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An earthquake has struck one of Western Australia’s largest mining towns.
The 3.8-magnitude quake hit about 28km north-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder at 6.41pm on Monday.
More than 230 people reported feeling the tremor, according to Geoscience Australia.
More than 200 people reported feeling the tremors from the earthquake (pictured, epicentre) with many mistaking it for a mining blast
Hundreds of people reported feeling the magnitude 3.8 earthquake which struck north of the WA mining town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (pictured)
One report from the Goodfields Woodlands Conservation Park, south-west of the mining town, described the quake as ‘strong’ on the Geoscience Australia scale.
A number of social media users said they mistook the ‘rumbling’ for a mining blast or a plane flying overhead.
Magnitude 2.6 and 2.7 earthquakes were registered in WA’s Cue and Ravensthorpe within the hour of the Kalgoorlie quake.
The latest tremor comes weeks after a 3.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the Goldfields region on July 26.
