A 5.8-size quake struck southeastern Australia on Wednesday morning, causing shaking in Melbourne, officials said.
There were no quick reports of injuries following the quake soon after 9 a.m. nearby time (7 p.m. ET Tuesday).
The U.S. Topographical Survey said the seismic tremor had a profundity of around 10 kilometers, or 6.2 miles. There was no danger of a tidal wave, authorities said.
The epicenter was south of Mount Buller, which is around 90 miles upper east of Melbourne.
Photographs showed harm to a structure in Melbourne, with blocks from an exterior littering a road.
A lady in the Melbourne suburb of Carrum Downs revealed to Seven News that she ran out of her home.
“The walls were moving,” she told the news association.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is in Washington, D.C., said there have been no reports of genuine wounds.
“It can be a very disturbing event, an earthquake of this nature. They are very rare events in Australia, and as a result, I am sure people would have been quite distressed and disturbed,” Morrison told reporters.
South Australia Police said the quake was felt in Adelaide, which is around 450 miles from the space of the focal point. It said there was no harm in the state, which borders Victoria.
The public authority office Geoscience Australia said there was a greatness 4 delayed repercussion 15 minutes after the main quake, and more consequential convulsions could be felt in southeastern Australia.