Thousands of Victorians were startled as an early-morning earthquake rocked parts of the state Melbourne
At 12:49 a.m. today, an earthquake of a magnitude of 4.3 occurred near Leongatha, in the state’s Gippsland region, 135 kilometers southeast of Melbourne.
Geoscience Australia reported earthquakes from Sunbury, 38 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, to Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the south.
The Bureau of Meteorology states that a tsunami was not anticipated to occur after the earthtremor.
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The earthquake, which had an 8-kilometer epicenter in the town of Meeniyan, affected about 4,900 people.
It is estimated that over 10,000 earthquakes of this size go place every year across the entire planet.
The same incident took place ten hours earlier in the city that bears the same name, Melbourne, which is located on the opposite side of the world.
The US Geological Survey reports that an earthquake of a magnitude of 4.0 was detected ten kilometers below Melbourne, Florida.
Lead scientist Adam Pascale of the Seismology Research Centre stated the October 5.0-magnitude earthquake was Victoria’s largest.
Pascale stated to 3AW, “This is definitely getting to the point where you expect some minor damage to appear, but we haven’t heard any reports.”
According to the seismologist, there have been more earthquakes in the state in the past few years than there were approximately ten years prior.
“It is still within the normal range of activity for our world region,” the president remarked referring to the situation.
The greatest earthquake in Victoria’s history was 5.9 in 2019. After earthquakes in Adelaide, Canberra, and Sydney, hundreds of insurance claims were lodged.
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