A small earthquake has struck near the West Coast town of Rosebery, according to Geoscience Australia.
The agency said the magnitude-3.1 quake hit at 8:54am on Saturday at a depth of 10 kilometres.
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Geoscience Australia confirmed the event less than 10 minutes later.
Its data showed the quake was detected by 12 seismic monitoring stations.
The closest was at Burnie, about 82 kilometres away.
Stations at Hobart, Lilydale, Moorlands and Gladstone also picked it up, Geoscience Australia said.
