Scary/ The biggest earthquake in 120 years shakes this country, here's the magnitude

Melbourne was rocked on Sunday by the biggest earthquake to hit the Australian city in more than a century, shaking buildings but with little damage.

The 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit the northwestern suburb of Sunbury at 11:41 p.m. local time at a depth of 2 kilometers, according to Geoscience Australia.

Adam Pascale, chief scientist at the Victoria-based Center for Seismology Research, said the quake was the largest within 40 kilometers of Melbourne since a magnitude 4.5 quake in 1902.

Geoscience Australia said it had received more than 21,000 reports of the quake, with shockwaves felt as far away as the city of Bendigo, about 150 kilometers north of Melbourne, and as far south as Hobart on the island of Tasmania.

Melbourne in April overtook Sydney to become Australia's most populous city, and many of the city's 5.8 million residents woke up on Monday with a tale to tell.

"It felt like a plane crashed near my house or something," one resident said, according to CNN affiliate 7Nea.

"I'm on the 70th floor in the Eureka Tower and the whole building swayed several feet," another Melbourne resident said on Twitter, referring to a downtown skyscraper, CNN affiliate Sky News Australia reported.

Byroja e Meteorologjisë e Australisë tha në Twitter se nuk kishte kërcënim për cunami nga tërmeti, megjithëse shërbimet e urgjencës paralajmëruan për pasgoditje të mundshme në një deklaratë në Facebook.

Shumica e tërmeteve ndodhin në Unazën e Zjarrit të Paqësorit , ku shtrihen vullkanet më aktive në botë dhe ku ndodhin dridhjet ndërsa pllakat tektonike shtyhen kundër njëra-tjetrës.

Earthquakes are not that common in Australia, although the continent experiences seismic activity due to the movement of tectonic plates. In 2021, Victoria experienced a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that caused some minor structural damage to Melbourne, despite striking nearly 200 kilometers away.