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[u/dirtydragondan]

>200 comments in 2 min, at 2am no less

Melb subreddit be cookin yo

[u/BloodAndGears → u/dirtydragondan]

We're the most chronically online city. Sydneysiders all asleep right now so they're ready to go jogging at 5am

[u/dirtydragondan → u/BloodAndGears]

i 100% believe it, and yes , its kind of... i guess a point of pride, that we have a large world city AND a strong presence for a big city, disproportionally for large global cities, on here.

[u/Louian20 → u/dirtydragondan]

Well it woke us up didn't it hahaha

[u/John3776]

Great I’ve got some workplace small talk lined up for Monday

[u/Tygie19 → u/John3776]

Same. I work in aged care and I am curious to talk to someone who was on night shift and see if any residents woke up from it. Elderly people wake quite a bit in the night so I expect a few might have rung their call bells!

[u/Sorreljorn]

Worst time to be taking a shit in a 12 storey building

[u/RoundCollection4196 → u/Sorreljorn]

2am shits are always cursed 

[u/SpectreAtYourFeast → u/Sorreljorn]

32 floors up went from “oop partners twitching” to a lot of unsettling creaking

[u/RedHeadWanderer_]

I felt it and my first reaction was "I'm gonna refresh the Melbourne sub and it's gonna be posted."

[u/Littman-Express → u/RedHeadWanderer_]

I posted it whilst I was shaking but this thread and 200 comments beat me to it 😂

[u/NoSprinkles5382 → u/Littman-Express]

I checked the news apps then x and I’m like reddit will have post

[u/dirtydragondan → u/RedHeadWanderer_]

weirdly, i just got out of the shower as it hit.

And i thought, am i imagining this sound , i can't hear it properly
AKA
"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel"

then bounded back to the PC to refresh our city sub knowing seismic remarks will be up , if true.

[u/BloodAndGears → u/RedHeadWanderer_]

Murdoch first reaction is to link it to crime of course coz Melbourne

[u/scissorsgrinder → u/RedHeadWanderer_]

I first went here and was let down!  https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/

[u/Overthereunder → u/scissorsgrinder]

Interestingly google search had an autogenerated map with location, time and size within a minute of it happpening

[u/The_Reset_Button → u/Overthereunder]

Google uses idle android phones to estimate earthquake intensity an (potentially) send warnings before the main wave has hit

It's actually pretty incredible

[u/themadmosquito → u/Overthereunder]

It works it out from all the phones shaking, it's an android feature and google uses the data

[u/jasonhendry → u/scissorsgrinder]

its up there now

[u/MontagueTigg → u/RedHeadWanderer_]

My first reaction was wondering how many standard drinks would be needed for the loud drunk girls downstairs not to stop talking for a moment even when the whole block of flats is shaking.

[u/chickennuggets209]

I thought it was the fat possums running across the roof again.

[u/Superb-Doctor-4773 → u/chickennuggets209]

my first thought was "fuck me this one is as big as a dog"

[u/cebyam → u/chickennuggets209]

Same.

[u/Fresh-Ant-9528 → u/chickennuggets209]

The possum probably thought it was you

[u/Meshu]

Ah thank fuck I thought it was someone trying to break in 😂

[u/scissorsgrinder → u/Meshu]

I was briefly paranoid as there is drilling approximately under the house going on for a tunnel, and there was that sinkhole that opened up last year (in a park fortunately for people & the State govt) because of it... but then "nah it's just a Melbin earthquake" lol

[u/AydenFX → u/Meshu]

Lmao same bro I just came out of the shower as well and was wigging out if I locked my security screen door 💀

[u/cleverpineapple]

[u/Lazy_Swordfish_1527 → u/cleverpineapple]

This meme literally resurfaces every Melbourne earthquake 😂

[u/GStarAU → u/Lazy_Swordfish_1527]

A classic.

[u/dragon_jak → u/cleverpineapple]

"Some things... great things... have been lost. My sausages rolled themselves in the pan, just moments before that perfect sear. To turn them back now, I risk burning them. A cruel universe. A cold universe. But we must soldier on. We will find a way out of these dark times."

