There seem to have been more earthquakes than usual lately. Why?
This is advice issued by the Victorian SES on what to do in an earthquake,including aftershocks.
Australia is actually quite earthquake prone thanks to a unique,warped stress field that lies across our continent.
Sunday’s earthquake struck at 11.41pm,just two kilometres below ground level,which created a powerful bang and shudder that jolted Melburnians from their beds.
Sunday night’s earthquake in Sunbury was 100 times smaller than the Victorian tremor that caused damage in 2021,but still shook tens of thousands of Melburnians due to its proximity to the city.
Loud bangs,barking dogs and rattling windows. Here are some experiences of Sunday’s earthquake,described by Age readers.
Parts of Melbourne have been rattled by a short,but relatively powerful earth tremor.
Teams of volunteers gathered at Federation Square on Saturday to help prepare meal kits to be sent to people affected by the war in Ukraine and the earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria.
The magnitude 7.7 quake hit at a depth of 37 kilometres in New Caledonia,triggering a tsunami warning.
The tremor was felt by Melburnians as far west of the epicentre as Camberwell,and as far south as Narre Warren.
You can take a sneak peek at restoration of heritage buildings destroyed by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.