>Apparently yes.
Thank heavens, either it was a quake or the Hellmouth is opening up under Cheltenham, again. Aha! The ABC TV news weatherman just mentioned it being reported from the south east suburbs. My "computer room" up here at the edge of the house must be poised or teetering like a gramophone needle, sensitive to the slightest vibration. Perhaps I should rent myself out as a monitoring post for the USGS (or have the stumps fixed again). Greg