‘Chance of significant aftershocks’:Victoria hit by earthquake,warnings of more to come
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‘Chance of significant aftershocks’:Victoria hit by earthquake,warnings of more to come

Buildings shook across Victoria on Wednesday morning just after 9am,with residents from metropolitan Melbourne to Geelong to Gippsland reporting violent shaking,but the SES says no injuries have been reported.

  • byPatrick Hatch,Simone Fox Koob andDominic Powell

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Earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Sydney,ACT,Tasmania

Earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Sydney,ACT,Tasmania

Geoscience Australia says the magnitude 5.9 earthquake was detected near Mansfield about 9.15am at a depth of 10 kilometres.

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Scientists say quake probably caused by tectonic pressure from NZ

Scientists say quake probably caused by tectonic pressure from NZ

At the quake’s epicentre just south of Mansfield,the ground probably moved about 10 centimetres,but experts say Victorian buildings are made to withstand the kind of shaking experienced on Wednesday morning.

  • byLiam Mannix
Earthquake felt from Melbourne to Canberra
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Earthquake felt from Melbourne to Canberra

Vision is surfacing after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattles Victoria.

‘I actually wondered if a bomb had gone off’:What readers said about the earthquake

‘I actually wondered if a bomb had gone off’:What readers said about the earthquake

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake was felt across the state on Wednesday morning,and as far afield as Sydney and Canberra. Here are readers’ experiences.

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Grieving Haitians gather to bury their dead after devastating earthquake
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Grieving Haitians gather to bury their dead after devastating earthquake

The collapse of churches in some of the worst-affected towns and villages left many residents to grieve in open fields.

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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake,fanning security fears
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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake,fanning security fears

Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of aid to remote areas hardest hit by last week’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in the impoverished Caribbean country.

  • byLaura Gottesdiener andRicardo Arduengo
Under the Volcano:The tiny island that rocked until disaster hit
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Under the Volcano:The tiny island that rocked until disaster hit

Two Australian filmmakers have captured the glory years of Beatles’ producer George Martin’s Montserrat studio,as well as the disasters that ended the dream.

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Earthquake death toll climbs past 1000 as tropical storm bears down on Haiti
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Earthquake death toll climbs past 1000 as tropical storm bears down on Haiti

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors before a tropical storm hit.

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Major earthquake in Haiti kills hundreds,reduces buildings to rubble
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Major earthquake in Haiti kills hundreds,reduces buildings to rubble

A major earthquake reduced buildings to rubble and sent shock waves across the Caribbean,where people fled their homes for fear they might collapse.

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Scientists shoot powerful X-rays to shed light on how earthquakes work
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Scientists shoot powerful X-rays to shed light on how earthquakes work

Previously unknown property of how gypsum behaves under huge pressure sheds light on plate tectonics and raises the possibility of cheaper building materials.

  • byStuart Layt