Earthquake shakes Australian breakfast show studio

The quake's epicentre was near the rural town of Mansfield, about 124 miles northeast of Melbourne, and was at a depth of 6 miles.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation's journalists Michael Rowland and Tony Armstrong were in the studio for the breakfast show when the earthquake hit, shaking the TV set.

No tsunami threat has been issued to the Australian mainland, islands or territories, the country's Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement.