Houses shaken by 4.7-magnitude earthquake in Western Australia

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Western Australia has been shaken by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake, the second tremor to be felt in the state in a month.

Geoscience Australia recorded the quake near Lake Muir, northwest of Denmark, shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Residents in nearby towns reported shaking from the tremor, which comes weeks after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the same region on September 16.

Western Australia has been shaken by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake near Lake Muir, northwest of Denmark.
A Geoscience Australia map showing the quake near Lake Muir, northwest of Denmark. It was a 4.7-magnitude quake which, struck shortly after midnight on Saturday. Source: Geoscience Australia

One Denmark resident wrote on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre website their, “bed was vibrating and the walls were creaking”.

An Albany resident, who is normally a “sound sleeper”, said it shook their entire house.

“The windows rattled so hard that it woke me,” the person wrote.

Denmark mum Kelly Gadsby told WA Today her home was shaking.

“My three-year-old daughter woke up and said, ‘Mummy, something just wriggled my house again!’,” Ms Gadsby said.

The mum added her home wasn’t damaged by the quake.

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