MORE aftershocks are expected after Victoria’s south was rocked by two earthquakes, including a magnitude 4.4 tremor felt in Melbourne, more than 100km from its epicentre.
The shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake, which hit at 11.32am (AEST), was felt in Melbourne’s CBD and the city’s southeastern suburbs.
A second, smaller quake shook Korumburra, in Victoria’s east, with reports it was again felt in Melbourne, at 12.37pm, a spokesman from Geosciences Australia said.
The epicentre of the original quake was about 7km west of Korumburra.
Korumburra Hotel publican Troy Patterson said when the earthquake hit, the pub shook for about eight seconds, accompanied by a loud rumbling.
“The whole place literally shook,” he said.
“You would think a truck had driven through the pub.”
Kara from Rowville, in Melbourne’s southeast, said she initially thought it was the wind rattling the windows.
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