[u/4SeasonWahine → u/cleverpineapple]

chuckles nervously in ex-christchurchian

[u/Chat00]

So thankful for the reddit community for being there at this time of night.

[u/sparklinglies → u/Chat00]

Literally hundreds of us awake to swarm the sub for confirmation that we're not all mental lol

[u/Strong0toLight1]

Love how we immediately migrate here lmao

[u/glenngillen → u/Strong0toLight1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kSlJtVrqxDYKk

[u/Lilysascha → u/Strong0toLight1]

Need to know we aren’t imagining things 😴

[u/GStarAU → u/Strong0toLight1]

How good is it??! Like "where can I go for instant news... Reddit!"

[u/HarryPouri → u/Strong0toLight1]

First I said "oh fuck" then I came here. I'm a kiwi but I will never get used to feeling them in Melbs haha 

[u/notoriouspossum → u/HarryPouri]

Same here. Got some good lil flashbacks from my Chch days then!

[u/HarryPouri → u/notoriouspossum]

Yep I am having Chch flashbacks currently too. Always gets the adrenaline going

[u/bennybop_ → u/notoriouspossum]

Was having knockoff drinks with coworkers. Made me realise how no one has that same shared trauma we do back there it really threw me

[u/TurboTastik → u/Strong0toLight1]

Reddit people are the only people awake at this time tbh, everywhere else everyone is asleep 🤣

[u/obri95]

My first one in a high rise apartment in the CBD. Code brown alert

[u/MelbAF3000 → u/obri95]

Same! 19 floors up in a 22 year old building and heard the walls and felt it. A good 5-10 seconds here…

[u/shups4life → u/MelbAF3000]

16th floor in a 1990 building... nervous nellie moment

[u/Bilski1ski]

Love reddit . Melbourne flocks to the Melbourne subreddit to collectively confirm that we just felt that

[u/alden89]

Someone check on Betty's Burgers

[u/blackglum → u/alden89]

Haha I live across the road and remember that. Dam covid era.

[u/ant-storm]

I’m currently reading the exorcist and i nearly crapped myself!!!

[u/WoodenMango07 → u/ant-storm]

4d book reading experience lol

[u/samurai_sanj → u/ant-storm]

Wow that must have been terrifying! I was asleep and it woke me up and I assumed I was in sleep paralysis. But experiencing it whilst reading the exorcist... Woah

[u/ant-storm → u/samurai_sanj]

Haha yeah hopefully my head doesn’t start spinning next!

[u/georgiamay1999 → u/ant-storm]

That is next level terrifying lolll I did worry for a second that a ghost had me

[u/JamieBeeeee]

Woah felt that

[u/Burntoastedbutter → u/JamieBeeeee]

Bro I thought I was tripping. I was falling asleep and my bed was shaking

[u/neonblakk → u/Burntoastedbutter]

I thought I was in Donnie Darko for a moment

[u/wokwok__ → u/JamieBeeeee]

Past earthquakes I could hear it but didn't feel shit, this time my chair actually rocked a bit lmao

[u/TurboTastik → u/wokwok__]

Our entire house shook in box hill, woke everyone up

[u/Orpheus-033]

Just came here to see if I was imagining things.

[u/We_are_traumatised]

Okay I wasn't imagining things. Bed was mildly shaking in St Kilda

[u/lozburgers → u/We_are_traumatised]

Same

[u/Defective-G]

After messaging every friend ‘EARTHQUAKR’ hoping someone would be awake and confirm I wasn’t hallucinating, I opened reddit and first post is this. Hello friends.
It’s my cats first earthquake and now he’s very discombobulated

[u/Formal_Pipe8044]

The earth is so happy that today is my birthday!!!

[u/MouetteOfficial → u/Formal_Pipe8044]

Happy Birthquake!!

[u/Formal_Pipe8044 → u/MouetteOfficial]

AHA thank you!!!

[u/archlea → u/Formal_Pipe8044]

Did you get quake?

[u/Classic_Change4273 → u/Formal_Pipe8044]

Happy birthquake! It’s my birthday too!

[u/Pretend_Board_2385 → u/Formal_Pipe8044]

Happy Birthday!

