# Australia daily digest — 3 Oct 2026

One Australian release was indexed for Saturday 3 October. Geoscience Australia recorded a preliminary magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Melbourne.

Source-local date: Saturday 3 October 2026 (Australia/Sydney). 1 release(s). Canonical: https://mediarelease.co/digests/au/2026-10-03/

## Releases

### [Preliminary Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake recorded near Melbourne, Victoria](https://mediarelease.co/au/mr01164-preliminary-magnitude-4-8-earthquake-recorded-near-melbourne-victoria-03102026.html)

Issued by: Geoscience Australia · Original source: https://www.ga.gov.au/news/earthquake-information-for-media-outlets

Geoscience Australia’s National Earthquake Alerts Centre recorded a preliminary magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Leongatha, south-east of Melbourne, at 2:01 am AEST on Saturday 3 October 2026. A magnitude 3.1 aftershock followed shortly afterwards. The agency is directing the public to Earthquakes@GA for updates and felt reports, and has issued media materials for outlets covering the Victorian event.

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