A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Victoria’s south-west coast this afternoon, with the tremor felt hundreds of kilometres away.

The quake’s epicentre was about 100km west of King Island in Bass Strait, at depth of 36km. It hit at 12.48pm.

There was no tsunami warning issued but the shocks could be felt in Warrnambool, where windows were left shaking.

Deakin University history and politics lecturer Ben Wilkie felt the earthquake in his Warrnambool office.

“I was just sitting at my desk when I noticed the windows shaking,” Mr Wilkie said.

“You could hear them rattling and I could feel my desk moving.”

“It lasted about five seconds.”

“I’ve never known an earthquake to affect Warrnambool before.”

“We didn’t know what it was until I looked on Twitter and saw the Bureau of Meteorology’s post about it.”

“There was no damage, just a bit of excitement,” he said.

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