- A lightning bolt may be behind reports of an earth tremor
in Melbourne early this morning.
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- The earth may have moved for residents but experts say
they did not feel a thing. Geoscience Australia, the national body which
measures earthquakes, said there was no evidence of an earth tremor in
Melbourne, despite radio reports of one this morning.
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- A spokesman for electricity supplier Powercor said the
company's theory was that the rumblings, reported to have happened about
3.08am, might have something to do with a lightning bolt that struck a
power pole in Melton in Melbourne's west.
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- The lightning blew the 6m pole and an attached transformer
to bits, leaving nothing more than a stump, the spokesman said.
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- (snip)
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- Asked how the impact would have travelled so far across
Melbourne, the spokesman said: "I'm fascinated by that".
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- Geoscience Australia said it was possible a sonic boom
caused the shaking.
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- Given the large number of residents who reported feeling
a rumbling shortly after 3am (AEDT), a Geoscience Australia spokesman said
it appeared something had occurred but no one was sure what.
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- (snip)
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- Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Terry Ryan said
there was no record of thunder or lightning in Melbourne last night.
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