Did anyone else feel the significant earthquake at Paluma today?
At 1 pm today (Sunday 23 August) my entire house shook for some 6 seconds. The windows and doors rattled quite violently and the cups on the kitchen sink also rattled and moved from their original position. There was a very brief hiatus and then another shorter rumble. The dog woke from his sleeping place on the floor and with the second rumble took off in fright to run outside. I have felt earthquakes and tremors before, but today’s was a significant shake-up.
After a few minutes I did a Google search to find that a 4.9 magnitude earthquake had been recorded in North Queensland some 197 km from Townsville towards Charters Towers.
Did others feel the quake too? Any damage at your place?
Michele Bird