The Victorian town of Mansfield was shaken by a magnitude 3.4 earthquake this morning.
More than 100 people reported feeling the tremor at 9:01am.
It rattled windows in the town as neighbouring communities dealt with a messy flood-clean up and braced for more rain.
Mansfield resident Barb told ABC Statewide Mornings that her "whole house went 'thump, thump.'"
"It was very peculiar," she said.
Barb said she did not feel tremors as acutely as she did in the September 2021 earthquake.
"It was just two bangs that I heard and I went out to see what was happening, because I didn't even think of an earthquake," she said.
"We had two big thumps — the cat went for her life."
Melbourne University earthquake science associate professor Mark Quigley said it could have been an aftershock from the 5.9 magnitude earthquake at Woods Point last year.
"That major earthquake generated a lot of aftershocks in the region and this one that just happened could be one of the aftershocks as the crust settles down from the big one we had in 2021," he said.
Dr Quigley said the Woods Point earthquake was 250 times bigger and released about 4,000 times more energy than today's quake.
'Rumble' spooks roos
Mansfield Zoo owner Bronwen Robbins said the kangaroos were the first to notice the quake this morning.
"The kangaroos got a bit spooked and were hopping around," she said.
"The earthquake this morning was much smaller than a year ago — it was just a rumble.
"Last year you could see the ripples in the ground but this time you could just feel, like, vibrations.
"It's like if you're standing next to a truck that's dropping off large rocks, you can feel the ground vibrating and the noise of it.
"I didn't register that it was an earthquake straight away, but it's not something that registers in our minds."
'Had the same feel'
The quake was also felt at Lima South, 30 kilometres north of Mansfield.
Midland Holiday Park owner Kay Kutchel said it was like "a loud thump" followed by a rattle.
"I was upstairs when it happened and I was in the same place last year during the previous earthquake and it felt the same," she said.
"It wasn't anything major — nothing like the last one, but it certainly had the same feel about it."
Ms Kutchel said she hadn't experienced earthquakes before 2021.
"The big one last year was terrible and I was worried that the floor was going to fall out underneath me," she said.
