Small magnitude 3.0 earthquake 45 miles southwest of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake near Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, was reported only 15 minutes ago by Geoscience Australia (GeoAu), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Australia. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles beneath the epicenter in the afternoon on Saturday, February 28th, 2026, at 4:54 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 3.0 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.0.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Port Fairy (pop. 3,300, 43 miles away), Warrnambool (pop. 32,900, 45 miles away), and Dennington (pop. 1,800, 46 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Feb 28, 2026 04:54 pm (GMT +9) local time (28 Feb 2026 07:54 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.0
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39°S / 142.2°E (Australia)
Primary data source: GeoAu
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