Denman Earthquake, NSW: 5.0 magnitude quake hits area of ​​Australia’s east coast – Sydney residents report shaking

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has been reported near Denman, New South Wales. Australians living hours away in Sydney felt the tremors.

The earthquake was recorded by the scientific agency Geoscience Australia and the epicentre was identified as Wollemi National Park.

Denman is located a three-hour drive northwest of Sydney and approximately 135km west of Newcastle.

The Bureau of Meteorology reported on X that the earthquake did not pose a tsunami risk.

According to the GA website, the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km and 14 km east of Denman.

NSW Police have not received any reports of injuries so far.

Sydney residents reported feeling tremors. ‘My apartment just moved.. who else in Sydney felt it (earthquake)?!’, one wrote.

‘Was there just an earthquake in Sydney, or did my building just shake for fun?!’

Lavis Mitre 10 in Muswellbrook posted a photo of items strewn across the aisles after the earthquake

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has been reported near Denman, NSW – Australians living hours away in Sydney felt tremors

A third said: ‘I just felt a real earthquake in Sydney. The TV on the wall shook, as did the bed I was sitting on. Crazy!’

Residents of New South Wales living closer to the epicentre, in Mudgee and Gulgong (a two-hour drive west of Denman), reported walls and floors shaking.

“Dogs were barking… they were scared shitless,” someone posted.

Others further west near Dunedoo and someone at Anna Bay, north of Newcastle on the coast, also reported feeling tremors.

Residents of Newcastle’s suburbs also felt the earthquake.

‘Things on my table at Swansea Heads were rattling,’ said one. ‘It didn’t even occur to me that it was an earthquake.’

‘I thought my house was going to collapse… I live in Muswellbrook, we’ve had two aftershocks so far, the south side of town was without power,’ wrote someone else.

According to the Geoscience Australia website, the earthquake is believed to have occurred at a depth of 10 km and 14 km east of Denman.

Anna Edwards posted photos on social media of cracks in the walls of her home, claiming they were caused by the earthquake.

‘Well, that was the first time I really felt an earthquake!! The house shook, the walls cracked. Wild!’

Lavis Mitre 10 in Muswellbrook posted a photo of items strewn across the aisles after the earthquake.

“Now that was epic, huh?!,” was the caption to the photo.

Muswellbrook South Public School posted a message to parents on Facebook at approximately 12.19pm, stating: “Staff and students have been safely evacuated to our upper oval schoolyard pending further instructions.”

At another school, St James’ Primary, it said: “We are all OK”, but asked parents to pick up their children.

“We have no power so please come pick up your children,” the message read.

More coming soon.

On X, Anna Edwards posted photos of cracks in the walls of her home caused by the earthquake

Denman is located a three-hour drive northwest of Sydney and approximately 135km west of the city of Newcastle.