3.1 magnitude earthquake near Korumburra

A 3.1 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded in South Gippsland last night (Saturday, February 26).

The earthquake, with an epicentre south of Korumburra, occurred at around 9.45pm at a depth of 0.37 km.

More than 150 people lodged a report on the Geoscience Australia website - Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation - to indicate they felt it.

A Callaway Crescent, Leongatha, resident said they heard what they thought was the rumble and roar of a truck.

Another in the eastern part of town said she was sitting in armchair at the time and felt the chair wobble as the tremor went through.

But a resident living in the centre of town said they didn’t hear or feel anything.

Senior seismologist Hugh Glanville from Geoscience Australia told Daily Mail Australia the zone around Leongatha had a higher seismic hazard than other parts of Victoria.

"Over the last ten years they've had around 100 earthquakes within 100km, averaging around 10 earthquakes a year.

"Most of them are quite small but there have been large ones. In 2012 there was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake near Moe and in 2009 there were two magnitude 4.6s nearby."