By Lachlan Abbott
Another earthquake has been felt in parts of Melbourne after a magnitude 4.6 quake struck near Mt Baw Baw in eastern Victoria about 1.30am.
The earthquake – which the Seismology Research Centre says is the largest recorded in the state since a major quake in September 2021 – occurred at a depth of seven kilometres at Rawson, about 130 kilometres east of Melbourne, according to GeoScience Australia.
More than 7000 felt reports have been recorded on GeoScience Australia’s website, including some in parts of Melbourne.
The Bureau of Meteorology and the Victorian SES also confirmed the tremor.
The Seismology Research Centre also reported that more than 1500 earthquakes have been recorded in the Woods Point area – close to the location of Friday’s tremor – since the September 2021 earthquake.
Football legend and new Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Bartel, who is hosting 3AW’s Breakfast program this week, said he felt the tremor.
“I join a club, like many Victorians, of three-time survivors of earthquakes,” the ex-Geelong player said on 3AW on Friday.
“Our house rumbled.”
There have been no reports of significant damage yet.
Lisa O’Halloran, from Forest Hill in Melbourne’s east, was breastfeeding her five-month-old when she felt the tremor.
“I was sitting in my bed, and it felt like a wind coming – like a howling. So, I went to check my phone, and then the windows started to shake. I was up for the last one, and I was like, ‘It’s an earthquake’,” she said.
O’Halloran felt the tremor for about 10 seconds and said it wasn’t as severe as the last one in May.
“There was kind of a growling noise from outside,” she said. “It’s just a bit scary when you’re sitting up late at night. It’s a bit of an eerie feeling.”
Tony Faella, 57, who lives in Langwarrin, felt his house shake for about 15 seconds.
“The bloody bed started shaking, and I thought, ‘Oh, there’s another earthquake’,” he said.
Faella said this one felt different from previous Victorian tremors because glasses and plates in his cabinets shook, whereas before he had only noticed his house moving. This time, he did not hear a bang before the tremor.
“I was in San Francisco when there was a seven [magnitude] earthquake and I felt that less than this one,” he adds, figuring the depth of the earthquake affected his experience.
More to come.
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