Quake in Victoria

An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale has shaken the town of Myrtleford in Victoria's north-east.The tremor was detected about 6am (AEST) on Monday, and lasted only a couple of seconds, Geoscience Australia said.
Seismologist Phil Cummins said the earthquake occurred 45km south-east of the town and did not cause any damage."We estimate a magnitude of 3.5, and was not large enough to cause damage," Mr Cummins said."It appears to have been shallow, but the depth is uncertain (at this time)."Mr Cummins said that shock waves could be felt in the area, but he did not expect any further earthquakes in the coming days.He said small quakes like this were common in Australia, even though the country was not on the edge of a plate boundary.
The Indian-Australian plate was being pushed north and was colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific platesvb, he said."That sort of creates a compression of the plate, and it squeezes it," Mr Cummins said."In this area (Myrtleford), it is pretty much squeezed in an east-west direction, so due to that squeezing the stress in the Earth's crust gradually builds up until it is eventually released."According to Geoscience Australia, there was a small earthquake, which measured 2.5 on the Richter scale recorded on June 6, near Foster, 140km south-east of Melbourne.On May 28, a quake measuring 2.5 occurred near Grantville, in Victoria's south-east.