Newcastle Earthquake

At 10.27am on the 28th of December 1989 Newcastle was rocked by a 5.5 strength earthquake.
PLEASE NOTE !!!..This Is Channel NBN 3s TV Coverage

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[heroicndashing]

I was three when this happen, i can still remember it, my dad and I were doing the shopping and i dropped my milky way when everyone was running...i'm glad we haven't been hit by another earthquake.

[shadowzone69]

This is what's great about Australia; when something significant (like an Earthquake) happens; everyone stops what they're doing to make sure everyone else is ok like the people at 2:56 who are using their bare hands to go through rubble in search of survivors

[clairabelle7]

@doggunn interesting fact the Hunter Valley in Australia does have a history of earthquakes, just not in the same way as California

[jq747]

It's terrifying to see how much the Aussie accent has changed in 20-odd years. Jeez and we didn't even notice.

[doggunn]

@trocariciu76 yes, no one ever said it couldn't occur or doesn't occur, however australia is not placed along any major fault lines, and so the only earthquakes that could affect it are intra-fault quakes, which are much rarer, and almost always less damaging. it's too hard to predict in a country like australia where these intra-fault earthquakes will occur - and so what reason do people have to shell out thousands of dollars more for an event that will most likely not happen in their lifetime?

[trocariciu76]

Look, I live in Romania and this is not a large country by any means, but still we have on our territory about 6-7 potentially dangerous seismic sources, out of which 2 or 3 can be devastating.

[trocariciu76]

@doggunn Well that show how well people are informed about this. Earthquakes happen everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE ! It doesn't matter if you live on the top of a mountain, or under the sea, in large or small cities, on hills or plains, it WILL happen. In some places it happens every 5 years, others every 200 years, but it ALWAYS happens.

[doggunn]

@SINEKT and i agree. but how could you plan for something that hasn't occurred before?

[SINEKT]

@doggunn So that you will not have to watch how your mother/father/sister/brother/c­hild/loved one dies right in front of you when half of your building collapses. I would say that's a pretty god damn good reason.

[doggunn]

@J0hnnyH4ck3r why? why do we need to build for something (that will just require more money) that has a 0.000000000000001% chance of occurring? (obvious exaggeration, but the chance in minimal)