Earthquakes in Victoria felt in SA, NSW, Tasmania and ACT

Buildings in Adelaide were evacuated and people in and around the CBD were left rattled after a quake rocked Victoria this morning.

City workers and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital were evacuated after an earthquake that rocked rural Victoria on Wednesday morning was also felt across South Australia.

The magnitude 6.0 quake struck near Mansfield north of Melbourne at 9.15am, AEST.

The Seismology Centre said a 5.3-magnitude quake was recorded in Gippsland, suggesting the epicentre was about 100km from Melbourne.

The quake was reportedly felt as far afield as NSW, the ACT and Tasmania, with several reports in Adelaide.

An SA Health spokeswoman confirmed department staff were evacuated from its Hindmarsh Square offices.

A magnitude 6.0 quake sent shockwaves across Australia this morning. Image; Geoscience Australia.

A number of people were also evacuated from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for about an hour while assessment of the building was undertaken, but had since been allowed back into the building.

“While we are confident that the building is safe, staff are asked to report any smell of gas or water leakage or anything unusual to the engineering team, we will continue to monitor as a precaution,” Lesley Dwyer, chief executive of the Central Adelaide Local Health Network said.

Geoscience Australia confirmed the event in a tweet.

A second, magnitude 4 quake was recorded about 18 minutes after the first.

Did you feel the earth move this morning? A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded at 9:15am in Mansfield, VIC. No tsunami threat to VIC per @BOM_au. Fill out a felt report at Earthquakes@GA👉 https://t.co/7FHfgUNeR6pic.twitter.com/W5S8DI5Do6

— Geoscience Australia (@GeoscienceAus) September 22, 2021

Graeme Fell was in his caravan when his surroundings began to shake for around 10 seconds at 9am.

“I was lying in bed and everything was shaking, really rocking,” Mr Fell, who is staying at the Adelaide Caravan Park at Hackney, said.

“I said to my wife (Mavis), ‘It’s a tremor’, and she said it was the wind, but the trees weren’t moving.

“Nothing fell off the shelves or anything, but we thought someone was playing a joke on us, pushing on the caravan.”

The Victorian couple spent four months in Broome and about a month in South Australia and are planning to head home in coming weeks.

SA Police issued a statement confirming the quake was felt in South Australia but there were no reports of injuries.

SA Police is the lead agency dealing with earthquakes in South Australia.

SAPOL said it would monitor the situation today “as after shocks may occur”.

Adelaide woman Lyn told The Advertiser via Twitter she was on the 8th floor of a building on North Terrace when the quake hit.

“I felt myself swaying slightly side to side,” she said.
“Thought I was having some kind of moment but was physically moving, not just in my head”.

Adrian Dipilato told The Advertiser he was on the 14th floor of a building on King William St near Rundle Mall when the room began shaking.

He tweeted a video which shows the room rocking from side to side.

Did Adelaide just have a earthquake? I took this 14 stories up in the city. 😬😬😬 #earthquakepic.twitter.com/J7t174knaJ

— Adrian Dipilato (@AdrianDipilato) September 21, 2021

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