Small magnitude 3.5 tremor reported 19 miles south of Warragul, Victoria, Australia

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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake near Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia, was reported just 4 minutes ago by RaspberryShake’s citizen-seismograph network, considered the main national agency monitoring seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles beneath the epicenter on Wednesday morning, October 28th, 2026, at 10:01 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Arawata (pop. 79), located 2 miles from the epicenter; Korumburra (pop. 4,300), 2 miles away; Leongatha (pop. 5,400), 6 miles away; and Inverloch (pop. 5,300), 16 miles away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Warragul (pop. 19,900), located 19 miles from the epicenter; Wonthaggi (pop. 4,800), 19 miles away; Drouin (pop. 11,900), 20 miles away; and Moe (pop. 9,400), 27 miles away.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 28, 2026 10:01 am (GMT +11) local time (27 Oct 2026 23:01 GMT)Magnitude: 3.5Hypocenter depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 38.43°S / 145.87°E (South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia)Primary data source: RaspberryShake