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Biggest Quake in 5 Years Causes Damage In Australia’s Melbourne
Biggest Quake in 5 Years Causes Damage In Australia’s Melbourne
22 Sep 2021, 09:57 AM IST
(Bloomberg) -- An earthquake has caused damaged to buildings in Australia’s second most-populous city, Melbourne.
The magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 38 kilometers south of Mount Buller in the country’s south east, according to the U.S Geological Survey. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers.
The earthquake is the country’s biggest in five years, Geoscience Australia data show.
Video footage emerged on Twitter showing building rubble on Melbourne’s Chapel St, a popular restaurant and nightclub area about 5 kilometers southeast of the central business district.
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