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Witness location : McMahons Creek (Australia) (46 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Heard it coming, doors and windows chattering, rolling for extended period after passing.

Witness location : Rawson (Australia) (49 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

woke from sleep. quite strong.

Witness location : East Warburton (Australia) (50 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

In Marysville Deep rumble but nothing really shook

Witness location : Mansfield (Australia) (55 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Strong but short

Witness location : Mansfield (Australia) (55 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Strong shake but short

Witness location : Healesville (Australia) (71 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 288 min

I thought I was hearing rain gradually getting heavier, until my bed, walls, windows etc started shaking. Tremor lasted approximately 20-30 seconds. There was no secondary tremor followed that we could feel at home. No damage, just the cat is creeping/stalking around every nook and cranny of every room attempting to find out what the heck happened 🕵🏽‍♀️😼.

Witness location : Moe - Newborough (Australia) (72 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Was watching the Ashes around 1:30AM when my couch started shaking quite strongly. I then noticed my bookshelf shaking and felt the house moving with a decent amount of force. No damage and nothing fell, but definitely felt the shaking.

Witness location : Maffra (Australia) (75 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 458 min

Woke up to the whole housing shaking. Always a sense of unease.

Witness location : Woori Yallock (Australia) (75 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Definitely knew it was an earthquake! No doubt! Didn't last long though

Witness location : Trafalgar (Australia) (75 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 264 min

Trafalgar, very mild.

Witness location : Warragul (Australia) (77 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Warragul

Witness location : Warragul (Australia) (78 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

It was dark, so technically I couldn’t see anything shaking, but I could feel it. No damage that I’ve seen from the inside of the house.

Witness location : Drouin (Australia) (78 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 460 min

Shook my bed for a few seconds

Witness location : Warragul (Australia) (78 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Heard it coming. The house rattled before and after the hit. Rather strange. Cats where up as well.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (87 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

A good rattle

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (89 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Woke me up but didn't feel big.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (89 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Short and sharp

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (89 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke me out if sleep

Witness location : Lilydale (Australia) (89 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt tremors - hanging items swinging on furniture.

Witness location : Kallista (Australia) (91 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

ten to fifteen seconds of rumble and shaking of the second story, pictures hanging on the wall needed realignment.

Witness location : Mooroolbark (Australia) (91 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

In bed & felt the tremble shake the base.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (92 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

In bed and heard it rumbling before it arrived

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (92 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Approximately 1:33am. Earthquake of several seconds in duration. Felt in Olinda, Victoria.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (93 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Mooroolbark (Australia) (94 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Croydon, VIC. Woke me up, seemed to last 10 second from the time I woke.

Witness location : Pakenham (Australia) (95 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

It lasted at least 10 seconds, the house was creaking above the usual booming sound of a tremor and the cats went running.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (96 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 235 min

Woke me in middle of night. Lasted about 10 seconds. Worked out it was an earthquake.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (96 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

The entire house was shaking

Witness location : The Basin (Australia) (96 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Shook me out of my deep sleep. Could hear things moving in drawers

Witness location : Croydon South (Australia) (97 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

house shook for at least 15-20 seconds. Peaked very quickly but very low rumbling for a while

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (97 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Slight earth movement detected and windows rattled for approximately 20-30 seconds

Witness location : Ferntree Gully (Australia) (98 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Heard the windows shaking

Witness location : Ringwood North (Australia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Significant shaking felt at Ringwood East, Vic.

Witness location : Officer (Australia) (99 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Strong enough to wake me up

Witness location : Boronia (Australia) (99 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I was shaken awake and not sure if it was an earthquake until I saw it registered here.

Witness location : Ferntree Gully (Australia) (99 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Felt earthquake

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

My whole bed shook and I’m in apartment block. It even sounded like something on the roof above me fell and broke.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Ringwood, Melbourne felt it

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (100 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Started with windows rattling, then got louder with more shaking, then tailed off. Probably lasted 30 or 40 seconds

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (100 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

I was sleeping but literally woke up when my bed started shaking. This is getting so frequent in Melbourne now.

