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Small earthquake off Port Stephens; no damage

BEN SMEE

12 Mar, 2010 09:25 AM

AUTHORITIES say no damage has been reported after a small earthquake was recorded off the coast of Port Stephens early this morning.

The tremor measured 3.4 on the richter scale, and hit about 80 kilometres off Stockton Bight, about 3.24am.

Residents across Port Stephens, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have reported feeling the quake.

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I never felt a thing, slept like a baby last night.

Posted by kakan, 12/03/2010 10:08:02 AM, on The Herald

Jolted me out of my sleep just before 3.30am but didn't realise what it was until I heard it on the radio this morning....

Posted by Christina, 12/03/2010 10:53:01 AM, on The Herald

.. I woke up to something that I thought was jets flying overhead but not quite 'right' and wondered whether an exercise was happening at the RAAF.

Posted by whoosh, 12/03/2010 11:27:41 AM, on The Herald

I was lying in bed listening to the misses snoring than heard a boom in the distance followed a few seconds later the bedroom windows shaking for about 5-10 seconds. Salamander Bay.

Posted by MINCHO, 12/03/2010 11:52:06 AM, on The Herald

Staying in a two story house at hawks nest and woke to two loud bangs and the bed and windows shaking. Thought someone had driven into the side of the house.

Posted by Mojo, 12/03/2010 12:02:23 PM, on The Herald

I live in the Newcastle inner suburbs and never felt any impac. Fortunately such minor seismic activity rarely causes damage and is quite common. Over 50,000 size 3 to 3.9 quakes are felt world-wide each year. Ones the size of the Newcastle quake number about 120 a year. I had to chuckle at the Sydney newspaper headline today "Earthquake Rocks NSW Hunter region". Not quite! Seems after the Newcastle Quake any minor seismic event in the region has to be portrayed as a potential disaster by some.

Posted by No Impact, 12/03/2010 12:15:10 PM, on The Herald

Wow, 3.4 on the excitement scale too, with people sleeping like babies through it and all!

Posted by Get Moderated, 12/03/2010 12:16:32 PM, on The Herald

I must've felt it in my sleep. I woke up at 3:30 am, but it was obviously finished.

Posted by Bernie, 12/03/2010 12:46:53 PM, on The Herald

I Felt it ! 3:36 in Tanilba -2 seperate little rumbles about 15sec apart - Woke me up. My bed was moving the most it has in a while, unfortunately.....

Posted by kmayb, 12/03/2010 1:06:22 PM, on The Herald

It must have gone right past Raymond Terrace because everyone i've talked to today never heard or felt a thing, some of these people were up at 3am for a 6am start in the mines so I know they aren't lying. Having said that, it was only very small so its got me beat how anyone could hear or feel anything that measures so low.

Posted by Carl, 12/03/2010 2:52:12 PM, on The Herald

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