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Australia, Melbourne · 2024-04-18 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Australia, Melbourne

A very low frequency, but powerful hum that seems to resonate though the skull The hum seems increase greatly or decrease (to the point of almost cancelling out) in volume depending on my positioning in the house, like there is some sort of wave interference going on.

What they reported

First noticed: 2024

Pitch: 35 hz

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Insomnia, Anxiety

Changes with weather: No

What stood out: a low hum

 

Others who described something like this

2024-03-15

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2024-05-08

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both described a low hum · 14 km away

2024-04-17

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2024-01-06

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both described a low hum · 44 km away

2020-11-12

A low, persistent hum that I can only hear at night - most nights but not every single night. It doesn’t have a source that I can find - it seems omnipresent and never varies in pitch or vo

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2022-04-04

A constant low frequency hum like an electric current - the type of sound you might expect to hear from a guitar amp Yes. This sound is only discernible at a specific location in my bedroom.

both described a low hum · 14 km away

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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.