A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit south-west Western Australia at 5:07 a.m. local time on Nov. 9.
The quake hit the Lake Muir area which is around 63 kilometers (39 miles) south-west of Kojonup and about 330 kilometres (205 miles) south of the state’s capital of Perth.
The tremors were also felt as far south as Albany.
The epicenter of the quake registered around 7 km (4.3 miles) below the surface, according to Geoscience Australia.
No #tsunami threat to Australia from #earthquake felt in #Albany WA (magnitude 5.4 near Lake Muir). See https://t.co/Tynv3ZPROS. pic.twitter.com/q3d6LgckoD
— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) November 8, 2018
The quake posed no tsunami threat, the earthquake monitoring service reported.
WA EARTHQUAKEA 5.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken Perth and WA's south.Did you feel it? You can send your videos to [email protected]/news#Earthquake #sun7 #7News
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“Was sitting at my office desk at 5.06 in Camillo and the chair and house started moving,” resident Bridget Herbert said on Facebook, according to 9 News.
Another resident, Frank from Bridgetown, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “There was like a rush of wind … and then the house started moving and rumbling and shaking. It was very loud.” He said it is the largest quake he’s felt since moving to the area close to 15 years ago. Bridgetown is about 100 kilometers (62.1 miles) northwest of Lake Muir.
California style earthquake in Western Australia – whole house shaking for a while solid. #perth #westernaustralia #earthquake #tremor
— Matt Ebden (@mattebden) November 8, 2018
The quake comes just close to two months since a 5.3 magnitude quake hit the same region in September.
Earlier this week, Geoscience Australia released an updated report on the tsunami likelihood owing to earthquakes for the whole Australian coastline (PDF). The updates revealed that the northwest coast of Western Australia is at high risk of being hit by tsunamis given its proximity to Indonesia’s active earthquake zones.
?#DYK the NW coast of #WA is more like to experience a #tsunami than other regions in #AUS? Today we released the latest update to the Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment, the first since 2008: https://t.co/0g92fnqK7x #TsunamiDay2018 #ResilienceForAll #SendaiFramework pic.twitter.com/Z8jPmpXKqr
— Geoscience Australia (@GeoscienceAus) November 5, 2018
The update to the Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment report is the first since 2008.
