Magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Korumburra wakes residents across Victoria
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Korumburra in Gippsland shortly after 2am on Saturday, waking people across parts of Victoria. Geoscience Australia said it was among the region’s strongest tremors in the past two decades; officials did not expect major damage.
The epicentre was 6km north-east of Korumburra, about 103km south-east of Melbourne. The shaking was widely felt near the epicentre, with residents reporting rattling windows and creaking homes. Victoria SES advised people who experience an earthquake to drop, cover and hold on.
- Magnitude 4.8 tremor struck near Korumburra.
- The quake was felt across parts of Victoria.
- Officials did not expect major damage.
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Korumburra is a small town in Gippsland, in south-eastern Victoria, about 100 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. Most Victorians do not regularly experience earthquakes, as the state is not particularly seismic compared with some other parts of Australia.
Earthquakes in Victoria are monitored by Geoscience Australia, the government's earth sciences agency. A magnitude 4.8 tremor is notable for this region, representing one of the strongest earthquakes to strike Gippsland in the past twenty years.
When earthquakes occur in areas where they are relatively rare, they can alarm residents unaccustomed to seismic activity. Such events prompt authorities to assess any potential damage to buildings and infrastructure in the affected area.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Aussies shaken awake after ‘scary’ earthquake hits Victoria in the dead of night”.