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Last night at around 1130pm I was in the kitchen making something to eat when the house started shaking for about 2 seconds. My mind went into overdrive while I was standing there holding a knife 
Did any other Adelaidians feel the tremor?
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...-1225854750895
Did any other Adelaidians feel the tremor?
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/s...-1225854750895
South Australia rocked by earthquake measuring 3.8 on Richter scale
* Amy Noonan
* From: The Advertiser
* April 17, 2010 5:34AM
* 1471 comments
SOUTH Australia from the Outback to the sea was rattled by the strongest earthquake in 20 years last night, the tremor rocking the Hills and sending city residents into the streets.
The 3.8 magnitude quake hit at 11.27pm, but no significant damage had been reported by 5.30am today.
UPDATE 5:30AM: Thanks to everyone who has submitted earthquake reports. Unfortunately due to a technical issue, they are not being displayed. We are working to resolve the problem.
Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen told AdelaideNow the epicentre was somewhere near Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, but would have been felt strongest in multi-storey buildings in the CBD.
"It's located in a population centre, so expected to be felt quite widely," he said.
"If you're in a building of many floors, the shaking would be amplified, apartments or tall buildings in the city."
However, Mr Jepsen said it was unlikely there would be any aftershocks or major damage.
"Something of this size, it's highly unlikely there would be any damage."
Nor was there any risk of a tsunami, as the epicentre was not offshore and the quake not strong enough.
It is expected normal tectonic plate movement and pressure on the plates caused the quake, which is not geologically unusual.
There is at least one small earthquake near Adelaide each year, and Primary Industries and Resources SA recorded 20 quakes, ranging from 0.6 magnitude 6km north of Nuriootpa on March 2 to 5.1 on the Richter Scale south of the southern coast on April 5.
Adelaide's 1954 earthquake measured 5.4 on the Richter Scale and was several hundred times more powerful than last night's quake.
A Facebook group, "Earthquake in Adelaide", was set up minutes after the quake struck and had nearly 2000 fans within 30 minutes and more than 3500 fans by 3am.
Police and Metropolitan Fire Service spokesmen said there had been a significant amount of calls to 000 however there were no reports of damage at 3am.
* Amy Noonan
* From: The Advertiser
* April 17, 2010 5:34AM
* 1471 comments
SOUTH Australia from the Outback to the sea was rattled by the strongest earthquake in 20 years last night, the tremor rocking the Hills and sending city residents into the streets.
The 3.8 magnitude quake hit at 11.27pm, but no significant damage had been reported by 5.30am today.
UPDATE 5:30AM: Thanks to everyone who has submitted earthquake reports. Unfortunately due to a technical issue, they are not being displayed. We are working to resolve the problem.
Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen told AdelaideNow the epicentre was somewhere near Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, but would have been felt strongest in multi-storey buildings in the CBD.
"It's located in a population centre, so expected to be felt quite widely," he said.
"If you're in a building of many floors, the shaking would be amplified, apartments or tall buildings in the city."
However, Mr Jepsen said it was unlikely there would be any aftershocks or major damage.
"Something of this size, it's highly unlikely there would be any damage."
Nor was there any risk of a tsunami, as the epicentre was not offshore and the quake not strong enough.
It is expected normal tectonic plate movement and pressure on the plates caused the quake, which is not geologically unusual.
There is at least one small earthquake near Adelaide each year, and Primary Industries and Resources SA recorded 20 quakes, ranging from 0.6 magnitude 6km north of Nuriootpa on March 2 to 5.1 on the Richter Scale south of the southern coast on April 5.
Adelaide's 1954 earthquake measured 5.4 on the Richter Scale and was several hundred times more powerful than last night's quake.
A Facebook group, "Earthquake in Adelaide", was set up minutes after the quake struck and had nearly 2000 fans within 30 minutes and more than 3500 fans by 3am.
Police and Metropolitan Fire Service spokesmen said there had been a significant amount of calls to 000 however there were no reports of damage at 3am.
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