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  • #1

    Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

    About 10-15 minutes ago, Darwin was shaken by a HUGE earth tremor (or quake) for at least 5 minutes or so.

    It sounded and felt like a huge heavy train was passing nearby.

    Everything shook, but not violently, but just constantly. And there was this very loud humming noise the whole time. My dog went psycho at the effect. You could also see the pool water sloshing about too. I see from the websites there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Banda Sea which was the cause of this:

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...pt09297000.php





    Hope this hasn't causes a tsunami somewhere. :|

    Time of Earthquake in different time zones:

    BANDA SEA - Magnitude 7.0
    Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 14:40:44 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time

    Australasia/Oceania:
    Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 10:40:44 PM - Perth
    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:10:44 AM - Darwin
    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:40:44 AM - Port Moresby, Brisbane
    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 01:10:44 AM - Adelaide
    Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 01:40:44 AM - Sydney, Melbourne, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

    230 km (145 miles) NNW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
    365 km (225 miles) SE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
    700 km (435 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
    2610 km (1620 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
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    Re: Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

    http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280992

    Fortunately - there is no tsunami caused by this one - too deep apparently... phew.

    TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
    PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
    ISSUED AT 1451Z 24 OCT 2009

    THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

    THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

    THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
    NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
    DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
    ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

    AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

    ORIGIN TIME - 1441Z 24 OCT 2009
    COORDINATES - 6.2 SOUTH 130.5 EAST
    DEPTH - 148 KM
    LOCATION - BANDA SEA
    MAGNITUDE - 7.0

    EVALUATION

    A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BASED ON EARTHQUAKE AND
    HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATA. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO DEEP
    INSIDE THE EARTH TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
    WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    BECOMES AVAILABLE.

    THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
    MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
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      Re: Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

      Is it just me or are these things happening more frequently :?: :?:
      Glad to hear no tsunami's are on the way.
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        Re: Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

        Yeah that was luck Pricey, id might have found myself on a plane headig north. We get the odd tremour here in Alice, we feel them because our house is on stilts. I dont think most people realise we get them, as most houses are single storie built on a concrete slab,

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        • #5
          Re: Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

          The following is a graphic of all recorded earthquakes in recent times. The red colour indicates within the last hour. The blue means within 24 hours and yellow within the last week.

          Looks like there's a fair bit of movement going on at the moment - especially around Indonesia.

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          • #6
            Re: Large Earth Tremor in Darwin

            Originally posted by switched
            Is it just me or are these things happening more frequently :?: :?:
            Glad to hear no tsunami's are on the way.
            Here is a link to the largest earthquakes since 1900. There does seem to be a bit of an increase at the moment
            http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/..._1900_date.php
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