Guest HIS girl Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Small earthquake hits Adelaide A small earthquake has hit the Adelaide Hills. The tremor registered a magnitude of about 4 and hit in the area in the city's north-east about 11.30pm (CST) on Friday, but was felt as far as 50km away from its epicentre, Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen told AAP. No one was injured and the tremor is not believed to have caused any significant damage, he said. However emergency services received a lot of phone calls from anxious people all over Adelaide and nearby towns that had felt the tremor. "The event would have lasted 2-3 seconds and would have been felt as strong shaking, the severity depending on what they were doing at the time," he said. "This is the earth doing its normal stuff ... when the stress of the plates exceeds the strength of the rocks underneath it releases energy." Friday night's tremor was strong by Adelaide's standards, but a previous earthquake in 1954 was 5.4 magnitude, occurred near the heart of the city and caused the equivalent of $6 million damage to property, Mr Jepsen said. Earthquakes between three and four magnitude are often felt, with shaking occurring, but rarely cause serious damage. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/707322...-hits-adelaide/ Earthquakes everywhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 Yep; yesterday it was Canada; the day before China. And yet the media keeps insisting nothing is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 LOL... I just posted this in the other thread... right underneath where I said that I wouldn't worry until it happened in Australia. Time for me to re-examine the figures I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believer1997 Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,363 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 119 Days Won: 9 Joined: 11/07/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 LOL... I just posted this in the other thread... right underneath where I said that I wouldn't worry until it happened in Australia. Time for me to re-examine the figures I think. IT WAS YOU!!! I thought I saw someone write that about Australia!!! OOPS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 LOL... I just posted this in the other thread... right underneath where I said that I wouldn't worry until it happened in Australia. Time for me to re-examine the figures I think. IT WAS YOU!!! I thought I saw someone write that about Australia!!! OOPS!! Yep, me and my big trap . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 Open mouth, insert foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted April 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 16, 2010 Open mouth, insert foot. So THAT's how I got tinea between my teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIS girl Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Open mouth, insert foot. So THAT's how I got tinea between my teeth Oh my goodness...the mind picture is beyond belief.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted April 17, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 17, 2010 Here it is: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/rec.../us2010vdbn.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_S Posted April 17, 2010 Group: Servant Followers: 25 Topic Count: 275 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 5,208 Content Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 1,893 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/2010 Status: Offline Share Posted April 17, 2010 Were any kangaroos harmed in this incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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