[u/NeilDiamondBlaze420]

Was in an operating theatre and felt that. Unfortunately still need to work.

[u/forgetfullyburntout → u/NeilDiamondBlaze420]

As in surgery? I imagine that would be very scary for microsurgeries

[u/NeilDiamondBlaze420 → u/forgetfullyburntout]

Luckily macro 

[u/lataliana → u/NeilDiamondBlaze420]

luckily, enough bandwidth to come check the subreddit LOL

[u/_NottheMessiah_]

Gotta love going to Reddit to check whether that shaking I just experienced was the result of an earthquake or the onset of a medical condition. I see now it's not the latter.

[u/FooFooFox]

Ahh yes the appropriate spectrum of earthquake reactions… 🙃😭

[u/GStarAU → u/FooFooFox]

I literally ticked that one hahah

[u/teeno731]

Got shaken awake like a baby

[u/TV7977 → u/teeno731]

Me too, gr I was hoping to stay asleep for another two hours before work

[u/whippinfresh]

Jesus Christ I was just talking about how we haven’t had any just yesterday

[u/Tepelicious → u/whippinfresh]

Nice one whippinfresh it’s all your fault

[u/MelbPTUser2024 → u/Tepelicious]

Was that an earthquake pun? As in fault lines? 

[u/pastilias1 → u/whippinfresh]

Jinxed us

[u/TheHoovyPrince → u/whippinfresh]

The dog won't stop barking now

i hope you feel bad

[u/plantbunny → u/whippinfresh]

Ahh so you’re the one

[u/jamez_san]

I KNEW I HAD TO COME HERE!

South Melbourne here, shook us for a little bit

[u/OgRADKE → u/jamez_san]

In balaclava/st kilda area got a good little shake, thought my apartment was collapsing

[u/Difficult-Ad6291]

woke me right up lmao

[u/ax6klbjckhunter]

A relatively big one too

[u/danzha → u/ax6klbjckhunter]

We will rebuild (just like last time)

[u/scissorsgrinder → u/danzha]

Another earthquake, another hairline crack in this crappy rental. 

[u/Time-Weight7726 → u/ax6klbjckhunter]

60km "from Victoria"?

Epicentre Packenham?

[u/AlliterationAlly → u/Time-Weight7726]

Earthquakes @ Geosciences Australia shows it was near Leongatha

[u/stalkingfiretruck → u/AlliterationAlly]

I'm in Leongatha and can confirm, it felt pretty big

[u/msergeant → u/Time-Weight7726]

The whole house shook, I’m in pakenham.

Biggest I’ve felt in Oz, both cat and dog were unhappy as well!

[u/AnimateOnionSkin]

That was a big one

[u/Hitrecord]

Can confirm husband still snoring.

[u/TurboTastik]

I thought I was tripping… that was an earthquake yeh?

[u/Littman-Express]

Southeast and got a good rocking for 20-30 seconds.  Not as big as 2021 but a decent shake. 

[u/9isalso6upsidedown]

The government has updated their website

https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/

4.8 magnitude earthquake near leongatha

[u/Hello_ImAnxiety]

Bro me and the cat just jolted awake and we’re both like WTF was that?! Full bed shakes

[u/robot428 → u/Hello_ImAnxiety]

Are you me? Because same.

We did not care for that.

[u/nixane]

obligatory 'we will rebuild'

[u/nujuat]

Just checking we havent started a nuclear war or anything

[u/pixilatedpenguin]

Wholly shif it just woke me up, the bed was shaking. I’m not from Melbourne staying in a hotel in St Kilda

[u/Aussie_Salad]

Just opened reddit on the couch after being kicked out of my partner's bed for "shaking it" and waking her up. I feel so vindicated right now.

Edit: to the bloke (or blokette) that downvoted me, i was an (mostly) innocent victim of a geological phenomenon and i hope your weetbix are dry and flaky.

[u/MLiOne → u/Aussie_Salad]

You have to report back what her reaction is when she finds out it wasn’t you but that the Earth moved!

