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Not much damage in Melbourne, at least so far (hopefully nothing bigger happens, this comment is a couple of hours since the main shock). A few poorly built brick walls have toppled in some places but that's about all.

The epicentres were close to Mansfield[1] which is a town of about 4,800. According to State Emergency Services (SES) reports in the news, they've had a bit over 100 requests for assistance, largely related to minor structural damage to chimneys and facades of buildings.

If you search twitter for "Chapel Street" you can probably find some footage of a wall collapse.

Nothing too serious all in all as far as I can tell. No reports of injuries that I've heard.

While there are plenty of small tremors in Australia that usually go unnoticed, ones that are widely noticeable let-alone alarming are quite rare.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield,_Victoria

There are some towns nearby. Worst I've heard of so far is broken windows, cracked ceilings and the like. Definitely some potential for injury, but I haven't heard of anyone significantly hurt.