History will have much to say about 2021, and Wednesday's earthquake prompted Border residents to consult their own record-keeping.
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Albury mum-of-three Emma Blom said recollections of the 5.9 magnitude quake were "still surreal".
"You see it in the movies, but to actually feel it under your feet ... I don't think I want to experience that again," she said.
As an administrator of the Disappearing Albury-Wodonga Region Facebook page (created by her late father, Gerry), Ms Blom asked followers what other natural events made a mark on their memories.
"It just made me wonder what other events people remembered," she said.
"It was very light-hearted.
"Dad always said it was a matter of 'Do you remember when?'"
The Facebook page's followers raised mouse plagues, fires, the tornado-like storm cell that caused damage to Border homes in 2011 and 1974 floods leaving the 'Weir route' the only vehicle access between Albury and Wodonga.
Hume Dam received attention on Wednesday; Albury mayor Kevin Mack said council had calls from residents concerned the weir wall "was compromised".
A social media post from a satirical Facebook page did prompt calls to North East Water, which used its online channels to address "a fake post about a warning purportedly issued by North East Water regarding earthquake impact on Lake Hume".
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Cr Mack said council was "very confident" Water NSW had the matter in hand.
"The weir had work done 25, 30 years ago, which was about bracing it and shoring it up for these sorts of events," he said.
"We said at the time, 'Ah, it's never going to happen' ... but it's once-in-a-lifetime stuff at the moment," he said.
As recently as 2013, works in the order of $30 million were completed to support the dam's capacity to withstand floods and earthquakes.
While Albury infrastructure may seem to have been spared, surveillance activity undertaken by the Department of Transport immediately after the quake has picked up some damages on the arterial road network south of the Mansfield epicentre.
"Minor damage has been found on Licola Road and Jamieson-Woods Point Road that will require further geotechnical investigations to determine the remediation process," Hume regional director Steve Bowmaker said.
"Surveillance activities will continue in these targeted areas whilst there is the possibility of aftershocks over the coming weeks.''
An inspection of all bridge structures within the primary epicentre area has begun and will continue into next week, the Department of Transport said.