Some Victorians were woken by a rattle on Tuesday morning as a 3.2-magnitude earthquake hit the state's south-east.

The quake struck near Leongatha in Victoria's Gippsland region at a depth of four kilometres, about 5.40am.

It was reportedly felt as far as the beachside suburb of Brighton in Melbourne's east.

Twitter user Susan McAlpine said the earthquake was "moderately noisy" and shook household items.