Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He ru iti i wiri i nga whare i te taone o Melbourne o Pakenham i te po. I kii te Geoscience Ahitereiria ko te ruu 2.8-nui, i te hohonu o te 10km, i pa ki te tonga-rawhiti o te taone nui i te 11.39pm i te Turei. I whai ake i te ruu te wiri nui o te 1.3 i te 3.18am. Neke atu i te 300 ngā tāngata i pūrongo ki a Geoscience Ahitereiria, mai i ngā rohe tawhiti atu i te 50km mai i te pū o te ruu tae atu ki a Montrose i te rawhiti me Port Melbourne i te taone o roto. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te whare noho i te taha o Te Moana i Pakenham, i reira i pa ai te ru o te 2.8 i te Turei. Ko te 1928 Pakenham Hotel, i Pakenham, i te tonga-rawhiti o Melbourne. 'Kei te ripoata rātau i te rongo i ngā haruru nui o te whenua me ētahi haruru o ngā matapihi me te whenua i wiri mō ētahi tāngata i tata atu ki te kaupapa,' i kī a Andrea Thom o Geoscience Australia ki te ABC. Kāore e tūmanakohia he kino, ā, kāore anō hoki i tae mai he pūrongo mō tēnei take. I tere tonu te hurihanga o te ru ki runga i a Twitter i Melbourne, i te mea i haere nga kainoho o te taone ki te papaanga whatunga hapori ki te tohatoha i o raatau wheako. I tweet a Suzanna Masri: 'Kua ohorere te whakaoho e te mea i rite ki te #earthquake. He haruru nui, he wiri, he wiri i te papa. #Melbourne #Pakenham.' Neke atu i te 300 ngā tāngata i pūrongo ki Geoscience Ahitereiria i te āhua o te ru. Ko Chris S, nō Berwick, i kī mai i rongo ia i 'wha hēkona o te haruru, kātahi he pakaru nui.' Ko Bianca, @AussyGal, i tuhipoka 'He ru, he manu nunui ranei e tau ana ki runga i taku tuanui? #earthquake #Melbourne', i te mea ko Simon Coulton, @simoncoulton, i tuhi 'Kaore he mea pai atu i te huihuinga waehere #earthquake i waenganui i te waehere hei whakawehi i a koe #melbourne'. Ahakoa ko te kaha o te ruu i whakaarohia e etahi, tae atu ki a Ryan Alavi, @ralavi, nana nei i tuku: 'Ko aku whakaaro me aku inoi ki nga #Melbourne katoa i tirohia e ratou a raatau twitter ki te whakapumau mena he pono he #earthquake.' I puta tenei i muri i te ruu nui 3.1 i pa ki Moe, ki te rawhiti o Pakenham, i te wiki kua hipa. E ai ki te Ahorangi Mike Sandiford, no te Whare Wānanga o Melbourne o te Kura Pūtaiao o te Ao, he torutoru...
He ruu nui e 2.8 te kaha i pa ki te rohe o Pakenham o Melbourne. Neke atu i te 300 ngā tāngata i pūrongo ki a Geoscience Ahitereiria i te kaha o te ru. I whai ake i te ruu te wiri kaha o te 1.3 i te 3.18 i te ata.