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Did you feel that?
Shortly after 9am this morning an earthquake hit various sections of Australia’s East Coast, with reports from the Bureau of Meteorology stating that it reached a magnitude 6.0 (which is apparently quite gnarly) in Mansfield, Victoria. There have been reports of tremors from Tasmania through to Newcastle (according to my sister who was evacuated from her office building), as once again we find ourselves catching whatever crazy shit 2021 has to throw at us.
Thankfully, there have been no reports of death or serious injury (at the time of writing), and no tsunami is on its way either:
A magnitude 6.0 #Earthquake has occurred with an epicentre near Mansfield in Victoria. Widespread felt reports. If you have building damage or require SES assistance, phone 132500 and please be patient as lines may be busy. pic.twitter.com/8RUqnk4Iwb
— VICSES News (@vicsesnews) September 21, 2021
No #tsunami threat to Australia from #earthquake felt in Mansfield, Victoria (magnitude 6.0 near Mansfield, VIC). See https://t.co/Tynv3Zygqi. pic.twitter.com/7C1slZNbxn
— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) September 21, 2021
Naturally Twitter is now flooded with earthquake related content that ranges from funny through to freaky, including a video of Michael Rowland and Tony Armstrong feeling the effects in realtime on ABC News Breakfast. We’ve collated some of that content here to save you swimming through that swamp of a platform:
A magnitude six #Earthquake has rattled Melbourne and regional Victoria.
This is the moment when News Breakfast presenters @mjrowland68 and @Tonaaayy_ were rocked by it. pic.twitter.com/Z4gz0sWJve— News Breakfast (@BreakfastNews) September 21, 2021
I hope everyone in #Melbourne is OK!! My friend just sent this to me- it’s from Chapel Street 😱 #earthquake pic.twitter.com/aTi7XPzy5S
— Hannah Sinclair (@hansinclair9) September 21, 2021
Peter Credlin says it’s well past time for Daniel Andrews to take responsibility for the earthquake #earthquake
— The Shovel (@TheShovel) September 21, 2021
This year is getting to the point where we need to sacrifice a goat and wear torn clothes in atonement or some shit like that #earthquake
— Nyadol Nyuon (@NyadolNyuon) September 21, 2021
Everyone in Melbourne coming to twitter to confirm there was an earthquake #earthquake pic.twitter.com/jM9b8ZwCo1
— cesar (@jebaiting) September 21, 2021
