A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck Port Hedland at a depth of 10km.
Dozens in Western Australia woke up to the tremor, which hit the state’s Pilbara region at 4.49am local time on Wednesday.
‘Was in a deep slept and woke me up, wasn’t sure if it was a thud or earthquake in the south,’ one local wrote on social media.
‘Definitely felt that one, I thought a train crashed,’ a second wrote.
A third commented: ‘Yep, heard more than felt it. And a few smaller ones afterwards. Pets freaking out’.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Boodarie located 6km from the epicenter, South Hedland about 10km and Wedgefield 14km away.
There is no tsunami threat to Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed.
No injuries have been reported.
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck the WA town of Port Hedland at a depth of 10km
Dozens in Western Australia woke up to the tremor, which hit at about 7.49am on Wednesday
It comes as a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the northern Philippines, as authorities warned of damage and aftershock from the tremor.
The quake hit at a depth of 10km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Wednesday.
Philippine seismology agency PHIVOLCS said the quake struck the northern town of Bangui in the Ilocos province.
There were no immediate reports of damage from the tremor.
Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which lies on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean that is prone to seismic activity.
