This is the surprising moment that a freak-analgesion sent the northeast of Australia to convulsions and left shocked residents 'scared' and was confused in the midst of the rare seismic activity.
Geosciences Australia said it had discovered the earthquake with a Provisional size of 4.4 shortly after 9.30 pm, with the city of Townsville in Noord -Veensland seems to be the most difficult hit.
Thousands of Queenslander reported that they had experienced the earthquake about a huge part of the northern coast of the country, with tremors felt from the port city of Mackay to tropical boils more than 600 km away.
At least 4,000 houses lost power when the seismic waves waved over the state, but fortunately no significant damage or injuries were reported.
Nevertheless, the unusual earthquake, which hit at a depth of 10 km, made many residents feel uncomfortable.
'SUch a strange feeling to suddenly racing this weird power under you, causing your house to shiver, and then a kind of explosion, “they wrote online.
“We went outside, not sure what had happened and neighbors were there too.”
'A really weird feeling, the house and shaking the ground. Loud sound around and above us, “said another.
An earthquake with a provisional size of 4.4 was reported shortly after 9.30 pm in Townsville
The British manager Brenn Clinton said that his daughter, who was on vacation in Townsville, to evacuate her hotel in the middle of the rumbling.
'My daughter is just Facetimed, she has just been evacuated from her hotel because of an earthquake, in North Australia, [which has] Never experienced the earthquake before, “he said.
Images shared from the Shake showed that different houses were rattled by the event.
In one clip, a young woman had just left her house when the earthquake struck.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Dr. Phil Cummins told the ABC that the epicenter was between 20 km and 30 km southwest of Townsville.
He also spoke to the 'explosion', sounds that were reported close to the epicenter.
“If you are very close to the earthquake, the seismic waves are very impulsive, they arrive very quickly, completely in one big burst and there is a lot of high -frequency energy,” Dr. Cummins.
“As soon as the waves reproduce a certain distance, they tend to be spread more and have lower frequencies, there is more a rolling, perhaps rumbling movement.”
The Disaster Management Center of the city – which has already had to deal with floods and a cyclone this year – worked until midnight but declared no emergency.
A young woman is seen that her house leaves shortly before the earthquake
Townsville City Council Acting Mayor Ann-Marey Greaney said the Disaster Management Center worked until midnight, but did not go into emergency management.
“For me and I know for sure that everyone in the community surprised everyone,” said Townsville City Council acting mayor Ann-Maree Greaney.
“Certainly not what we expected on a Saturday evening, after a huge rain event two weeks ago.”
Those who need help were instructed to contact their local authorities.
