Undersea earthquake strikes off NSW coast
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake has struck offshore New South Wales this morning.
Geoscience Australia confirmed the quake hit off the coast of Batemans Bay on the south coast, just before 8am at a depth of 10 kilometres.
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The quake hit off the southern NSW coast shortly before 8am. Geoscience Australia
There have been no reports of damage at this point.
9News has contacted the Bureau of Meteorology for comment.
Earthquakes are typically caused when tectonic plates, or fault lines, "slip" in a rapid motion.
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Pacific Plate boundaries and their relative motion. U.S. Geological Survey
Geoscience Australia said Australia is relatively safe from inland quakes as it "sits in the middle of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate", however it's not totally immune.
A destructive 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck east Victoria last year, causing buildings to crumble in Melbourne.
It was the state's largest recorded quake in history.
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