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Earthquake hits Victoria as thousands of homes are destroyed by devastating floods – with the ground shaking after a loud bang
- An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale has been recorded in Mansfield in the Victorian Alps
- GeoScience reported an earthquake near a small town in the northeastern state on Wednesday
- Residents said they felt the ground shaking and heard a loud ‘pop’ just after 9am
- Earthquake comes as Victoria’s flood crisis worsens and residents evacuate
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An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale has been recorded in Mansfield, in northeastern Victoria.
GeoScience Australia reported the earthquake near the small town in the foothills of the Victorian Alps just after 9am on Wednesday.
The earthquake was at a depth of three miles and GeoScience Australia received 77 reports from residents who said they felt the tremors so far.
Senior seismologist Professor Phil Cummins said Melbourne residents could feel the quake despite being more than 220km away.
“It was felt as far as Melbourne, with residents reporting light shaking… (but) there are no reports of damage,” he told the newspaper. Herald Sun.
GeoScience Australia reported the earthquake near the small town in the foothills of the Victorian Alps just after 9am on Wednesday (pictured, the red dot indicates the location of the earthquake)
Mansfield residents reported hearing a loud ‘boom’ that felt like an explosion and feeling the ground shake as the earthquake reverberated below them.
“We were stunned,” a local Peter told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell.
The director of the Australian Seismological Centre, Kevin McCue, told the radio host that the earthquake was too small to cause damage, but was felt from 20 to 25 km away.
More to come.