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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 ...
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 ...
Sunbury is jus 36 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. It is the largest earthquake within 40km of the capital city in more than 120 years, according to a tweet from seismologist Adam Pascale.
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 ...
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake whose epicentre was located in Mansfield – a small town about 180km northeast of Melbourne – was felt in the Victorian capital and by some residents in cities as ...
Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.