A 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck Gippsland this morning

Some residents in Gippsland received a rude awakening this morning after a small Earthquake struck near Leongatha. 

The earthquake measured 3.2 on the Richter Scale just before 6am. 

Listener Caroline who lives in Koonwarra near the epicentre said it gave her an almighty fright – ‘I thought a tree had fallen on our house’. 

Others reported feeling the tremor as far as Brighton.

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