#earthquake in sydney

[intertainmant]

Earthquake of 3.6-magnitude hits Blue Mountains area west of Sydney

[edge-oftheworld]

5sos bridge bracket part 41

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refreshers under the cut which i'm not even sure are correct lyrics

gotta get out:

and if we fall

it's not your fault

shadows covering

our selfish foes

and as our love can go out on a high note

unpredictable:

earthquakes won't wait for another day

don't say, i know i never said it

i never said it, oh

one day we can make it out alive

[seniouesbabes]

Lily Maymac 🌸🍒💋🌸 🙏🏽

[bear-boi-5]

OHHHH

WELL THAT'S SOMETHING ON MY BUCKET LIST

I JUST EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE THAT WENT FROM SYDNEY ALL THE WAY TO NEWCASTLE

IT WAS A 4.4 MAGNITUDE, CAN'T CAUSE DAMAGE BUT CAN CAUSE A SHOCK AND THINGS TO FALL OVER

IM OK BUT LORDY-

[mothinabottle]

MOTH HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Jordan, Sydney y yo te deseamos un feliz cumpleaños 🎂🎉

Te mando mis buenos deseos y muchos abrazos 🫂 tqm <3

HAKU. HAKU! I almost squealed in the middle of the bussss. omgomgomg

Simpeo, simpeo fuerte. estoy que muero ayuda aaaaaaa.

DIBUJOS DE HAKU PARA MI 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ESTE REGALO ES INCREIBLEEEE

Este copypasta de aqui describe mis sentimientos perfectamente:

no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the dining table to the bedroom, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, while i gasp for air, scream and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cow girl, doggy, backwards, forwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, the bed of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce house, in the pool, bent over, in the basement, against the window, have the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, dick throbbing, fist clenching, ear ringing, mouth drooling, ass clenching, nose sniffling, eye watering, eye rolling, hip thrusting, earthquaking, sheet gripping, knuckles cracking, jaw dropping, hair pulling. teeth jitterbug, mind boggling, soul snatching, overstimulating, vile, sloppy, moan inducing, heart wrenching, spine tingling, back breaking, atrocious, gushy, creamy, beastly, lip bitting, gravity defying, nail biting, sweaty, feet kicking, mind blowing, body shivering, orgasmic, bone breaking, world ending, black hole creating, universe destroying, devious, scrumptious, amazing, delightful, delectable, unbelievable, body numbing, bark worthy, can't walk, head nodding, soul evaporating, volcano erupting, sweat rolling, voice cracking, trembling, sheets soaked, hair drenched, flabbergasting, lip locking, skin peeling, eyelash removing, eye widening, pussy popping, nail scratching, back cuts, spectacular, brain cell desolving, hair ripping, show stopping, magnificent, unique, extraordinary, splendid, phenomenal, mouth foaming, heavenly, awakening, devils tangos, he could put a nuclear bomb inside me and I'd still ride.

-Respectfully drooling,

Moth

[transboysokka]

Reasons Taipei 101 is the coolest building in the world

Yeah, locals say it's a tourist trap but I will go to my grave defending it. It was the VERY first thing I did when I first came to Taiwan. I've been to the top four times and it's not nearly enough

1. Just LOOK at it! So beautiful!!!

The entire design of the building is chock full of symbolism, but that would honestly take a whole other post.

2. It's really tall!!!

More than half a kilometer tall! It was the tallest building in the world from its completion in 2004 until the Burj Khalifa was finished. The only building outside of Asia that is taller than Taipei 101 is the One World Trade Center in NYC. It is STILL the tallest LEED-certified building in the world.

3. It also used to have the fastest elevators in the world!

You can get up to the observation deck in 37 seconds!

4. It's really tall AND was built in a VERY Earthquake-prone area, which is just badass

It was built only 200 meters away from a major fault line. It was built with a TON of innovations to withstand earthquakes up to a 9 on the Richter Scale. There are videos online of the observation deck at the top rocking during typhoons and major earthquakes, but the building is TOTALLY stable because...

5. It has a GIANT METAL BALL at the top to keep it from falling down in earthquakes and typhoons

It's called a mass damper and it's one of the reasons I'm so obsessed with this building. This thing has a diameter of 5.5 meters and weighs 660 metric tons (that's 728 American tons or whatever they're called)! Typhoons and earthquakes make this thing swing around (it moved a meter during a typhoon in 2015!) and that keeps the building itself from moving too much

6. The damper has mascots - Damper babies!

There's mascots for everything in East Asia... But these guys are a hit. There are four different babies in four different colors, all with their own personalities. There's so much merch for them too, and even comic books.

Look at these guys!

