'Whole house rattled': earthquake felt by thousands

By AAP Newswire

Aug 23, 2024

Thousands of people have reported feeling an earthquake over an area spanning hundreds of kilometres from south of Sydney to the NSW mid-north coast.

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The 5.0-magnitude quake hit Denman, around three hours north of Sydney in the upper Hunter region, at 12.02pm on Friday.

More than 2000 people had reported feeling tremors in the following hour, including many residents more than 200km away in Sydney.

A woman in Muswellbrook, about 20 minutes' drive from Denman, said there were multiple shocks from around midday.

"There were two (and it was) not just a tremor, it was a massive earthquake," she told Sydney radio 2GB.

"The whole house rattled, and then about half a minute later, it rattled again.

"I actually thought it was my new kitten knocking down some things."

A man more than three hours' drive away at Cranebrook in western Sydney also felt multiple shocks, but said the earthquake "wasn't massive".

The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat due to the earthquake.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press

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