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The needle rests in the middle of the black lines indicating the strength of the quake on a red and white graph

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Three red and three green lines record the strength of the tremor on a computer screen
Seismologists say the shallowness of the quake meant it was louder and the shaking felt stronger to people in Melbourne.(ABC News: Patrick Rocca)

A map shows the area of Melbourne that could expect to feel an earthquake
Android users received a warning alert on their phones just seconds before the quake hit.(ABC News: Fraser Fyfe)

Large cracks in the plaster snake along the ceiling of a home
A Twitter user says the Sunbury quake caused these cracks in the ceiling of his South Morang home, in Melbourne's north-east.(Supplied)

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