Post by caskur on Aug 21, 2022 9:05:10 GMT
I didn't feel it this time but I did feel it in 1968.
Can you see this video folks? It's interesting to see the destruction back in 1968 and the news link below.
www.perthnow.com.au/news/natural-disasters/cadoux-earthquake-a-43-magnitude-quake-rocks-wheatbelt-town-in-wa--c-7954051
Residents living in the small Wheatbelt town that was rocked by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake on Sunday say they heard a “big crack” or “explosion” seconds after the ground “rumbled” beneath them.
The seismic event, which struck Cadoux around lunchtime, could be felt more than 200kms away with Geoscience Australia - which monitors and reports on earthquake activity – reporting more than 180 people had felt it as far as Perth.
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Seismologist Dr Jonathan Bathgate said the quake had a depth of 10km, which he explained was normal for Australia, adding the shallower the quake the more likely they could be felt.
He also revealed it was not the first tremor to strike the area over the past week.
On Tuesday, a 2.2 magnitude quake was recorded five to 10 kilometres away in Manmanning.
Dr Barker said Cadoux had a history of earthquakes recording one of the highest quakes in the country, a magnitude 6.1 in 1979.
He said the town was in an area of high seismic activity and that it was normal for several tremors to be reported each year.
Can you see this video folks? It's interesting to see the destruction back in 1968 and the news link below.
www.perthnow.com.au/news/natural-disasters/cadoux-earthquake-a-43-magnitude-quake-rocks-wheatbelt-town-in-wa--c-7954051
Residents living in the small Wheatbelt town that was rocked by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake on Sunday say they heard a “big crack” or “explosion” seconds after the ground “rumbled” beneath them.
The seismic event, which struck Cadoux around lunchtime, could be felt more than 200kms away with Geoscience Australia - which monitors and reports on earthquake activity – reporting more than 180 people had felt it as far as Perth.
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Seismologist Dr Jonathan Bathgate said the quake had a depth of 10km, which he explained was normal for Australia, adding the shallower the quake the more likely they could be felt.
He also revealed it was not the first tremor to strike the area over the past week.
On Tuesday, a 2.2 magnitude quake was recorded five to 10 kilometres away in Manmanning.
Dr Barker said Cadoux had a history of earthquakes recording one of the highest quakes in the country, a magnitude 6.1 in 1979.
He said the town was in an area of high seismic activity and that it was normal for several tremors to be reported each year.