GENERALQUIET
14 days ago · Australia
Magnitude-4.8 earthquake strikes in rural Victoria
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Australia. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 17:47 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Magnitude-4.8 earthquake strikes in rural Victoria”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Geoscience Australia says the quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres just after 2am, and that the epicentre was near Leongatha, about 135km south-east of Melbourne.
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Story timeline
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- First reported by ABC Australia
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Reported by 1 outlet
- ABC