Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near east coast of Australia, EMSC says

(Reuters) -A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near the east coast of Australia, on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), the EMSC said.

The EMSC previously said the quake was of 5.7 magnitude.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)