Victoria Rumbles With 3rd Quake in a Month

Victoria has been shaken up by a third earthquake in less than a month, following a trend of regular seismic activity across Australia. The most recent was a 3.4 magnitude earthquake at Hamilton around 5 a.m. on Aug. 29. “A magnitude 3.4 earthquake at a 3 kilometres depth has been recorded this morning, with an epicentre at Hamilton,” the Victoria State Emergency Service said. The quake didn’t cause any major damage and only a handful of reports were made. It was, however, slightly stronger than the magnitude 3.0 quake that hit the southern Gippsland region on Aug. 26. There was then the Aug. 7 earthquake in Victoria’s high country that registered 4.2....