2.9 magnitude earthquake rattles Victoria’s west near Warrnambool

Victoria’s west has been shaken by a magnitude 2.9 earthquake, the third in a string of tremors to rattle the state in just three days.

Three earthquakes have hit Victoria within three days. Picture: Supplied

Victorians awoke to tremors on Thursday morning as an earthquake stretching 10km was recorded in the state’s northeast.

A magnitude 2.9 quake was recorded with an epicentre offshore near Warrnambool at 2.18am on Thursday with residents taking to social media to report the tremors.

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake at a depth of 10km was recorded this morning at 2:18 am with an epicentre offshore of Warnambool.

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The shake was the third in a string of earthquakes to rattle the state this week.

A 2.9 magnitude quake was recorded in the early hours of Wednesday at 6.02am northeast of Bendigo with an epicentre at Rushworth.

And a 2.8 magnitude quake struck just after midnight at 12.30am on Tuesday with an epicentre located near Mount Dandenong.

South Australia also felt a rattle on Tuesday just hours after Victoria.

No damages have been recorded thus far.