Melbourne was shaken by a rare and shallow earthquake -- the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century -- swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little damage.
Preliminary information indicated the 3.8-magnitude quake struck the northwestern suburb of Sunbury at 11:41 pm local time at a depth of 2 kilometers , according to government agency Geoscience Australia. Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Victoria-based Seismology Research Centre, said the earthquake was the largest within 40 kilometers of Melbourne since a magnitude 4.5 quake hit in 1902. “It woke me up! Probably 5-10 seconds of minor shaking.
“I’m on the 70th floor in the Eureka Tower and the entire building swayed a couple of metres,” another Melbourne resident said on Twitter, referring to a downtown skyscraper, CNN affiliate Sky News Australia reported. One person said they “ran out of the house with a machete” in their pajamas. “Our old house sounded like it was getting broken into,” they added, according to Sky News Australia.
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