Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Another earthquake rocks Arawata Tuesday night

Another in the series of earthquakes in the Arawata area, north of the population centres of Korumburra and Leongatha rocked the area shortly before midnight on Tuesday, October 27.

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Another earthquake rocks Arawata Tuesday night
Another in the series of earthquakes in the Arawata area, north of the population centres of Korumburra and Leongatha rocked the area shortly before midnight on Tuesday, October 27.

ANOTHER earthquake measuring 3.5 MLa struck South Gippsland at 11:52.33 on Tuesday night, October 27.

Located south east of Arawata at a depth of only 3km it was felt over a wide area with 1263 recording their experience with Geoscience Australia within an hour of the incident.

It follows a magnitude 4.9 earthquake centred in nearby Kardella just after 2am on Saturday, October 3, 2026.

The earthquake was widely felt across Victoria and into New South Wales, with over 21,000 felt reports registered.

Thereafter followed more than a dozen recorded earthquakes and tremors over the course of the month with the latest quakes one of the biggest aftershocks.

The quake was felt over a wide area.

More to follow.

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