M5.7 10km west St Arnaud - 03/09/20

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M5.7 10km west St Arnaud - 03/09/20

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Earthquake around there tonight around 10:15pm. Never felt it down here.
62 km deep.
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Re: 5.7m near St Arnaud

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^ I submitted a Felt Report - was very slight but still a "heads up", wall creaked briefly, noticed here at 10:14pm.

https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2020p666015
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Re: 5.7m near St Arnaud

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Thought there was one, the parrot went off and the bed wobbled
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Re: M5.7 10km west St Arnaud - 03/09/20

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I'm intrigued that there has not been one single aftershock, love to know why.
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Re: M5.7 10km west St Arnaud - 03/09/20

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^ perhaps the deeper quakes don't behave the same way as the ones nearer the surface.

The thing I wondered about is, why it has not shown up on USGS

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes ... meZone=utc
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