A 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected near Melbourne on Wednesday, writes Reuters. The epicenter was near the town of Mansfield, at a depth of 10 miles in the state of Victoria. Rubble covered one of Melbourne’s main streets, while power outages were reported in many places. More people had to be evacuated. No tsunami is expected.
Half of Australia’s 25 million people live in the southeast of the country. The earthquake was detected all the way to the city of Adeleide, about 800 km away. There were no reports of injuries so far. Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is on a visit to the United States, stated in a press question that he was not aware of any serious injuries.
In earthquake news BBC Citing a doctor who was just having heart surgery in Geelong, near Melbourne, when the earth moved. Samir Thakur said that everything shook in the operating room, but fortunately no problem, they were able to interrupt the operation without the patient suffering from it. When the concussion was over, the intervention continued.
According to Geoscience Australia, earthquakes are very rare in the eastern part of the country, with the Indo-Australian tectonic plate in the center of the country. The current earthquake is only astonishing because it was greater than the magnitude 5.6 from Newcastle in 1989, in which 13 people lost their lives.
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