Small tremor of magnitude 3.0 just reported 8 miles northeast of Lake Margarette, Australia

Sat, 6 Mar 2021, 04:21

04:21 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

3.0 quake 6 Mar 11:51 am (GMT +8)

Just 30 minutes ago, a 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Lake Margarette, Koorda, Australia Ocidental, Australia. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday 6 March 2021 at 11:51 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 3.1 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by Geoscience Australia (GeoAu), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 3.0 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Lake Margarette (pop. 18) located 8 miles from the epicenter.

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Date & time: 6 Mar 2021 11:51 am (GMT +8) local time (6 Mar 2021 03:51 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.0
Depth: 5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.61°S / 117.63°E

(Koorda, Australia Ocidental, Australia)
Primary data source: GeoAu

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