A 5.0 Magnitude earthquake has left residents of a Victorian tourist hotspot shaken up.
Thousands of people were woken with a start after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit Victoria in the early hours of Sunday morning.The quake struck near Colac and Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road just after 2am on Sunday morning with people as far away as Melbourne feeling the tremors.The quake happened near the iconic Great Ocean Road but was felt as far away as Melbourne.
“Woke up here in Colac wondering what the loud bang was, then thought the shaking floor was that my husband probably fell over,” Hannah, a local resident wrote on Facebook.Other people living near the epicentre reported their houses violently shaking, with one woman saying she was worried her roof was going to cave in.A 5.0 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 7km was recorded near Colac at 2:11am this morning.
If one occurs, you should drop to the ground and take cover under a sturdy item like a table until the shaking stops, the SES said. Sunday morning’s tremor is the second in Victoria this month after residents in an area in the state’s east woke to a “loud rumble” on October 7. A 5.9 magnitude quake, one of the biggest ever recorded in the state, destroyed several buildings in Melbourne in 2021.Millions of Aussies are being warned to prepare for the worst as hot, dry and windy weather creates dangerous conditions around the country.One state is set to receive “a month’s worth of rain” over the weekend while other parts of the country prepare to swelter through heatwaves and extreme fire conditions.
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