Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little damage.

A string of earthquakes in Melbourne could be the result of cracks and faults forming in the rock beneath the city, a seismologist says. On Wednesday morning Melburnians living in the southeast ...

The earthquake that hit Melbourne's north-west fringe on Sunday night was stronger than originally thought. Geoscience Australia said on Tuesday that it had upgraded the quake from magnitute-3.8 ...

A magnitude-3.8 earthquake in Sunbury, west of Melbourne, has been felt across the region but there have been no reports of damage. The earthquake was reported at 11:41pm on Sunday It lasted only ...

In September 2021, Victoria recorded a significant 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the largest in the state’s history. The quake, originating near Mansfield, caused building damage in Melbourne and ...

That quake, originating near Mansfield, caused building damage in Melbourne and was felt as far away as Canberra, Sydney, and Adelaide. There have been more than a dozen earthquakes of magnitudes ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.

Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Victoria-based Seismology Research Centre, said the earthquake was the largest within 40 kilometers of Melbourne since a magnitude 4.5 quake hit in 1902. “It ...