People gather near a damaged building in the popular shopping Chapel Street in Melbourne on September 22, 2021, after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. AFP PHOTO
MELBOURNE: A shallow quake rattled southeastern Australia early on Wednesday, sending panicked residents running into the streets of the second-largest city of Melbourne.
The rare quake hit east of the city just after 9 a.m. local time (7 a.m. in Manila) and was felt hundreds of kilometers away.