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Thousands Rattled by 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Near Australian City

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Thousands of Victorians have been rattled by an earthquake near Melbourne, Victoria, just after midnight on Feb. 9. Geoscience Australia confirmed the quake struck near Leongatha, in South Gippsland, about 135 km south east of Melbourne. While thousands of people were rattled by the tremors, no injuries or deaths had been reported in Victoria at the time of writing. The earthquake was felt as far north as Sunbury in Melbourne to Wilson’s Promontory National Park in the south, the government agency said. A chart on the Geoscience Australia earthquake website indicates more than 5,000 people have reported feeling the earthquake. The agency’s website states the earthquake was 4.4-magnitude and 10 kilometres in depth, with 5,496 felt reports lodged....

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