The last time an earthquake struck in this region was in 1989.
Posted on 03/11/2010 4:20:28 PM PST by myknowledge
An earthquake shook residents on the mid-north coast of New South Wales from their sleep this morning.
Geoscience Australia says it happened just off Nelson Bay, north of Newcastle, around 3:30am (AEDT) and was measured with a magnitude of 3.3.
Several residents at Nelson Bay felt shaking and called police.
Fire crews also responded to reports of an explosion on the Tomaree Peninsula.
Anna Bay resident Lindsay Brown says he feared the worst because of the similarity to the devastating 1989 Newcastle earthquake.
"The Newcastle one sprang to mind straight away because we were here at that time as well," he said.
"It felt very similar so the Newcastle one at Boat Harbour, just felt like a minor tremor, and I remember being quite shocked at the damage that caused so nearby.
"So I was just wondering if it had been a stronger quake somewhere nearby this time."
Tea Gardens resident Graham was also concerned.
"It was so quiet and then all of a sudden there was a slight rumble followed by ten seconds later by the house shaking," he said.
The Director of the Australian Seismological Centre, Kevin McCue, says the quake's shockwaves radiated along the eastern seaboard.
"It was recorded throughout south eastern Australia right down as far as Melbourne," he said.
Geoscience Australia initially said the earthquake had a 3.4 magnitude and struck 80 kilometres off Forster.
Across the globe lately, ‘whole lotta shakin’ going on’.
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Aussies must be light sleepers.
I felt a 5 once, but didn’t think you could feel a 3.
We’ve had a few of these on the Ontario-Quebec border in the last month.
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
Sure seems to be a lot of shakin’.
Could foreshadow a really big event (where we ain’t lookin’)
or
Be stress relief from the recent events.
Most seems to be along the ring of fire, so I’d be prone to think it is stress relief from the recent large scale events.
Can't think of a rejoinder that would get past the mods . . . .
ah, a bit of humor. Nice
I was in a 7.5 in Mexico City in 1957. For weeks afterward I would be lying down and feel a very faint tremor for 5 to 15 seconds, I think those could have been a 3. I hear that Chile had another one today 7.2. Anyone have more information how bad it was and where?
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