The epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 2 km.
Photo: Geoscience Australia
Earthquake tremors were felt in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday night. The earth quake occurred at 11:41 pm local time, with a magnitude of 3.8. The epicenter was in the northwestern suburb of Sunbury. Although in general the earthquake was not of such a large scale, but it was very shallow and hence it was felt with more force.
The epicenter was 2 km deep, which classified the earthquake as ‘rare’. Adam Pascal, chief scientist at the Australian Seismology Research Centre, said via his Twitter account: “Last night a magnitude 4.0 was the largest within 40 km of Melbourne in 120 years, last magnitude 4.5 in 1902”.
Geoscience Australia, the organization that monitors this type of science in the ocean country, shared a map with the areas where the earthquake occurred on Sunday. “We’ve had 21,386 reports so far, some as far north as Bendigo (over 90km) and as far south as Hobart (over 600km).”
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Was there a danger of tsunami?
As reported by the Victoria State Emergency Service, there was no tsunami threat for that part of the area. “Tonight’s earthquake measured 3.8 compared to September 2021 when we experienced a magnitude 5.9 earthquake here in Victoria.”
Emergency services told citizens not to call unless they were in danger. For its part, the Office of Meteorology also assured that there was no tsunami threat to the Victoria region or areas near the epicenter of the earthquake.
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