Melbourne earthquake: Residents feel Magnitude 2.2 tremor in Pakenham
Hundreds of residents in Melbourne’s southeast have been rocked by a Pakenham earthquake, with one resident saying it was “like thunder”. And geoscientists have confirmed its size.
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Hundreds of residents in Melbourne’s southeast were rocked by an earthquake near Pakenham on Wednesday night.
One Pakenham resident said it “shook my house a lot”, while people from neighbouring suburbs like Narre Warren also felt the tremor.
Another Pakenham resident posted on Facebook that compared to another earthquake in the area in 2012 this one was more noise than rattle.
“The 2012 was 5.3 which I thought was a train derailing, the one today was more like thunder,” she said.
A Twitter use said she felt and heard the quake in Pakenham.
“Just what we need on top of COVID-19,” she wrote.
While it was felt closest to its epicentre at Pakenham, people from as far as Croydon reported feeling the shake.
Geoscience Australia confirmed there was a Magnitude 2.2 tremor at 7:08pm near Pakenham, about 60 kilometres southeast of the CBD.
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