Overview
- Geoscience Australia reported a magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Leongatha at about 2am local time and estimated its depth at roughly 10 kilometres.
- The agency recorded more than 14,000 public submissions saying they felt the tremor, with many people reporting swaying houses, rattling windows and loud booming noises.
- Early coverage and official data do not indicate widespread structural damage, and reporting has focused on the strength of shaking and residents’ experiences.
- Australia experiences lower seismic activity than plate-boundary regions, but intraplate quakes like this can be felt across a broad area because shallow events transmit shaking widely.
- Geoscience Australia is the national authority that logs event parameters and collects felt reports, and further updates or analysis may follow as scientists review the data.