‘House Was Moving’: Residents Share Experiences of 3.9 Magnitude Quake

Published on May 22, 2024

Residents of the New South Wales city of Goulburn and its surrounding areas may have felt some shaking after a 3.9 magnitude quake rattled the region on the morning of May 23. Geoscience Australia says the incident happened at 6.41 a.m. near Taralga, with shaking felt as far away as Sydney to Canberra. The quake’s epicentre was recorded near Crookwell, north of Goulburn, with a depth of one kilometre. One resident, commenting on the Seismology Research Centre’s Facebook page, described the dramatic sensation at Cowra. “House certainly was moving under us, it felt like we were rolling off a wave,” local Christian Storey said....

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