A boom before the shaking: South Gippsland's 4.8 earthquake on 10 News
The comment section turned into a map of where Victorians felt it, from Leongatha and Sunbury to South Yarra and Woodend.
10 NewsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 165,463 views a day, 44 times a normal first day on this channel (3,751).
Thousands React After Strongest Earthquake in Years Hits Victoria | 10 News
Victoria does not get many earthquakes people can feel, so a magnitude 4.8 in South Gippsland, billed as the state's strongest tremor in five years, woke a lot of people at once. The 10 News short on it, built around residents' reactions, passed 150,000 views within its first 20 hours, far beyond the start this Australian broadcaster's clips usually get.
The description says more than 20,000 people reported feeling it, with loud rumbling and an overnight jolt. Under the video, viewers kept adding their own pins to the map. One near Leongatha heard a boom before the shaking began and noticed an aftershock later. Others felt it as far off as Sunbury, South Yarra and Woodend, while someone awake in Cranbourne felt nothing and wonders why. Locals also argue over which town gets to claim the epicenter, Leongatha or Korumburra. A few viewers grumble about the social media posts the report leans on.
Some compare it with the 2021 earthquake near Mansfield, which they remember as longer and stronger. That one measured 5.9 and was felt across Melbourne. Short clips here usually draw a couple of comments on their first day; this one drew 57 before its first day was out.
It was a heavy news day for the channel. Two clips on a car that crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters in Wallsend, injuring ten people including a five-year-old girl, also ran far ahead of usual, as did footage of a tornado damaging homes around Ulladulla on the NSW South Coast.
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What viewers say
My whole house felt like it was gonna fall over
@theflyingtwins2See it on YouTubeI live about 20kms from Leongatha & a boom sound woke me up, a few seconds later the shaking started. Also felt a minor aftershock later on.
@c.r.mcleod8959See it on YouTubeMy toilet paper fell off the holder - can I claim it on insurance 😂😂
@AussieTracySee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- 10 News
- Subscribers
- 1,150,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,391,270
- Channel views, pace per day
- 286,718 (on a normal day: 550,594)
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 153,514 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 165,463
The numbers
A short that usually opens quietly on this channel had one of the busiest first days of the bulletin's clips, in views and in comments.
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South Gippsland is home to the southernmost point of mainland Australia. Where is it?
South Point on Wilsons Promontory, in South Gippsland, is the southern tip of the Australian mainland.
