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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck in Victoria’s High Country early on Wednesday morning.Geoscience Australia has recorded more than 1500 “felt reports” for the tremor near Woods Point at 3.48am. It was measured at a depth of eight kilometres.VicEmergency released an advice message shortly before 5am that warned minor damage may have occurred.“This earthquake has been felt in Wangaratta, Benalla, South Morang, Healesville, Yarra Junction and Dargo,” the alert said.The low-level warning covered a large swath of the eastern half of Victoria, stretching from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne to Falls Creek. The alert zone reached as far north as Shepparton and Wangaratta while extending to the Latrobe Valley in the south.Despite the Victoria State Emergency Service caution, the message also said: “The earthquake has resulted in little to no reported damage.”The Bureau of Meteorology also posted on social media: “No tsunami threat to Australia from earthquake felt in Woods Point, VIC.”The Seismology Research Centre said on X that Wednesday’s earthquake was the largest earthquake in Victoria’s alpine region since a magnitude 4.7 tremor in June 2023.

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