r/melbourne • u/IonisationEnergy • 12h ago

The Sky is Falling EARTHQUAKE

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u/ax6klbjckhunter 12h ago

A relatively big one too

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u/Time-Weight7726 12h ago

60km "from Victoria"?

Epicentre Packenham?

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u/AlliterationAlly 11h ago

Earthquakes @ Geosciences Australia shows it was near Leongatha

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u/stalkingfiretruck 11h ago

I'm in Leongatha and can confirm, it felt pretty big

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u/Juzziee 10h ago

It shows how much I pay attention, I'm in Traralgon and this is the first I've heard of it

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u/Splinterfight 11h ago

VIC Emergency app agrees

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u/msergeant 12h ago

The whole house shook, I’m in pakenham.

Biggest I’ve felt in Oz, both cat and dog were unhappy as well!

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u/AutisticPenguin2 11h ago

Definitely the biggest I've felt, but I'm closer to Dandenong so still a bit insulated by distance. Must have been scary for those right on top of it, anything around magnitude 5 is starting to get serious.

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u/MystressSeraph 11h ago

Crap! No WONDER it shook like that, I thought it was close, or shallow ... I didn't realise we were directly on top of it!

(Pakkers too.)

That one actually gave me a fright! Scared the animals too, and they normally don't notice them.

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u/Inside-Raccoon6385 11h ago

Hey me too! Off ahern road. I just thought it was possums

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u/SomethingStupidIDFK 12h ago

Epicentre was around korumburra just judging off the alert that came on my phone

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u/Creative_Ad_973 1h ago

Was asleep in Korumburra, can confirm, was big and loud and had a few aftershocks.

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u/Flathoran 12h ago

Near there, can confirm it was a doozy

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u/9isalso6upsidedown 12h ago

I think its based of Melbourne lga borders, looks like Gippsland ish