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Buildings crack, roads buckle in magnitude-3.8 Melbourne earthquake

Tom Burton
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Damage reports have come in after Melbourne was hit with a powerful 3.8-magnitude earthquake shortly before midnight on Sunday. High-rise buildings shook during the rolling tremors that lasted about 20 seconds.

According to Geoscience Australia, the earthquake’s epicentre was in the Sunbury region near Glenvale, about 30 kilometres north of the Melbourne CBD near the airport. It began at 11.41 pm at a depth of three kilometres at a magnitude of 3.8.

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Tom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com

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