6 March 2009

Earthquake

Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Misc .

Just felt a minor earthquake shake the entire house…as if the bushfires weren’t bad enough.

Update at 9.21PM – ABC radio just reported an “earth tremor” accrss the Melbourne region.

Update found on that the USGS website

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	4.7
Date-Time	Friday, March 06, 2009 at 09:55:38 UTC Friday, March 06, 2009 at 08:55:38 PM at epicenter
Location	38.377°S, 145.714°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA
Distances	96 km (59 miles) SE (137°) from Melbourne, Australia 458 km (284 miles) SW (221°) from CANBERRA, Australia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 15.7 km (9.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 9, Nph= 9, Dmin=448.6 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp=137°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	us2009dwau

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