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Published time: June 19, 2012 11:24
Edited time: June 19, 2012 20:19
5.2 earthquake shakes Melbourne Australia

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has hit the southeastern coast of Australia, 120km from Melbourne. No immediate details on casualties or damage have been released.

­Windows rattled and floors rocked as the tremor hit around 8.55pm (AEST) on Tuesday, lasting for almost a minute.

Residents in many suburbs have reported items on shelves falling over.

The news caused immediate panic on the internet. The Geoscience Australia website crashed as people flocked online to see what had happened.

Hundreds of people from suburbs across Melbourne took to Twitter within seconds of feeling the tremors. Within minutes it was the top Twitter-trending topic worldwide.

The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred at a depth of 9.9 kilometers.

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said the tremor was felt further afield than Melbourne, with reports coming in from Bright and Myrtleford in the northeast and Wonthaggi in the southeast of Victoria.

The joint Australian Tsunami-Warning Center says there is no tsunami threat to Australia.

Comments (17)

Paul Rush (unregistered) 19.06.2012 18:26

They have screwed with the that area and nature long enough, now they are Fracking to save money for the investors. This is what we get. The earth is fighting back.

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Johnno (unregistered) 19.06.2012 14:55

Coal seam project -, EL4877 (Six Sites: 1 South of Trafalgar, 2 South of Gormondale)- Sawells Pty Ltd This is not a joke.. Huge level of fracking occuring in trafalgor location.. Where this happened.. Not sayin its tru.. But this quake jhappened smack bang ontop of one of the the exploration areas... We dont dver have earthquakes of this size in Vic... And the msm will never report on it.. 

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QUASARICON (unregistered) 19.06.2012 14:08

Idiot (unregistered) wrote in #12
Oooh can I be the first to say it was HAARP? Obviously misfired from Beijing or some laser-guided weapon type thing obviously fired by the Americans because erm they er hate the Australians? And take a real dislike to the residents of Moe? I know all this for a FACT although cannot produce any evdience to prove it bar some links to conspiracy websites and YouTube videos!?? ALL silliness aside glad to hear no-one got hurt and it didn't do any serious damage.
So you said electro magnetic wave HAARP was shot from the US , little you know that HAARP naval base is just in in Exmouth WA :)Oz's have always been good alliance to Uncle Sam right from the start .... as long as you are reigning under the Queen bee http://www.abov etopsecret.com/forum /thread712430/pg1

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