Australia news live: Melbourne shaken by 4.6-magnitude earthquake with epicentre in Rawson

Earthquake hit 170km east of the city shortly before 2am

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Melburnians were shaken by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake at 1.32am, a tremblor that follows one of 3.8 a month ago. The Bureau of Meteorology said the earthquake’s epicentre was in Rawson north of Traralgon in Gippsland, 170km east of the state’s capital. There was no tsunami risk, BoM said. There has been damage or injuries reported so far.

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