Great Southern residents awoke today to 'unreal' shaking that sounded 'like heavy trucks' as the 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck.
abc.net.au/news/earthquake-hits-rural-western-australia-arthur-river-and-wagin/101933470Residents south-east of Perth have reported "unreal" shaking that sounded "like heavy trucks" following a 4.1-magnitude earthquake.More than 90 people reported feeling the tremors to Geoscience AustraliaGeoscience Australia recorded the earthquake at about 8:40am between Arthur River and Wagin in Western Australia's Great Southern region.
Over 45km away from today's earthquake, Mokup resident Elaine Venn felt the tremor and said she'd never experienced one so strong."I was sitting at the table on my laptop, and suddenly you could just feel the house shaking and the windows shaking, and I instantly knew it was an earthquake," Ms Venn said.Katherine Goss lives halfway between Darkan and Arthur River and has felt tremors over the last 12 months."Windows rattled the entire time," she said.
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