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Melbourne earthquake: 'Very disturbing event' as buildings damaged after Australia hit by 6.0-magnitude tremor - Sky News

The Australian city of Melbourne has been struck by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake, Geoscience Australia has said.

The quake, which was one of the country's biggest on record, caused some damage to buildings as it hit the country's second-most populous city on Wednesday.

No serious injuries have been reported so far, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

A police officer closes an intersection where debris is scattered in the road after an earthquake damaged a building in Melbourne, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake caused damage in the city of Melbourne in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia, Geoscience Australia said. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
Image: A police officer closes an intersection where debris is scattered in the road

The epicentre was near the rural town of Mansfield in Victoria, about 124 miles (200km) northeast of Melbourne with tremors also felt in neighbouring Australian states.

Images and video footage showed rubble blocking one of Melbourne's main streets and damage to some buildings in the city.

People in northern parts of the city said on social media they had lost power while others said they were evacuated from buildings.

"We have had no reports of serious injuries, or worse, and that is very good news and we hope that good news will continue," said Mr Morrison.

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"It can be a very disturbing event, an earthquake of this nature. They are very rare events in Australia and as a result, I am sure people would have been quite distressed and disturbed."

Emergency workers survey damage in Melbourne, Australia, where debris is scattered on a road after part of a wall fell from a building during an earthquake, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake caused damage in the city of Melbourne in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia, Geoscience Australia said. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
Image: The quake caused some damage to buildings in Melbourne

The quake sent tremors throughout neighbouring states and was felt as far away as the city of Adelaide, which sits 500 miles (800km) to the west and Sydney, which is 600 miles (900km) to the north.

There were no reports of damage or injuries outside Melbourne.

Emergency Services personnel respond to an area that sustained damage from an earthquake in the Windsor suburb of Melbourne, Australia
Image: Emergency Services personnel respond to an area that sustained damage from an earthquake in the Windsor suburb of Melbourne

Quakes are a relatively unusual occurrence in Australia's populated east due to its position in the middle of the Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate, according to Geoscience Australia.

Wednesday's tremor measured higher than the country's deadliest tremor, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Newcastle in 1989, which caused 13 deaths.

No tsunami threat was issued for the Australian mainland, islands or territories, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

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