An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale rattles Melbourne late at night – waking people from their sleep
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale rattled Melbourne overnight, waking people from their slumber.
The quake struck 127km east of the city at 1:32am, with a depth of 3km, according to Geoscience Australia.
The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat.
Magda Szubanski was one of the first to respond, tweeting, “Earthquake??? Again?? Melbourne beeping??’
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rattled Melbourne overnight, waking people from their slumber
The quake struck 127 kilometers east of the city
Magda Szubanski was one of the first to respond
Another Victorian tweeted: “Okay I’m going to try to go back to sleep but I’ll probably be dreaming of earthquakes now, thanks Melbourne.”
“Thanks Melbourne, I didn’t want to sleep anyway…” said another resident who called Will.
Another quipped: ‘Another Melbourne earthquake or the collective tremors of Melbourne Swifties nervously hoping to get tickets today?’
The quake is the latest in a series of earthquakes to hit Victoria in recent weeks.
Mornington Peninsula was rocked by a magnitude 2.4 earthquake on June 3.
The earthquake struck just after noon at a depth of 8 km.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake woke up Melburnians on May 27, with people feeling the quake as far north as Albury on the Victoria-NSW border and as far south as Hobart.
It was thought to be the largest earthquake to hit the Melbourne metropolitan area in over 120 years, with cameras in a radio station capturing the moment live on the air.
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck Melbourne on May 16, striking at 11:15 am near Ferntree Gully, with a depth of about 4 km.
More than 100 residents reported feeling the earthquake to Geoscience Australia.
People took to Twitter in the moments after the earthquake hit
In September 2021, Victoria was rocked by an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale.
The shallow earthquake struck near the town of Mansfield, 110 miles northeast of Melbourne, and was one of the largest to hit Australia in decades. It was six miles deep, according to Geoscience Australia.
That quake, which felt as far away as Sydney and Tasmania, shook buildings and knocked down walls because residents said it sounded like a “jet engine.”
It was followed by two aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 and 3.1 18 and 39 minutes later – both within 10 km of the original quakes.
In a popular shopping area around Chapel Street in Melbourne, masonry debris fell from buildings and littered the roads.
Bricks and debris surrounded Betty’s Burgers fast food restaurant and large metal plates hung from the restaurant’s awning.
Chrissie Maus, general manager of Chapel Street, said about 60 merchants in the popular shopping area were affected by the quake – largely due to power outages or damage to buildings.
The burger chain said in a statement that no one was in the building at the time and all staff were safe.