Wow - yeah, nuthin' on the news services yet ! 2 inches is a shipload of movement
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 08:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Wow!! Shoulda been here, waiting for news to filter through, the Superpit was closed down, including the lookout. The pit wall has moved about two inches away from the lookout, making big cracks in the ground. |
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| Author: | chillidude [ Apr 20th, '10, 08:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Wow - yeah, nuthin' on the news services yet ! 2 inches is a shipload of movement
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 08:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
4.8 to 5.2 magnitude, around 30km NNE of Kal, caused a fair bit of damage to buildings in Boulder. Some facades have collapsed on older buildings. |
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/20/2877497.htm?site=goldfields§ion=news Quote: There has been an earth tremor in the Western Australian Goldfields city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The tremor was felt just after 08:00 am. One resident in Kambalda, Bernadette says the floors and the walls shook and she ran to get her baby out of its cot and her husband leapt up from the couch so they could shelter beneath door frames. Another resident in Boulder says the china cabinet came loose from the walls. One resident says the Boulder Central School is being evacuated. ABC local radio is reporting that workers from Kalgoorlie's superpit have also been evacuated. The scale of the tremor is not yet known but there are reports of damage in Boulder. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010vhab.php#details Quote: Earthquake Details Magnitude 5.2 Date-Time Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 00:17:08 UTC Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 08:17:08 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 30.530°S, 121.653°E Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region WESTERN AUSTRALIA Distances 30 km (20 miles) NE of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia 225 km (140 miles) SSW of Laverton, Western Australia, Ausgralia 340 km (210 miles) ENE of Merredin, Western Australia, Australia 575 km (360 miles) ENE of PERTH, Western Australia, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 18, Nph= 18, Dmin=614.5 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp=162°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6 Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID us2010vhab What a way to finish night shift!! |
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| Author: | DéjàVoodoo [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
I had to google the superpit...a gold mine. Are the lookouts for visitors - or part of the operation? |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
5.2 .... .... that's a biggie for Australia...
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Biggest in the goldfields since record keeping began....water in the fish tank was sloshing about etc - just like you see on tv. DV - just a tourist lookout. Attachment: boulder.jpg [ 36.7 KiB | Viewed 7035 times ] So pretty serious. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
P.S .... that's what it looked like before.... 
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Nah, there is pretty much no pubs that are run down out here any more. |
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 20th, '10, 09:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Just had another quite small tremor. Boulder Primary School Roof Attachment: boulder.jpg [ 84.98 KiB | Viewed 7010 times ] |
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| Author: | Dank Fish [ Apr 20th, '10, 10:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
earthquakes are fun...unless you dont trust your building we just had that 6.2 on Easter...not to far way from me. we loved the one minute of rolling earth and water jumping out of fish tanks...1st time my whole family experienced one together...we were all high-fiveing each other...were weird  i think it would be a different story down there after looking at the pics but fell lucky, down just a little south of me; alot of Mexicali collapsed and 2 people died there only fun becuase i remeber the 6.9loma-prieta(S.F. world series) 7.3 Landers 7.0 big bear 7.2 cape mendocino 6.5 san simeon 7.1 heckter mines and the 6.2 Easter-baja Quake so welcome to the club...  hey at least earthquakes dont come with bad weather  ps my house is on the foot hill of the San Andreas Fault...that thing is just about to jump to... |
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| Author: | Dank Fish [ Apr 20th, '10, 11:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
o and i forgot the northrige 6.7 witch killed 72 poeple here in california and 20 billion in damage...so that one not so fun |
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 21st, '10, 07:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
Lost 8 fish in the earthquake, the percussion must have shocked them or something  Also caused a small leak where the fitting comes out of the tank. |
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| Author: | monya [ Apr 21st, '10, 07:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
DF you are a tripper lol 
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| Author: | Dank Fish [ Apr 21st, '10, 07:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kalgoorlie Earthquake!! |
monya wrote: DF you are a tripper lol lol monya. look at this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_EYWcOMfI i just hope all of you down there are all safe and sound. but it make me sad about the fisheys.. 
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