Witness location : Officer (Australia) (100 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Made the bed frame rattle a little

Witness location : Bayswater (Australia) (100 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Boronia Victoria @ 1:36am

Witness location : Lysterfield (Australia) (101 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Strong enough to wake us up..

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (101 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 208 min

No noise just a "quiver" but not down my spiyiiiiinne

Witness location : Knoxfield (Australia) (101 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Felt the shakes of all objects in bed watching tv.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (101 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 480 min

I was asleep. It woke me up and my bed started shaking

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (101 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2255 min

Woken by bed moving/vibrating, heard windows and other items around room and house rattling, and general rumbling sound.

Witness location : Lysterfield (Australia) (103 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Mild windows shaking and a general rumble with sideways movement. Approximately 10-15 second in length.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (103 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

minor earthquake

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Good amount of shaking weird because there was no noise, other one earlier was very loud

Witness location : Templestowe (Australia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Finally felt my first earthquake YASSSS

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

It woke me up, lasted about 20s then stopped, windows, doors and my bed shaking.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (104 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Woke the family up.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (105 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 832 min

I was awake in bed on my phone when l felt a low rumble, and the house shake.I realised straight away it was an earthquake, l was not really alarmed.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (105 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Shook the house for about a few seconds

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (106 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 453 min

Earthquake

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (106 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Window rattling in Templestowe Vic Australia

Witness location : Cranbourne North (Australia) (107 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Went for 20 seconds

Witness location : Endeavour Hills (Australia) (107 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

1:32, I was in bed reading when I felt and heard my bed shakingas well as my crystals, on bedside table, ringing and moving.S. TranquilleDoveton 3177Vic

Witness location : Wheelers Hill (Australia) (107 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Small rattle. No sound.

Witness location : Rowville (Australia) (107 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

House creaked and shook! Not for too long!

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (108 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke me from my sleep

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (108 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 348 min

Windows were shaking very short

Witness location : Noble Park North (Australia) (108 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

I was asleep and woke to my bed shaking.

Witness location : Blackburn South (Australia) (108 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt in Melbourne eastern suburbs lasted about 5-7 seconds

Witness location : Loch (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Loch Victoria…just going to bed and things started shaking for about 5-10 seconds!

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Woken from sleep, lots of rattling

Witness location : Box Hill North (Australia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Minor brief shaking Doncaster.

Witness location : Noble Park North (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Very very mild, 2 seconds of small movement and roof/walls creaking, no "quake" noise (crack/bang) that we usually get

Witness location : Doveton (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt in Doveton Victoria Australia

Witness location : Mernda (Australia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

My bed was shaking

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

We just felt the ground shaking and the noise of things shaking outside ,and like the house shook and our beds shook thought something was wrong but we all safe just got scared

Witness location : Cranbourne North (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Sounded like 2 big thumps on the house

Witness location : Box Hill North (Australia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt the tremors for a few seconds. I was lying in bed and it felt like my cat had jumped up onto the bed.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

I thought someone walked into my houses lol

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (109 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Another one yet again?

Witness location : Lynbrook (Australia) (110 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Gave me a little bit of a fright

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (111 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 674 min

In lynbrook at around 2am

Witness location : Leongatha (Australia) (111 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I was asleep on the couch and I woke up feeling the shaking back and forward for a few seconds.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (111 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Only lasted a few seconds but felt house shake

Witness location : Balwyn North (Australia) (113 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Small rumble noticeable but nothing major

Witness location : Springvale (Australia) (113 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It was mild, and short but noticeable

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (113 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt it sitting in a chair on the ground floor, the blinds shook for a few seconds

Witness location : Devon Meadows (Australia) (113 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Couch shaken then house has some sort of vibration for at least 15 seconds.

