The owner of a Mansfield cellar door near the epicentre of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake is describing it as feeling like a masonry drill being taken to her house.

Two after shocks have been felt in the Victorian Alpine town since the initial quake at 9:15AM.

Rural editor Eddie Summerfield spoke with Cellar Door Owner and Winemaker Ros Ritchie shortly after the third tremor.

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