article_snippet: A small earthquake  shook houses in the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham overnight.
article_snippet: Geoscience Australia said the 2.8-magnitude quake, at a depth of 10km, struck the southeast of the Inner City at 11.39pm on Tuesday.
article_snippet: the quake was followed by a 1.3-magnitude aftershock at 3.18am.
article_snippet: More than 300 people reported feeling A 2.8-magnitude earthquake to Geoscience Australia, from suburbs as far as 50km from the epicentre including Montrose in the east and Port Melbourne in the Inner City.
article_snippet: Residential complex around The Lake in Pakenham, where a 2.8-magnitude quake struck  on Tuesday .
article_snippet: generally report hearing loud earth noises and some rattling of windows and the earth shook for some people who were a bit closer to the event,' Geoscience Australia Andrea Thom told the ABC. '
article_snippet: More than 300 people reported feeling an #earthquake to Geoscience Australia .
article_snippet: This comes after a 3.1-magnitude quake hit Moe, to the east of Pakenham, last week.
highlights_snippet: A 2.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham .
  
highlights_snippet: More than 300 people reported feeling the quake to Geoscience Australia .
  
highlights_snippet: A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was followed by a 1.3-magnitude aftershock at 3.18am .