Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Melbourne, Victoria
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Melbourne, Victoria

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake woke up Melbourne and regional Victoria just after 2am, with more than 10,000 people reporting feeling it within half an hour.

Geoscience Australia reported the quake just after 2am with an epicentre near the South Gippsland town of Leongatha, about 135 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.

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What readers are saying

OldDono
geoscience australia logging ten thousand felt reports by half past two shows how far reaching that mornington peninsula and mount baw baw sequence was. aftershocks continuing from september twenty twenty one fits the pattern experts mentioned.
Cathyaroo
Checking the ten metre depth mentioned in the report explains why the shaking felt so sharp across Melbourne. Anyone reviewing their home emergency kit after that two am wakeup should check torch batteries.
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