4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Melbourne late at night – waking people up from their sleep
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Melbourne overnight, waking people up from their sleep.
The tremor hit 127km east of the city at 1.32am, according to Geoscience Australia.
The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat.
Magda Szubanski was among the first to react, tweeting: ‘Earthquake??? Again?? Melbourne peeps??’
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Melbourne overnight, waking people up from their sleep
The tremor hit 127km east of the city
Magda Szubanski was among the first to react
Another Victorian tweeted: ‘Alright going to try go back to sleep but I’ll probably dream of earthquakes now, thanks Melbourne.’
‘Thanks Melbourne, I didn’t wanna sleep anyways…,’ said another resident, called Will.
Another joked: ‘Another Melbourne earthquake or the collective anxiety tremors of Melbourne Swifties nervously hoping they get tickets today?’
People took to Twitter in the moments after the quake struck
The earthquake came just a month after another tremor rocked the city.
A 2.3-magnitude quake hit Melbourne on May 16, hitting at 11.15am near Ferntree Gully, with a depth of about 4km.
More than 100 residents reported feeling the quake to Geoscience Australia.
In September 2021, Victoria was rocked by a record-breaking 5.8 magnitude earthquake.
The shallow quake hit near the small town of Mansfield, 110 miles north-east of Melbourne, and was one of the largest to hit Australia in decades. It was six miles deep, according to Geoscience Australia.
That earthquake, felt as far away as Sydney and Tasmania, shook buildings and knocked down walls as residents said it sounded like a ‘jet engine’.
It was followed by two 4.0 and 3.1 magnitude aftershocks 18 and 39 minutes later – both within 10km of the original tremors.
In a popular shopping area around Melbourne’s Chapel Street, masonry debris tumbled from buildings and littered the roads.
Bricks and rubble surrounded Bettys Burgers fast food restaurant and large sheets of metal hung off the restaurant awning.
Chapel Street General Manager Chrissie Maus said about 60 traders in the popular shopping district had been affected by the earthquake – largely through loss of power or building damage.
The burger chain said in a statement that there was no-one inside the building at the time and all staff were safe.
More to come.
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