Witness location : Bundoora (Australia) (113 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Very mild shaking felt for less than 10 seconds. Crockery heard to be wobbling in kitchen cupboard for approx 2 minutes.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (114 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Window and door shaking sounds, light tremors

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (115 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Rumbled the entire house

Witness location : Ashburton (Australia) (116 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Woken by the sound of a metal frame mirror rattling.

Witness location : Ashburton (Australia) (116 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Woken by the sound of a metal frame mirror rattling.

Witness location : Hughesdale (Australia) (116 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Movement for 2 min. Vibrating house, obviously an earthquake

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (116 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Very mild shaking and shuttering for 20-30 seconds, maybe less

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (117 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

This time I was reading in bed. Heard the rumble first then felt the bed shake reasonably significantly for a few seconds. Could feel it from the floor up. The room/house felt like it was shaking. Heard some progressive large bangs outside nearby so not sure what that was. No real damage that I can see, though it’s the middle of the night so I haven’t checked anything. But nothing fell off my shelves in my room, though it was loud enough and shaky enough to know that it was an earthquake. There was no mistaking it. It’s starting to feel somewhat alarming given we are not really known as a place that has earthquakes. But it’s becoming weirdly common in the grand scheme of things.

Witness location : Murrumbeena (Australia) (117 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Earthquake felt in S.E Melbourne.

Witness location : Wallan (Australia) (118 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Quite a shake

Witness location : Carrum Downs (Australia) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

i was in my bed and my room was vibrating and i felt my bed shake, tbh i thought it was my dog roaming around

Witness location : (Australia) (118 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 327 min

Slight shivering for a few seconds

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (118 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Just noticed some sounds, thought it was my kids walking down the hallway, then bed and walls vibrated a bit. Preston, VIC

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 249 min

It wake me up

Witness location : Aspendale Gardens (Australia) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Lasted maybe 3-4 seconds

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (118 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Prolonged 15-20 seconds of gentle rumble

Witness location : Malvern East (Australia) (119 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Slight tremors for about 10 seconds

Witness location : Fawkner (Australia) (119 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I heard the bedroom window frame shake along with my bed for 1-2 seconds.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (120 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Chelsea - Victoria - nice wobble !

Witness location : Armadale (Australia) (120 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Short wobble felt, only about 6 seconds.

Witness location : Mentone (Australia) (121 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Good solid shake, if i was to guess, probably a 4.8. Also who is Richter?

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (121 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 97 min

Slight shaking of bed felt.

Witness location : Coburg North (Australia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt the room begin to tremble and was very glad it didn’t last as long as the one last month

Witness location : Caulfield South (Australia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Nice little wobble. Very quick.

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Was laying in bed unable to sleep. Heard minor rumble and windows shaking.

Witness location : Caulfield (Australia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Earthquake just woke me from my sleep. Wall creaked and bed was rocking

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

Just a little shift here in Brunswick East, Melbourne. Wasn’t a big rumble like the larger one a couple of years ago, just an odd second when my appt building just shuddered

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

I am in South Yarra and the whole place shook.Terrifying

Witness location : Melbourne (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Lots of roof shaking and rolling sensation. Rumbling. Did not wake very sleepy pets though!

Witness location : Prahran (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Was laying in bed and it started shaking

Witness location : Fitzroy (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

I’m on the top floor of a five-story building in Melbourne. It shook hard enough for multiple items to generate noise in different parts of the apartment, but nothing was ejected from the shelves, and it died down quickly (~ 10 s?)

Witness location : Elsternwick (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt my bed move and the windows vibrating

Witness location : St Kilda East (Australia) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

My apartment shaking everything rattling

Witness location : Brunswick (Australia) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt in Brunswick Melbourne

Witness location : Carlton (Australia) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Slight crack of window panes then bed gently swayed for 2-3 seconds

Witness location : Parkville (Australia) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Shook the house but no damage and no items falling