article_snippet: Earthquake quickly began trending on Twitter in Melbourne, as the Inner City's residents headed to the social media network site to share the city's residents experiences.
article_snippet: Suzanna Masri tweeted: 'Suddenly awoken by what felt like an #earthquake.
article_snippet: Bianca, @AussyGal, tweeted 'Earthquake or giant bird landing on my roof?
article_snippet: #earthquake #Melbourne', while Simon Coulton, @simoncoulton, wrote 'Nothing like an #earthquake mid coding session to scare the pants off you #melbourne'.
article_snippet: Although the severity of Earthquake was questioned by some, including Ryan Alavi, @ralavi, who posted: 'My thoughts and prayers with all #Melbourne who had to check all #Melbourne who had to check their twitter to confirm if there was really and #earthquake' twitter to confirm if there was really and #earthquake'.
article_snippet: Prof Sandiford, said there had been a few hundred earthquakes in the South Gippsland area and the South Gippsland area surrounds since a large 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit the South Gippsland area in 2012. '
article_snippet: It's a reasonably active area by Australian standards, and this is a more active phase,' Prof Sandiford said. '
article_snippet: the South Gippsland area's releasing more seismic energy than the South Gippsland area had in a few years.'