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The Chile Earhquake the latest one
Several hundred dead, the devastion vast

On this day 56 years ago on a warmish early morning Adelaide had an earthquake
01/03/54
A morning that impacted on Adelaide, a quake that people today may be unaware of

Ive talked to a couple of people about it
They both recollected about the movement, the noises, the damage
Old timers will talk about the red hot summer of 39, and the quake of 54

Ive been in one earthquake
1981 I was awoken and my bed was swaying away and back in a sliding motion
I was unaware of what it was
I was not sure if it was an Earthquake, or a dream or whatever
2 days later I read in the paper it was a quake of about 4 rating [page 5 !]
Where was it ?
Surprise surprise San Francisco !

Does anyone know much about this quake of 54 in Adelaide ?

Nope - but I remember asking my dad about it once.

He was a mere teenager living on Kangaroo Island.
Was in bed at the time and even over there felt his bed 'shake'

Here you go MAL, this should keep you going for a while

http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/minerals/earthquakes/earthquake_-_recollections

SQAURK , nice link...

There is a story in there about a cricket game SA V VI
From a Joslin refererence
Mr H was in the SS team at the time
On the Sunday rest day the SA team took there Victorian counterparts to the Barossa fr a drink or two.
Mr H woke up after being hit in the head by the wall.
He found himself looking at a one foot gap between the ceiling joints and the wall, but thinking, ""I only had one red and one white."

Mr H
=
G Hole
K Horsenell
?
Both were in that team

Just for the record
SA 315
VI 9/401 DEC
SA 305
VI 6/148

Back some 30+ years ago there was a localised Earth Tremor in the Morphett Vale area, relatively small on the Richter scale, yet what I remember was the actual wall of the brick veneer house actually shaking and there was an article in the then local Southern Times about it and how it had caused a bloke to come off his motorbike when it happened.

Hey folks. I'm in Santiago at the moment for work. Was a few 100 kms north of Santiago in the town of Combarbalá during the earthquake. Was around 3.35am when I was awoken by rhythmic noises in my room (a room made from mud). The bed was moving as if there was a woman on top having some fun, but, alas, I was all alone. Noises were mostly from stuff hanging of the walls. Quite eerie. Got out of bed, open my motel door, and saw one of my colleagues outside in the car park in only his underpants (not the prettiest site I might say!!). I said to him "this is an earthquake, isn't it?" to which he replied "bloody oath thats an earthquake"...I thought ok, that was easy, its over with now. Went back to bed and heard the bad news in the moring. Seeing we were ~500-600km NNE of the epicentre the impact was subdued...probably around Magnitude 5 where we were...I judge that purely from the 6.1 aftershock I experienced here on the 7th floor of my Santiago hotel this morning. During this episode the hotel staff apparently started beckoning people to sit down and eat their breakfast as everyone ran for the stairs. It was as if it was an everyday event...the "big one" had come and gone, no need to panic now.

The short of it is that its remarkable how little damage there is in Santiago. I have only seen a few pedestrain bridges down. Its a real tribute to the local engineering that a city can be hit by an 8.5 and have so little damage. The poorer areas have fared much worse of course (old houses and lodges). Much much worse south of Santiago, particularly the area around Talca and Concepcion. Airport is closed due to damage to terminal...I was supposed to be getting on a flight back to Oz right now. Not sure when I'm returning yet, but if it takes too long we'll drive to Argentina and get a fare from Buenos Aires. No fear here, just another quiet Sunday in Santiago.

Bed time. Until later

Thanks for the insight Purch - glad you are/were safe and can get back home soon.

im sure there was a small quake mid 1990s that adelaide had also??, was not big tho, rememebr sitting at home and it was just before the news came on a 5pm and feeling the ground shaking.

