By Tanya Steele
Croydon was once again the epicentre of an earthquake, with a magnitude 2.3 earthquake felt across the Yarra Ranges on 30 May, making it the fourth quake in a number of weeks.
This most recent earthquake occurred at 5.03pm, and no injuries or damage have been recorded by the SES on social media overnight.
The quake was recorded at a depth of 4km and over 250 reports have been lodged at the Geoscience Australia website.
This minor magnitude quake follows the three others that occurred on 16 May, 22 May and the much larger quake on 29 May.
The 3.8 magnitude earthquake on 29 May had a depth of around 2km and hit the region at 11.40 pm with over 20,732 felt reports made by the community via the Earthquakes@GA website.
The public can access the Geoscience website to see areas where “felt’ reports have been lodged in their areas.
For more information, visit: earthquakes.ga.gov.au
