a hurry! I hid in a doorway just to be safe :)
 
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