M4.7 earthquake 15 km NW of Leongatha, Victoria, Australia

Name: M4.7 earthquake 15 km NW of Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
Start: 2026-10-02T16:01:39.581Z
End: 2026-10-02T16:01:39.581Z
Location: 15 km NW of Leongatha, Victoria, Australia

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Leongatha, Victoria, Australia at 02:01 local time (16:01 UTC) on 3 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies · revised from M4.9

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-10-02 16:17 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude: 4.7light
body-wave magnitude (mb)
revised from 4.9
Depth: 10 km
Status: Reviewed
Origin time: 2026-10-02 16:01:39 UTC; Local: 3 Oct 2026, 02:01:39 (Australia/Melbourne)
Epicentre: 38.380° S, 145.840° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
Place	Distance	Est. shaking
LeongathaVictoria, Australia · pop. 5,408	15 km	VModerate
WarragulVictoria, Australia · pop. 19,856	26 km	IVLight
TraralgonVictoria, Australia · pop. 26,907	64 km	IIIWeak
Frankston EastVictoria, Australia · pop. 34,457	68 km	IIIWeak
Balwyn NorthVictoria, Australia · pop. 21,302	93 km	IIWeak
MelbourneVictoria, Australia · pop. 5,435,590	100 km	IIWeak
GeelongVictoria, Australia · pop. 282,809	132 km	IIWeak

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 92 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

Agency	Magnitude	Depth	Epicentre	Time offset	Status
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences	4.9 mb	10 km	38.16° S, 145.81° E	+2.1 s	Automatic
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey	4.7 mb	10 km	38.38° S, 145.84° E	–	Reviewed

How big was it?

Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.

It released roughly the energy of 169 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

Compare M4.7 with M3.7

M4.7 releases about 32× the energy of M3.7, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 169 t of TNT vs 5.4 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M3.7. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

No later earthquakes have been recorded within 30 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

Reports on SeismoAtlas

No reports yet.

Event id gfz2026thvo. First recorded here 2 Oct 2026, 16:09:36 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026thvo); USGS (usgs:us6000tz1y). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.7 earthquake 15 km NW of Leongatha, Victoria, Australia”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026thvo-m4-7-earthquake-15-km-nw-of-leongatha-victoria-australia, data from USGS, GFZ.

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