7. The entire building lights up on New Year's Eve!

Okay, this might actually be the coolest fact. In America, you go to Times Square and see the ball drop or something for NYE. In Australia you see the fireworks over the Sydney Opera House or whatever. But in Taiwan, Taipei 101 LAUNCHES FIREWORKS OUT OF ITS SIDES! AND the countdown clock is just the entire side of the building and there's a cool light show during the fireworks! Check it out!

8. The top of the building lights up in different colors depending on what day of the week it is!

It's a nice touch. It'll also do special light things for special events (like pride or the war in Ukraine), but generally:

9. It has a vertical marathon every year!

I almost forgot about it, but yeah. You can run up the stairs all the way to the top. Wild!

[violentdelightsproductions]

🎉🎉 This is the New Year (Langmery Multiverse New Year's Eve AU): 🎉🎉

Intertwining stories promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night. The world-famous Michael Langdon and his ex-lover clash at an exclusive party; a young couple attempt to start and finish a resolution's list before midnight; a big-time influencer is scheduled to attend the world's most important New Year's event, the Times Square Ball Drop, but gets stuck in an elevator with someone who is completely against the holiday spirit; the heir of one of DC's most powerful families is wondering if he should reunite with a mysterious artist he met and fell in love with on the previous New Year's Eve. Will they manage to make it right with each other and themselves before the New Year comes?

"Sometimes it feels like there are so many things in this world we can't control: Earthquakes, floods, reality shows. But it's important to remember the things that we can... like forgiveness, second chances, fresh starts. Because the one thing that turns the world from a lonely place to a beautiful place...is love. Love in any of its forms. Love gives us hope. Hope for the new year. That's New Year's Eve to me: Hope...and a great party"

Michael x Madison Jim x April Andy x Vee Duncan x Sydney

Check us out on @violentdelightsproductions and @langmery ✨ Happy New Year everyone!!!

[retiredficwriter]

now that i’m back on my percy jackson brain rot, here are what i think each melrose fam’s greek godly parent would be:

sydney - athena, goddess of wisdom, reason and strategy. c’mon, you saw that coming.

adrian - dionysus, god of wine, festivity, theatre, madness. i thought putting him as a child of apollo but dionysus makes more sense for adrian (his vices, his struggle with spirit, being an unofficial theatre kid)

eddie - hestia, goddess of home and family. I think that aligns with eddie’s need to protect his friends (and plays into their little found family trope)

jill - poseidon, god of sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. she is a water-user, making her a child of the big three would be in line with her lineage being important and having people/monsters go after her. also, jill is a horse girl (affectionate) to me.

angeline - ares, god of war and violence. it matches her unhinged and chaotic energy.

trey - apollo, god of sun, archery, prophecy and healing. aligns with the warriors’ beliefs and how charming trey is.

[indepwom101]

🇩🇰 Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

“Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will visit the eastern states of Vanuatu and Fiji as well as Australia with Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jørgensen on the 23rd. -28 April 2023.

With the trip, the Crown Princess and the minister will focus on the consequences of climate change in the Pacific region.

She will visit to vanuatu on 23rd -24. April thus takes place shortly after the eastern state was hit with two cyclones and two earthquakes. The Crown Princess will, among other things, participate in field visits to crisis response areas and get the opportunity to meet with players who are managing reconstruction projects in the wake of natural disasters.

The Pacific islands of Vanuatu and Fiji belong to the group of small development easteries that are increasingly experiencing the consequences of global climate change. As a candidate for the UN Security Council, Denmark emphasizes the fact that the small states have a strong voice in global climate negotiations and in matters of international peace and security.

The Pacific Islands also face a range of demographic and developmental challenges, including sexual and reproductive health and rights. This is a brand case for Denmark and an area of focus for the Crown Princess, which since 2010 has been the patronage of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Visiting fiji on the 25th -27 April is partially conducted together with UNFPA executive director Natalie Kanem. Here, the Crown Princess will focus, among other things, on how destruction and evacuations in the wake of climate change cause increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence, and how the health system is working to protect women and girls in vulnerable situations.

On the 28th. April The Crown Princess and Minister will visit Sydney, Australia, where Her Royal Highness will participate in an event with Danish business representatives involved in the green transition in Australia, as well as visit a number of Danish-clad projects related to sustainable construction and transport.”

[shwoo]

Grumpus Headcanons (1/3)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

I finished my big list of headcanons about the Bugsnax characters and their pre-game relationships, and it turned out super long! So instead of using a readmore like normal people, I'm going to post it in three parts over three days.

These aren't, like, analytical headcanons; they're mostly just me making stuff up that I think is plausible. I meant to do this a year ago, and even already expanded a little in a fanfic on the headcanon about Chandlo being a small kid (here). But I got it done eventually! The idea is one headcanon for one character or relationship.

