A magnitude 4.8 earthquake just shook southeast Victoria. Here’s why we may expect more
Grid with reports from people who felt the earthquake, with yellow showing the epicentre. Geoscience Australia At just after 2am on Saturday morning, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred at Arawata, about six kilometres northeast of Korumburra and 100km southeast of Melbourne. Residents closest to the epicentre described a loud bang – a phenomenon which occurs only in the epicentral region of an earthquake, when seismic energy reaches the surface. They also described houses and windows rattling…
Where: New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, United States
Exact coordinates
new zealand: -40.900, 174.890
australia: -25.270, 133.780
indonesia: -0.790, 113.920
japan: 36.200, 138.250
united states: 37.090, -95.710
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