A 3.6-magnitude earthquake has rattled the Blue Mountains, with the ground shaking also shaking in Sydney‘s west and was felt as far as the NSW Central Coast.
The quake occurred 9km the beneath the surface in the Blue Mountains National Park near Warragamba area at around 8.53pm on Friday.
More than 17,500 residents in Penrith and the Blue Mountains immediately reported that they felt it.
One family who felt their home shake in Greystanes in Sydney’s west said that they’d never experienced anything like it.
And a resident in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains told Daily Mail Australia they felt a ‘big tremor’ hit.
‘The quake rattled the house a bit which is unusual. Not even intense wind rattles it,’ they said.
‘Just felt the house (shake),’ another person posted on X.
Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone wrote on Facebook that he ‘felt the foundation of my home shake’.
‘I hope everyone is ok,’ he wrote.
People flocked to social media to report their experiences.
‘Was like a massive booom!! In Springwood!!’ one person wrote on the NSW Rural Fire Service Facebook page.
‘Very strong in Lawson,’ another person reported,
‘Huge thud and shaking, then neighbours all out on the street trying to work out what had happened. My pets felt it and ran seconds before it happened.’
On a NSW Incident Facebook page, a resident in Penrith reported that it ‘felt like a giant stomped once on our front lawn. No tremor, just a big thud.’