Character Headcanons (Eggabell Batternugget - Gramble Gigglefunny)

Eggabell Batternugget I think she actively studied Bugsnax with Floofty, as well as volunteering as a test subject, but I also think that has some backing in the game, so it's not the headcanon I'm talking about here. The headcanon is what she was studying: the nutritional value of Bugsnax. This is how she's able to be so confident that they're a perfectly balanced source of nutrition in her DLC interview. She also tried to figure out what exactly made them feel so good to eat. Being an endocrinologist, she guessed that it was some hormone, and made some progress in figuring out whether that was true, but then the earthquake happened.

Clumby Clumbernut She wasn't interested in joining the Snackolytes, and said no once Jamfoot was done talking about recruitment bonuses, though she knew he was telling her, not asking. But she was the last survivor of her expedition, and Jamfoot told her that she probably wouldn't last long all alone. Based on what she'd seen so far, Clumby agreed, so she joined up with the intention of going back on it once they were back on the mainland. But the Snakolytes were a lot bigger and more influential than she'd thought. They're also the reason she's continuing to do a job she hates.

Cromdo Face Hiding his singing is a habit left over from childhood, when he'd get in trouble if he did something fun when there was still work to be done. He also didn't have a lot of privacy, making it hard to find a time and place to sing that didn't annoy anyone. When he got married later, his singing also annoyed his husband. The idea that crime was the best shortcut to living comfortably was his own, though.

Filbo Fiddlepie I've made up my mind. He grew up with Lizbert; he's Grumpus American-Australian. His family moved to… I'm going to say Grumpus Sydney when his dad was a preteen, and his dad returned to New Grump City after finishing year twelve, then moved back to a smaller town when Filbo was a toddler. Filbo speaks American English to please his family, particularly his dad. Also he definitely did not get his pen licence in primary school. I've seen his handwriting in-game. I came up with a lot of extra stuff about Filbo's dad, for a story that's still in editing, but I'd sum up his attitude as "I love my cringe fail son".

Floofty Fizzlebean They've always been interested in biology and experimentation, but their parents impressed the importance of consent on them early. As a result, they've been experimenting on themself since before they were in their teens. They accidentally poisoned themself when they were sixteen. Snorpy found them, and they spent a week in the hospital. Also, their hair used to be a more vivid purple, for reasons unrelated to ageing.

Snorpy Fizzlebean First, psychotic Snorpy. That's an obvious one. But not all the stuff he believes is a delusion. I don't know enough about psychosis to go into detail, but he is aware of it, and so is Chandlo, and they have strategies. Less so for the conspiracy stuff, since Snorpy is unwilling to talk to Chandlo about that. And being on Snaktooth definitely made things worse. But, he really is being monitored by the "Grumpinati" (actually the Snakolytes), even if he's wrong about some of the details. They were involved in the artificial limbs project, as well as some other things that Snorpy noticed but blamed on the Grumpinati. They could disappear him, but he's off the mark about so much, and they think nobody would believe him anyway, so they don't bother.

Chandlo Funkbun If he didn't work out all the time, he'd be skinny as well as short. His body doesn't build muscle mass easily. He got beaten up a lot as a kid, because his school had a bullying problem, and he kept trying to intervene, while also being tiny. He started strength training as soon as he could, and got stronger pretty fast, but he stayed skinny until after puberty.

Gramble Gigglefunny He grew up in a very rural area, and concluded that if he wanted to find a family, he needed to be around more people. So he moved to New Grump City, and waited for a family to come to him. Instead, he learned the ways you can also be lonely in a big city. His preference for animals over people didn't help. Lizbert's expedition was his third attempt at finding a new family, as he thought he might get along better with the kind of people who'd go on this kind of expedition than with the people in his home town.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 2.13 (after 1940)

1945 – World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army. 1945 – World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment. 1951 – Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences. 1954 – Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. 1955 – Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls. 1955 – Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy. 1960 – With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons. 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. 1961 – An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug. 1967 – American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. 1975 – Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York. 1978 – Hilton bombing: A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. 1979 – An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. 1981 – A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. 1983 – A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people. 1984 – Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 1990 – German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany. 1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed. 1996 – The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre). 2001 – An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944. 2004 – The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". 2007 – Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. 2008 – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. 2010 – A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more. 2011 – For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855. 2012 – The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. 2017 – Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. 2021 – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial. 2021 – A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.

