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Australia: Earthquake in Adelaide

By ; published on April 16, 2010 at 4:00 pm

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Reports are coming in of a small which was felt in Adelaide and the surrounding region of just after 11.30pm CST on Friday 16th April 2010 (2pm GMT).

“I thought the house was going to slide down the hill” said Carly Hannaford, an equestrian trainer from the region.

The police have received multiple calls to triple zero and enquiries to the local Bureau of Meteorology. There are thought to be no serious injuries as a result of the tremor.

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  1. Adrian

    April 17, 2010 at 10:34 am

    I was watching TV and I sence the vibration comming from a westly direction and passing above like a strong wind traveling from West to East, the house shake a little but nothing mayor how ever I was waken up by a BANG!! in the midle of the night arround 5:00am sounded like car crash, I never suspected of the wind to be an earthquake, as for the Bang early morning… no idea must have been dreaming lol

  2. Dave

    April 17, 2010 at 9:59 am

    I am in England and I got a txt from a mate in south Australia to say there was a almighty bang and his house shook he said it was very scary

    • SAMANTHA HOWELL

      April 30, 2010 at 1:53 am

      HEY MATE I FELT IT TOO BUT IM THE ONE LIVIN IN SA LOL

  3. lam

    April 17, 2010 at 8:58 am

    i live in pooraka and i didnt feel a thing. i didnt even know there was an earthquake in adelaide until a friend told me. wonder what i was doing at 11:30 pm……
    hmm……..

  4. chloe

    April 17, 2010 at 7:26 am

    in aberfoyle park we felt it too i was on the computer and i fell out of my chair and i was scared coz i didnt know what it was mum thought a plane or truck had hit our house!

  5. emma

    April 17, 2010 at 7:12 am

    i was sitting in bed on facebook and msn and then i felt the tremor it lasted about 5-6 seconds down at noarlunga and everything was shaking and the first thing i said was EARTHQUAAAKE!!!!! and hid under neath my blanket lol.
    it felt like i was in a car and went down a hill and got that funny feeling in my stomach and also ithought it may have been a large truck going down my street.

  6. Hayley

    April 17, 2010 at 6:31 am

    oops i mean robber

  7. Hayley

    April 17, 2010 at 6:31 am

    im in the adelaide hills.. and i felt it.. i thought it was a ribber like bangin on my window.. then my bed moved a little… whaats this bout somethin on Mondaay?? been told bout it and im like scaredd :S .. whaat going on?

  8. Nash

    April 17, 2010 at 5:46 am

    felt it in Seaford Rise. i actual thought it was strong wind, like a really bad storm before realising it was a calm night and it was louder. the house creaked and shook and stuff.

  9. Lee

    April 17, 2010 at 4:55 am

    LOL. I live in the Adelaide hills and it wasn’t as scary as everyone is making it out to be. A slight rumble and shake for 3 seconds and that was it.

  10. Steve

    April 17, 2010 at 3:54 am

    Felt it in Glenelg, thought it was a car or a truck at first, until the whole room started shaking.

  11. M&A

    April 17, 2010 at 3:37 am

    I was in bed and my partner was downstairs watching tv. I felt the shake and could hear the tiles on my roof moving. I ran downstairs to find my partner freaking out thinking our sound system had majorly kicked in! (funny) Once I shared with him that I felt the shake and heard the noise, reality hit and we both realised it was a tremour. Thank goodness no one has been hurt!

  12. Ella

    April 17, 2010 at 3:22 am

    We sure felt it here in Belair!
    I was sitting at the computer and the whole house started to shake !
    at first I thought it was thunder but then I relaised that it was coming from underneath me not above me . Scared the absolute hell out of me !

  13. Bradz

    April 17, 2010 at 3:13 am

    We had it here in Elizabeth aswell, I was just playing some Xbox then the whole house shook, mum got down into panic mode and started being prepared for the next one…in less then a few seconds after it there was already a Facebook group with 200+ members.

  14. Amanda

    April 17, 2010 at 2:44 am

    My husband and I jumped out of bed last night, we heard a noise and then shaking and we are down at Seaford

  15. pj*bear

    April 17, 2010 at 2:38 am

    I thought it was a plane flying too low…. I live at Seacombe Gardens…My cat Naji was acting really wierd round about 11.20 last night, his pupils were fixed and dilated and his hair was standing on end, he was hissing and trying to get under my quilt…It was though he was really scared…

  16. Alice Gorman

    April 17, 2010 at 2:03 am

    I felt it in Brighton ….. I had gone to bed early, and woke up at about 11.15, imagining it to be early morning, as I was wide awake. I looked at the clock and was really surprised to find that I had only been asleep for about half an hour. I decided to read for a while, and shortly afterwards, heard a sound that was a little like animals walking on the roof, and then the house started to shake. Having felt an aftershock from a Newcastle earthquake years ago, I thought this might be what it was, but still couldn’t quite believe it until I heard the news this morning.

  17. Mark

    April 17, 2010 at 1:57 am

    I woke up to this screeching noise and the whole house shaking, it felt as if a train was rushing past the house within inches of hitting it. The noise after was weird. (Bridgewater)

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