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  "id": 11519093,
  "title": "Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/magnitude-4-8-earthquake-hits-victoria-with-tremors-felt-across-11519093",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:57:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/magnitude-48-earthquake-hits-victoria-with-tremors-felt-across-melbourne"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning, shaking Melbourne and waking people across the whole region. Geoscience Australia said it detected an earthquake with a preliminary…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Melbourne, Victoria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/magnitude-4-8-earthquake-rattles-melbourne-victoria",
        "published": "2026-10-02T16:45:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles Melbourne, Victoria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/magnitude-4-8-earthquake-rattles-melbourne-victoria-11481793",
        "published": "2026-10-02T16:45:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Magnitude-4.8 earthquake strikes in rural Victoria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/magnitude-4-8-earthquake-strikes-in-rural-victoria",
        "published": "2026-10-02T17:47:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/magnitude-4-8-earthquake-hits-victoria-with-tremors-felt-across",
        "published": "2026-10-02T19:57:16.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}