Adelaide rocked by earth tremor!

[TheScooterGuy]

From http://www.news.com.au/national/adelaide-rocked-by-earth-tremor/story-e6frfkvr-1225854759427:

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Adelaide and the surrounding suburbs last night.

At 12.15am, Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen said the quake hit at 11.27pm with an epicentre somewhere in the Adelaide Hills, AdelaideNow reports.

"It's located in a population centre so expected to be felt quite widely," Mr Jepsen said.

And the feeling would have been even stronger for multi-storey apartment dwellers.

"If you're in a building of many floors the shaking would be amplified, apartments or tall buildings in the city," he said.

However, Mr Jepsen said it was unlikely there would be any aftershocks or major damage from tonight's quake.

"Something of this size, it's highly unlikely there would be any damage."

A police spokesman said there were several calls to triple zero around the time of the tremor, and the Bureau of Meteorology also fielded lots of inquiries.

"There were reports as far away as Monarto and Salisbury," a spokesman said.

Early reports from Twitter users said the quake happened at approximately 11.35pm CST last night.

Twitter users reported houses shaking, while over 3000 Facebook users joined a group titled "the earthquake in adelaide!"

 

If you live in Adelaide, did you feel the tremor?

I did when I was in bed and my wardrobe doors rattled!

[Top Thrill Dragster]

3.8 is nothing.

[Chris Benvenuto]

^ he's right, 3.8 is nothing

 

I've taken burrito-powered dumps that produce 7 and 8's easily.

[downunder]

Adelaide is a very quite place, so a 3.8 for them would be like a twenty to Californians.

 

Tongue in cheek, I've always thought of Adelaide as a place to visit if you want to catch up on your sleep, maybe after some wine swilling.

[austinlee]

How did anybody even feel a 3.8? I've slept through bigger quakes than that.

[SharkTums]

^^I always think of Adelaide as the place that I got a stupid powered coaster credit that is now defunct!!!

[ginzo]

I think of Adelaide as the place where the greatest Australian David Thorne lives.

[downunder]

^Never heard of him, they do have plenty of serial killers down there.

[christianscoasters]

But what if the epicenter wasn't deep in the ground? Now, I am NOT an earthquake expert, but I believe I remember reading somewhere about the Chile quake, even though it was a strong quake, it was very deep in the ground so that it wasn't as powerful on land. Of course I might be completely wrong though.