PAKENHAM was shaken by an earth tremor on Tuesday morning.
The epicentre of the 4.4 magnitude quake was at Korumburra and rocked the region at 11.32am.
Adam Pascale, the Head of Seismology at the Environmental Services and Systems, said that aftershocks have been measured at a magnitude of 2.8.
“The tremor has been felt all across Melbourne, but would be worse in Korumburra and Leongatha,” he explained.
Aftershocks are expected over the next few days.
“There was a tremor measuring 1.9 a few days ago so we were anticipating some sort of tremors,” he said.
Professor Mike Sandiford from the Melbourne University School of Earth Sciences said that tremors were not uncommon in Korumburra.
“South Gippsland is relatively active in terms of tremors. Every four to five years we experience a sequence of tremors, but they are usually quite low,” he said.
Professor Sandiford said the eastern suburbs would have been hardest hit.
“Information on damage may not be able to be confirmed yet,” he explained.
In March 2009, Korumburra was hit by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake.
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