Earthquakes in Western Australia

This newly discovered earthquake beats the previous record for the largest earthquake recorded

 A magnitude 5.9 earthquake caused slight damage in suburban Melbourne on Wednesday in an unusually powerful temblor for Australia.

The quake hit about 80 miles northeast of Australia's second-most populous city near the town of Mansfield at a depth of 10 6 miles, Geoscience Australia said.

Schools in eastern Van province have been closed temporarily due to damage caused by the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck near the border with Iran on Feb. 23.

"Education is given a 15-day off. Then, a general evaluation will be made," Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Feb. 24.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Friday night in Romania's seismic region of Vrancea, BTA reported.

The quake was 113 km deep and its epicentre was 68 km east of Brasov. In December, 14 earthquakes with a magnitude between 2.1 and 3.8 on the Richter scale were recorded in Romania.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 has struck in western Greece, Athens' Geodynamics Institute reports.

The tremor struck at 6.08 pm local time (1508 GMT) about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of the city of Agrinio at a depth of 28 km (17 miles).

No damage has been reported so far.

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's southwest on March 20, authorities said.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's west late Feb. 20, the disaster authority said.

Iranian state television says the number of injured people from the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Nov. 25 in the country's west has risen to 634.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit western Iran on Dec. 11, state media reported.

Two earthquakes, magnitude 5.0 and 5.1, have been recorded in Croatia.

The earthquakes have also been felt in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and elsewhere in the Balkans.