A major earthquake (magnitude 7.4) hit 90km south of Macquarie Island this morning at 10:30am local time.
No tsunami was generated.
Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island and a part of the state of Tasmania, Australia.
Macquarie Island is on the Macquarie Ridge at the junction of the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates. Large earthquakes (6 or greater on the Richter scale) occur approximately once a year.
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Waken up during sleep by tremors at about 2.30am Sunday 5 april on Flinders Island Tasmania
lasting about 10 seconds