The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2amGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria i…
The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2amGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning, shaking Melbourne and waking people across the whole region.Geoscience Australia said it detected an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 at 2.01am near Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with the tremors felt across the city’s eastern suburbs. Continue reading…
Source: The Guardian – World
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- Wire dispatch directly ingested from World news | The Guardian.
- Published at Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:23.
- Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/magnitude-48-earthquake-hits-victoria-with-tremors-felt-across-melbourne