[virtuouswhitehatorganization]

Foreshock (Villainous Oc)

Name: Clayton Knox 

Ethnicity: African American 

Sexuality: Straight

Relatives: Malcolm Knox (father-deceased); Harriet Knox (mother-deceased); Curtis Knox (older brother-deceased)

Affiliations: PEACE; The Elect 

Abilities: Earthquake Generation 

Headcannon Voice Actor: Catero Colbert (English); Alan Bravo (Spanish) 

Residence: Compton, California (originally); Marin City 

Personality: Just like the other member of the Elect, he is a very ruthless superhero who shows no mercy towards villains and think they deserve everything they get. However, despite being unforgiving towards villains he does have a soft spot for children and families due to what happened with his family. He also is the one who has the most doubts about if the person they are targeting really deserves the brutality and is often remind by his other teammates what happens if you let evil run amok. He is very loyal to his companions and will defend them even at the cost of his wellbeing or life. 

Background: Originally from Compton, California he grew up in a relatively working class environment where he had a happy life with his family. However, it soon changed when one day when his neighborhood was having a barbecue a shooting happened and killed his family. He became so enraged that he charged at him, snatched the gun, and shot him. The event forever changed himself and he would vow never to let anyone evil manage to kill his loved ones again. He later was recruited into the PEACE program where he got powers and became a member of the Elect under Sydney Spyke. 

* He's a fan of old school rap like Tupac, NWA, and Biggie. 

* He's a big comic and anime/manga fan. 

* He has a soft spot for kids and families. While he is nonchalant about endorsing murder, he also wants children to never fear losing their families like he did. 

* He keeps a picture of his family as a memento. 

* He is very close to Sydney Spyke and consider each other best buds. 

* He is based on Coldcast from the Elite. 

Created through picrew.me/en/image_maker/13358…

[firewvlk]

BASICS

full name: atreus | loki

occupation: carpenter

titles: champion of the jötnar, god of mischief, god of deception, god of artifice, god of trickery, god of lies, god of magic, god of war, god of chaos, god of destruction, god of earthquakes, god of stories, god of change, father of monsters

nicknames/aliases: loki laufeyson, wolf (ulfur), bear (björn), the champion (sa kappi), champ, boy, little brother, son of a spartan, tre', lok', midgard giant, junior, half-breed, giant disaster, little mongrel, jötunn, little trickster

age: 22

date of birth: tba

gender identity: cismale

preferred pronouns: he/him

species: half-jötunn (frost giant) & half-greek god

sexual orientation: pansexual

romantic orientation: panromantic

spoken languages: nearly all of them throughout the realms; including animal, dead, elves, dwarves, and soul

ethnicity: jötnar, greek, olympian

nationality: scandinavian / midgardian

religion: n/a

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

face claim: cody christian

height: 6′ 10″

weight: 232 lbs.

body type: athletic

hair color: brown

eye color: blue

accent: american

scars: numerous on his face, including one that resembles his father’s tattoo

tattoos: runes along his arms, hands/fingers, and neck & a norse sleeve

piercings: n/a

notable physical traits: height, facial scars, many tattoos

PHOBIAS & DISORDERS

phobias: n/a

mental disorders: n/a

physical disorders: n/a

BACKGROUND

hometown: wildwoods, midgard

current location: sydney, australia

financial status: middle class

criminal convictions: n/a

RELATIONSHIPS

father: kratos

mother: laufey †

siblings: calliope † (half-sister)

significant others: allyson nelson (girlfriend)

children: jörmungandr & fenrir (technically he created them both)

rivals: n/a

enemies: baldur †, thor † (sometimes), modi †, magni †, heimdall †, odin †

PERSONALITY

horoscope: tba

theme song: one footprint behind

mbti: enfp

enneagram: 7w6 – the pathfinder

temperament: sanguine-melancholic

moral alignment: chaotic good

primary vice: wrath

primary virtue: charity

element: water

[sparklestheunicorn]

Now I know how to be human is doing its thing, but I can't let Friday the 13th of September 2024 go by without acknowledging the book I wrote that started today. As a gift, here's the blurb:

The world started ending when Caroline Harper was fourteen. Ten years later, the world is still ending, and nothing much about her life has changed - apart from her place of residence and her job.

Now living in the city of Sydney, still waking with the sun to get to the offices of The Daily Chronicle on time, Caroline hasn't truly experienced an apocalyptic event in years. Until one Friday, after putting a few things about this unusual apocalypse together, when she finds herself in a crowd and a young woman named Natalia asks her for help. Then she can't seem to shake the apocalyptic events.

From earthquakes to fallen buildings, the apocalypse seems to be right behind her, and if she would just look closer, she would find out why.

[christinamac1]

Earthquake damages buildings near site of proposed nuclear plant

The Age, By Ben Cubby and Jessica McSweeney, August 23, 2024  A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Muswellbrook just after midday on Friday, a few kilometres from the site where the Coalition has pledged to build a nuclear power plant, damaging some buildings in the town and sending tremors as far away as Sydney. The State Emergency Services were called to help some people who suffered damage…