Magnitude 2.1 earthquake rattles tiny town of Tully in Far North Qld
Residents of the small town of Tully in the state’s Far North have reported sounds ‘like a big fire igniting’ and dishes rattling on their sinks after an earthquake struck on Tuesday night.
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Residents of the small town of Tully in the state’s Far North have reported sounds “like a big fire igniting” and dishes rattling on their sinks after an earthquake struck on Tuesday night.
A light magnitude 2.1 earthquake hit 8.7km away from the town at 8.02pm.
Almost 60 people reported to have “felt” the tremor on the official Geoscience Australia website.
“Sounded like a big fire igniting,” resident Shannon Cooper said.
“My dishes on the sink shook on Bryant St.”
“Our dog ran out and acted scared then later sounded and felt like something hit the house, floor shook,” another person said.
“Heard a big bang and the house shook McQuillen St,” another resident wrote on social media.
“My dog has barked both times and I felt the vibration in my house. Scary,” a nearby resident said.
“We heard an explosion,” another poster wrote.
The epicentre of the earthquake was recorded in the Alcock Forest Reserve, on the outskirts of Tully.
It had a very shallow depth of 10km and was felt widely in the area, with reports from residents the quake was felt and heard up to 50km north in Wangan.
“We heard it in Wangan. Was so loud,” a resident commented.
About 9.52pm, the Tully shake was followed by a much larger 5.7 magnitude quake off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
The largest earthquake in southeast Australia last week was the magnitude 3.9 located SW of Taralga NSW. The nearest seismograph, around 50km away, has shown no clearly discernible aftershocks. While uncommon, one-off earthquakes without foreshocks or aftershocks do happen. pic.twitter.com/Npw1zFdWnr
— Seismology Research Centre (@AusQuake) May 27, 2024
The Tully event follows another light earthquake which struck parts of News South Wales and Canberra five days ago.
Multiple residents reported feeling the 3.8 magnitude shake at 6.41am on Thursday.
In August 2016, North Queensland was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was recorded 70km off the coast of Bowen.
It was the largest earthquake recorded in the sunshine state for more than 20 years.
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