[u/Aussie_Salad → u/MLiOne]

During my exile I texted her a screenshot of the earthquake report on Google. And about 10mins later, she was "cold" and needed me to come back to bed. In fairness I am a notorious jiggler, and this is one of those rare moments of plausible deniability. (I was 100% shaking the bed before the earthquake)

[u/AGirlWithTwoCats]

Fuck you earthquake i was getting some good sleep

[u/forgetfullyburntout]

Yes just felt in Coburg!!

[u/soapysloppyballs]

Yo wtf that scared the shit outta me

[u/oneokrocku]

I knew I could count on Reddit for this. But holy hell that was a big one

[u/heyyou0903]

I definitely felt it in Brighton... I should be in bed but I'm scrolling on my couch watching mob land. That was freaky. I kind of feel like it still happening but in a very subtle way

[u/ElApple]

I'm gonna be real here I was having a late night goon sesh and it happened just as I finished.

I thought I was being raided at the worst possible time. I freaked TF out

[u/4SeasonWahine]

Well I just learned my ptsd from the Christchurch quakes is cured, I felt chill about this one, it was just a bebe. Goodnight Melbourne 🫶🏼

[u/BologneseBandit]

Google search going off

[u/BologneseBandit → u/BologneseBandit]

[u/galenorla]

4.8, that's a biggun

[u/FriendlyInsect9887 → u/galenorla]

It certainly did feel bigger than usual although I usually sleep through them lol

[u/TheHoovyPrince]

wtf that earthquake was a fucking big one, the house felt like it was shaking for a full 10 seconds lmao

[u/No_Ad_2261]

How could Dan Andrew do this again

[u/GlitterSpaceBunnies → u/No_Ad_2261]

The earth shook so much, he lost his ‘S’

[u/Salted_Fried_Eggs]

Validation 😍😍 felt it too!

[u/Sea_Isopod5651]

Survived, but only just.

[u/emgyres]

Blackburn, I thought the banging was because I’d locked the cat in the bathroom.

[u/mofonz]

Decent one New Zealand an hour ago. Wonder if linked.

[u/BlueZaros]

I knew to come straight to reddit 😂😂

[u/No-Primary9567]

Felt it in the western suburbs. Thought I was going crazy before I did a quick Google then came straight here lol

[u/Mission_Winner9796]

Felt it in Flemington. It turned my usual movie night with the projector in bed into a 4D experience

[u/Falcon3333]

Yeah that was a big one

[u/jadedme88]

Actually felt pretty strong

[u/CaptainObviousBear]

Oh glad that wasn’t just me. I thought someone was breaking into our house.

[u/JRose2510]

[u/LoneWolf5498]

Felt in Ferntree Gully

[u/SirQuackthe1st]

Alright back to bed everyone

[u/GlitterSpaceBunnies]

I was like… that could have been an earthquake but it might not have been… came to Reddit!

[u/KonomiKitten]

That was scary...

[u/ntuanb]

Felt it in Chadstone

[u/dirtydragondan]

So it wasnt just me.

I thought it was a nearby plane at first

~10-15s sustained vibrations
east side

[u/Fondueadeux]

The first time I’ve felt an earthquake while living in a high rise; that was so scary 😭

[u/MatchaCheesecake111]

Felt like a monster was stomping on my apartment building in the Melb CBD

[u/AlliterationAlly]

Please fill up the report on https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/ If you click on the big red dot that indicates the earthquake, the form will show up. The data is useful for analysis

[u/saveawing]

From a Christchurch boy, that was cute.

[u/gdmatt]

Damn thing woke me up, I was having a good sleep. How rude.

[u/VividBlue4]

East St Kilda, I thought I was losing my mind. Great to have instant confirmation of the earthquake but I hope no one was hurt. Reminds me of a newspaper article about an earthquake in Moe years ago, a photo of a tipped-over plastic chair & a single thong with the title “We will rebuild”.

[u/unfluxa]

It was decent size thought I was dreaming lol

[u/GloomySmell968]

Keen to hear Hughesy’s thoughts on the quake

[u/DropBearLord]

Just felt it in Point Cook

[u/mermaidfairybunny]

yES THANK YOU OMG I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAzy

[u/lataliana]

that lasted a solid 10 seconds there in hawthorn east

[u/anno_nomali]

I did not like that.

