A 5.0 magnitude earthquake woke up thousands of Victorians but appears not to have caused any damage.
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has rattled residents in southwestern Victoria, with thousands of people reporting to have felt the early morning tremor. Geoscience Australia said the earthquake struck at 2.11am on Sunday near Colac in the Great Otway National Park, about 165km from Melbourne, at a depth of 7km. The seismologists had originally measured the quake as being of magnitude 4.7 but later revised this to 5.0 and moved the epicentre from Apollo Bay. An aftershock with magnitude 3.
Aftershocks are still to be expected for some time and felt in the Cape Otway region Pascale said. “For an earthquake of this magnitude we expect more aftershocks... most of these aftershocks will go unnoticed.” Users on X reported feeling the earthquake and being woken up overnight, but many users largely made light of the quake as there was no injuries or damage reported. One user reported the quake startled local birds.
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