NationStates Jolt Archive


Australia get the shakies!

Jeruselem
02-03-2005, 13:38
Well, with a record current account deficit (trade debt) and now increased interest rates (up 1/4%). Add to that growth slowing to 0.1% for the last 3 months and health insurance to be increased by 8% in average, what else do we need?

An earthquake!
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_vdam.html

I'm in Darwin, and it was real. Scary :eek:
Monkeypimp
02-03-2005, 13:41
7.1? Shit, I was gonna come in here with some joke like 'heh, welcome to New Zealand.' but that shit will knock a few things off the shelves..
Jeruselem
02-03-2005, 13:44
Darwin people got a little panicky and started dialing 000 for emergency services. It's scary when the Earth wobbles about :confused:
Resistancia
02-03-2005, 13:46
geez man, thats the last thing we need. i guess we were lucky with that one off new zealand, and that the ache one was too far away, but that is almost on our doorstep. thank whatever higher power i am in syd

now that i think about it, darwin really lives up to its name. i mean, it has been flattened by cyclone tracy, bombed during WWII and has a threat of tsunami, yet it still survives. going by that, bourke shouldnt hold out much hope
Jeruselem
02-03-2005, 14:11
Earthquakes affecting down-under for the last month
http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/listquakes.php?showall=true

For our trans-Tasman friends
http://www.geonet.org.nz/recent_quakes.html