Earthquake — Australia: Melbourne

When

21 Sep 2021

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.9

Where

Australia

Coordinates

37.49° S, 146.36° E

Intensity mmi

5

Depth km

10

Strong earthquake in Victoria, Australia

An earthquake struck approximately 53 kilometres SSE of the town of Mansfield, in the Victorian Alps of Australia on 22 September 2021, at 09:15 local time. The earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquake caused minor structural damage in parts of Melbourne and left one person injured.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 5.9 magnitude earthquake is reported, with the epicentre being around the Mansfield area in north-eastern Victoria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 5,9 sacude los Alpes Victorianos en Australia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page