{"id":11650,"date":"2021-09-22T12:13:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T04:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T04:13:27","slug":"5-8-magnitude-quake-hits-australias-victoria-with-violent-shaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11650","title":{"rendered":"5.8-magnitude quake hits Australia’s Victoria with violent shaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SYDNEY, Sept 22\u00a0 — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Australia’s state of Victoria at 9.15 am local time Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents felt violent shaking but no serious injures were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The epicenter, around Mansfield in Victoria’s northeast, is about 130 km away from Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne. Australia’s Seismology Research Center reported that preliminary readings showed the quake lasted around 20 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison who is in New York for a UN meeting said that there had been no reports of serious injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“They are very rare events in Australia, and as a result, I’m sure people would have been quite distressed and disturbed by that, particularly in the most immediate area affected,” Morrison said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents across metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria reported violent shaking. Building damage has been reported across Melbourne, and apartment buildings are being evacuated in inner Melbourne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 “I felt the shaking start from upstairs. I thought someone was skipping upstairs, the shaking became stronger and stronger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The curtain pullcord started banging against the window, and gradually the whole building started shaking and making noises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At first, I thought it was the wind, but when I went out onto the balcony, I saw that there were already many people gathering in the street,” Jen Qiu who lived in Metropolitan Melbourne told Xinhua.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria State Emergency Service tweeted, “If you have building damage or require SES assistance, phone 132500 and please be patient as lines may be busy.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Victorian Emergency issued an earthquake warning, saying a number of aftershocks have occurred and can continue to occur for sometime after the main earthquake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Seismology Research Center head Adam Pascale told national broadcaster ABC that “there is a small likelihood that there could be a larger event but we’ll see as we go.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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