Date Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Place Magnitude
23 February 2010 17:19 -33.689° 136.604° 10km E of Cleve 1.6
21 February 2010 13:03 -32.297° 138.952° 44km SE of Hawker 1.5
19 February 2010 09:14 -32.044° 138.845° 44km SE of Hawker 2.2
19 February 2010 01:41 -33.578° 138.567° 10km S of Spalding 1.4
18 February 2010 12:52 -33.529° 138.431° 16km W of Spalding 1.7
18 February 2010 01:18 -35.564° 138.592° 3km SW of Victor Harbor 1.2
17 February 2010 05:21 -32.022° 138.245° 22km SW of Hawker 2.0
15 February 2010 17:24 -35.238° 138.483° 5km SW of McLaren Vale 2.2
15 February 2010 17:23 -35.238° 138.483° 5km SW of McLaren Vale 2.1
15 February 2010 11:25 -35.034° 137.346° 23km W of Yorketown 2.0
13 February 2010 03:16 -35.124° 139.106° 15km W of Murray Bridge 0.9
12 February 2010 08:22 -32.899° 138.265° 8km W of Booleroo Centre 1.4
8 February 2010 09:19 -33.027° 137.805° 25km NW of Port Pirie 1.5
8 February 2010 04:33 -33.117° 138.862° 16km S of Peterborough 1.5
7 February 2010 14:41 -34.716° 137.765° 17km NE of Minlaton 0.6
6 February 2010 18:38 -34.053° 138.414° 11km N of Balaklava 0.6
5 February 2010 11:48 -35.569° 138.121° 5km NE of Cape Jervis 1.4
5 February 2010 05:34 -33.322° 138.239° 5km NE of Crystal Brook 1.7
4 February 2010 09:14 -33.774° 138.608° 7km N of Clare 1.4
3 February 2010 13:45 -33.544° 138.588° 7km S of Spalding 2.2

I find that so intereseting Smithy.

Where do I look this information up so I can check it often

Bulldog wrote:im sure there was a small quake mid 1990s that adelaide had also??, was not big tho, rememebr sitting at home and it was just before the news came on a 5pm and feeling the ground shaking.

I recall a tremor around 1997 (March maybe?); I know the time of day was 4:50pm.

For recent earthquakes in South Australia, here is the link.

http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/minerals/earthquakes/recent_earthquakes_in_sa

They are quite a common event in the mid north.

I was 10 when Adelaide had its earthquake in 1954 and I slept right through it.
I was cross nobody thought to wake me so I didn't miss it - my mother's excuse she was worried I'd be scared..
I experienced several mild ones during my 10 years in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria.

purch wrote: No fear here, just another quiet Sunday in Santiago.

Bed time. Until later

Good news Purch. Hope to see you back in one piece for the Alberton trial on Saturday - a different kind of scary

zipzap wrote:

purch wrote: No fear here, just another quiet Sunday in Santiago.

Bed time. Until later

Good news Purch. Hope to see you back in one piece for the Alberton trial on Saturday - a different kind of scary

Glad to hear you are OK Purch. Thanks for the update, hope to catch up soon.

lesthemechanic wrote:

zipzap wrote:

purch wrote: No fear here, just another quiet Sunday in Santiago.

Bed time. Until later

Good news Purch. Hope to see you back in one piece for the Alberton trial on Saturday - a different kind of scary

Glad to hear you are OK Purch. Thanks for the update, hope to catch up soon.

Not back til Sunday arvo now it seems...flights from Argentina are packed with others from here trying to get home, and ppl already booked...hmmmm. I'm afraid that means I miss Alberton on Sat and a bday party I had planned to attend on Sat night - which I had been looking forward to for ages I look forward to reading your comments on the Sat trial. See you soon

Did we just have an earth tremor ??

Whilst at the desk, I heard a rumble and the desk shook a little?

Wholly Crap that scared the absolute bejeebers out of me - never experienced that before.

I have a glass cabinet and the glass as all shaking

definitely! Never felt that before, but yes, North Eastern suburbs about a minute ago. Shook the screen, the back windows and scared the shizen out of me!