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It earlier said the quake, which hit Queensland state, was of 5.7 magnitude.<br \/>There was no threat of tsunami to Queensland, Australia&#8217;s weather forecaster said in an alert on its website.<br \/>A spokesperson from state-run energy distribution company Energex told the Australian Broadcasting Corp that around 11,000 properties were without power after the quake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near the east coast of Australia on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, the EMSC said. 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