A powerful earthquake struck Victoria.
The 4.1 magnitude tremor struck near Woods Point in Victoria’s High Country, about 180 kilometres northeast of Melbourne and 78 kilometres north of Moe, at 3.48am on Wednesday.
GeoScience Australia recorded more than 1,500 “feeling reports” of the quake, with no reports of damage to buildings or infrastructure.
VicEmergency shared a message with residents shortly before 5am warning that the quake may have caused minor damage.
“This earthquake has been felt in Wangaratta, Benalla, South Morang, Healesville, Yarra Junction and Dargo,” VicEmergency wrote.
Experts said the quake had a depth of about 8 kilometers, so it is unlikely to cause any damage.
A low-level warning has been issued for much of the state, stretching from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs to Falls Creek in the east, Shepparton and Wangaratta in the north and Latrobe Valley in the south.
The quake was the largest to hit the region since June last year, according to the Seismological Research Center.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Woods Point in Victoria’s High Country at 3.48am on Wednesday.
The tremor was felt in Wangaratta, Benalla, South Morang, Healesville, Yarra Junction and Dargo, with more than 1,400 people reporting the quake.
Some Victorians said the quake “woke me up”, while others in surrounding areas shared that they too felt the tremor.
“It made my windows shake in Heathmont,” one person wrote on social media.
“It was felt in Lakes Entrance,” commented a second.
“Yes! I felt it in danger ranges… just a slight tremor for about 15 seconds,” commented a third, to which another person replied: “Wow, so far away!”
The quake was the largest to hit the area since a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Victoria’s Alpine region last June, according to the Seismological Research Centre.
The region also recorded seismic activity in September 2021 after recording a 5.9 magnitude earthquake.
Seismologist Adam Pascale told Sunrise on Wednesday that the tremor was part of seismic activity following the September 2021 earthquake.
“We have been receiving feedback in this area since 2021, this is the third largest feedback,” Pascale said.
‘People who live in that area probably feel them more often than most people in Melbourne.
“Once you get to magnitude 4, that’s when people who are that far away can feel it.”
The Bureau of Meteorology said there was “no tsunami threat to Australia” following the Woods Point earthquake.
The Seismological Research Center said the quake was the largest to hit the region since June 2023 (pictured)