By Tanya Steele
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake has been recorded with an epicentre near Croydon which was felt across the Yarra Ranges 30 May, making it the fourth quake in a number of weeks.
This most recent earthquake occurred at 5:03pm, and no injuries or damage have been recorded by the SES on social media overnight.
The quake was recorded at a depth of 4km and over 250 reports have been lodged at the Geoscience Australia website.
This minor magnitude quake follows the three others that occurred on 16 May, 22 May and the much larger quake on 29 May.
The 3.8 magnitude earthquake on 29 May had a depth of around 2km and hit the region at 11.40 pm with over 20,732 felt reports made by the community via the Earthquakes@GA website.
Most of the reports centred around Melbourne, but there were some as far north as Bendigo and as far south as Hobart.
In the last five years, four other earthquakes of magnitude three or greater have been recorded in Victoria, including a 5.9 magnitude north of Rawson in 2021 which caused some localised damage.
The public can access the Geoscience website to see areas where “felt’ reports have been lodged in their areas.
For more information, visit: earthquakes.ga.gov.au
