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Updated October 3, 2026 \u2014 3:11am,first published 2:21am<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n An earthquake in the early hours of Saturday has rattled Melbourne and regional Victoria.<\/p>\n Geoscience Australia reported a magnitude 4.8 quake was recorded just after 2am with an epicentre near the South Gippsland town of Leongatha, about 135 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.<\/p>\n More than 10,000 \u201cfelt reports\u201d had already been lodged with GeoScience Australia by 2.30am.<\/p>\n The federal government agency reported the tremor had a depth of 10 kilometres.<\/p>\n The Victoria State Emergency Service also confirmed the tremor and alerted crews.<\/p>\n A community information notice was published on VicEmergency and reported the earthquake occurred at 2.01am.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no immediate threat to the community and no action is required,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n Seismic activity has spiked in Victoria since a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in September 2021 damaged buildings in Melbourne and was felt across south-eastern Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aftershocks from that earthquake included a 3.8 magnitude quake near Sunbury in May 2023<\/a> that was the largest recorded within metropolitan Melbourne for 120 years.<\/p>\n Related Article<\/p>\n In June 2023, more than 10,000 people reported feeling a magnitude 4.6 quake<\/a> with an epicentre near Mount Baw Baw.<\/p>\n More recently, in August last year, hundreds of people were shaken awake by a magnitude 3.2 earthquake<\/a> on the Mornington Peninsula.<\/p>\n Experts have previously told The Age<\/a> these tremors were part of normal seismic activity in the aftermath of the September 2021 earthquake.<\/p>\n \u201cTonight\u2019s earthquake is a timely reminder to know what to do when an earthquake occurs,\u201d the SES said.<\/p>\n \u201cDrop to the ground, cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and protect your head and neck [and] hold on until the shaking stops.\u201d<\/p>\n Anyone in need of assistance is advised to call the SES on 132 500.<\/p>\n More to come<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790971692_482_ef180949b3be223ca20554428c2cba96ef8845f2.jpeg\")
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Lachlan Abbott<\/a> is a crime reporter at The Age. He was previously a city reporter and covered breaking news.Connect via email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated October 3, 2026 \u2014 3:11am,first published 2:21am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-913833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}