Magnitude 2.9 earthquake strikes Kalgoorlie

Magnitude 2.9 earthquake earthquake strikes Western Australia – with hundreds of locals waking up to the tremor

• Magnitude 2.9 earthquake rocks the Western Australia town of Kalgoorlie
• Hundreds of locals reported waking up to their houses shaking from the quake
• It struck at 5:31am on Tuesday morning in southern part of mining town 

By Sam McPhee For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:24 EDT, 10 October 2022 | Updated: 22:05 EDT, 10 October 2022

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A magnitude 2.9 earthquake has rocked the Western Australian town of Kalgoorlie with residents reporting waking up to their houses shaking.

Hundreds of locals felt the quake, which struck at 5.31 am on Tuesday morning, centred in the southern part of the mining town at a depth of 7km.

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People initially thought the tremor was related to nearby mineral operations, but the government confirmed the quake later in the morning. 

‘Living in Kalgoorlie, you always think, oh that’s another mining blast. But woke up to the house shaking at 5:31. Just a 2.9 Mag Earthquake. Good morning,’ resident Robert Koenig Luck wrote on Twitter.

More to come.

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake has rocked the Western Australian town of Kalgoorlie with residents reporting waking up to their houses shaking