[u/yangatanga]

Good thing I was already taking a dump, helped it right along.

[u/YumiiZheng]

Omg hey night owl gang

[u/Interesting-Copy-657]

A book fell off my table, will insurance cover it?

[u/MrSquishypoo]

One of the bigger quakes that I’ve felt here, first time I’ve ever HEARD a quake though.

[u/emmaconda]

It's probably silly but for a moment I was worried it wasn't going to stop, just get more intense.

[u/FerAloDanRic]

Eastern Suburbs here, felt it quite strongly

[u/Endoyo]

Holy shit that scared the hell out of me in bed. Whole building started shaking

[u/DeltaHazel]

i thought my cat ran into the wall lmao

[u/Blank________Space]

I thought I was going crazy 😅😭😅

Thank god for Reddit 🥹

[u/glenngillen]

glad I wasn't imagining it!

[u/Ouchsicle]

[u/Orbital_Dinosaur]

I was watching the TV and it shook my building on the 6rh floor in Brunswick East. It was strong and I heard a rumble.

[u/girlwthapearlearring]

I was already awake before it happened. There was a very eerie silence that made me get up and look out the windows.. nature knew before us. Literally no usual insect sounds. Then the house started shaking!

[u/forgetfullyburntout]

Terrible time to be stoned, thought my old building is falling down

[u/ShaggyOfTheWild]

that was trippy lol

[u/Front_Target7908]

That was a big one! Shook the bed and scared my cat. 

[u/OgRADKE]

I literally shit my pants thinking it was the wind

[u/modds]

Quite a noticeable rumble here in Pascoe Vale!

[u/GrouchyRhubarbTime]

Holy shit we really are just living on a floating rock on a molten lake huh

[u/FeyKitsune]

I wondered what that was! I was in the shower and thought a jet flew low over the house 😂

[u/chewdneebadm]

I can’t believe how intense that was! Woke me up in Coburg!

[u/KonomiKitten]

Data is up on the government website: https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2026tnibno

[u/elvislovesburgers]

I blamed the dog, the dog blamed me.

[u/Orbital_Tardigrade]

Yes I just felt it and instantly went to reddit wondering if I was insane! First earthquake living in a multi story house (also while stoned haha) was a little scary, thought my dog ran into the wall or something then I realised it was probably an earthquake.

[u/sphynxmoth]

That was the biggest ive ever felt!

[u/Kazimierr]

The birds outside are chirping omg they got shook

[u/Ok-Ad-229]

Cat woke me about 2 minutes before it happened and is still freaking out! 😹

[u/FranklyNinja]

2021 still scared the shit out of me as that's my first but this was a close second unsure why

[u/Jordy001]

Just moved to Melb from NZ sorry for bringing them with me

[u/ax6klbjckhunter]

i can’t believe I experienced it this time. It was big

[u/ShaggyOfTheWild]

Damn night owls of reddit haha

[u/AmbitiousBear9072]

Yep, whole building just shook. Lasted about 5 seconds, near Flemington

[u/coolylame]

That felt bigger than the other previous years

[u/Scav3nger]

South Greensborough reporting in, only a minor shake here but enough to recognise what it was and jump on here to see if there was a thread

[u/Street-Echo-4485]

That one lingered for a while, felt in the Dandenong Ranges

[u/IllogicalResponse]

Wow that was huge (by australian standards)

[u/wolvAUS]

TRAMAMPOLINE! TRAMBOPOLINE!

[u/CatBec]

Was an odd initial jolt then a decent shake then, in Coburg. Poor cat is terrified now, it was her first one 😞

[u/Dark-Knight___5]

It woke me up and now I’m doing Wordle

[u/Wetrapordie]

Yep woke me up. That was short but decent shake

[u/Zestyclose-Ad7036]

My Arthur fell from his horse because of that one

[u/Octoember]

My ikea bed hack survived the earthquake. 10/10

[u/_viixxx]

Felt it very strong here in South East.

[u/xImNotTheBestx]

I'm an extremely heavy sleeper and that woke me up lol.

[u/feelingcontroversial]

Had just gone back to bed after peeing. Thought it was a gust of wind until the bed started shaking! Decent wobble here in Carrum Downs!