Croydon, VIC: Fresh aftershock rocks Melbourne

An aftershock has rocked Melbourne just days after a larger earthquake shook the Victorian capital.

The 2.3 magnitude quake stuck at Croydon, about 33km east of Melbourne’s CBD, at 5.03pm on Tuesday.

It struck at a depth of four kilometres.

It comes just days after the initial earthquake, with a revised magnitude of four on the Richter scale, struck at Sunbury late on Sunday night.

“We’re aware of a small earthquake near Croydon in Melbourne’s east,” said Geoscience Australia on social media.

“Compared to Sunday night’s, it was very small, with only 20 felt reports so far.”

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“Felt a small aftershock around 5.15pm tonight,” said Facebook user Sue Curtis of Boronia, about 8km south of Croydon.

More than 26,000 people reported feeling Sunday’s earthquake, from the border town of Albury down to the Tasmanian capital of Hobart.

This week’s quakes have been relatively shallow, tending to be felt over a wider area.

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