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Witness location : Mundubbera (Australia) (52 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 299 min

Dogs barking. Birds going crazy. What an experience.

Witness location : Childers (Australia) (82 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 481 min

Woke to hear Windows rattling and all 4 birds thrashing themselves around in their cages

Witness location : (Australia) (94 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

I have never felt one at my house before. They are going to do road works soon in front of my house. I thought they must have started early.

Witness location : (Australia) (94 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 77 min

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Witness location : (Australia) (94 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 544 min

Saw the mirror on the wall moving. Felt a rumble in the floor. Felt like someone had dropped something heavy in the house.

Witness location : Thabeban (Australia) (94 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 158 min

I woke up at 1;57 am and just caught the end of shaking .

Witness location : Burnett Heads (Australia) (102 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

Woke up 1:58am to bed and windows shacking. Dogs in street barking like crazy

Witness location : Round Hill (Australia) (108 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 50 min

Tremor went for 10seconds Agnes waters QLD 1.57Am

Witness location : Woodgate (Australia) (110 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

No jjust shook the house !! Y

Witness location : Maryborough (Australia) (131 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Windows rattled, house shook, lowest brick.

Witness location : Maryborough (Australia) (131 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 335 min

I have lived in Maryborough for 33 yrs and have never felt a Earthquake here.

Witness location : Boyne Island (Australia) (133 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

I woke up to shakes of about 1 sec in length for about 15 seconds like someone walking heavily up the stairs shaking the whole house.

Witness location : Tannum Sands (Australia) (133 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 318 min

heard a low rumble like thunder, about 3 sec shake.

Witness location : Boyne Island (Australia) (135 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 687 min

Felt the house shaking back and forth maybe 8-10 times then once it stopped the ornaments on a shelf continued to rattle, the. Dogs barked, a car alarm went off. No aftershocks felt

Witness location : (Australia) (138 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 116 min

Bed shock windows rattled woke everyone in house, birds and dogs outside squawking and barking

Witness location : (Australia) (138 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 170 min

I was in bed at the time as it was 2am it woke my husband and I hearing the windows shudder.

Witness location : Urraween (Australia) (138 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Woke up to the house shaking just before 2am, lasted about 5 seconds

Witness location : Kawungan (Australia) (139 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

Moved our house alot

Witness location : Pialba (Australia) (139 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

Felt bed vibration and windows were too... birds awake

Witness location : Scarness (Australia) (141 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 75 min

Woke from bed shaking windows rattled house shaking.ladted about 20-30 secs Scary

Witness location : Wondunna (Australia) (141 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 239 min

Woke up to a loud noise like some one trying to rip my security screens off. The dog growled but didn't investigate like he normally did with loud sounds.

Witness location : (Australia) (141 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

Was reading in bed and at first thought it was a large truck going past, then the whole bed almost lifted off the floor. The dog started barking, raced outside and the lorikeets were going crazy and flying blindly around. I was worried about a tsunami so close to the beach, but no-one around.

Witness location : Kirkwood (Australia) (142 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 211 min

We were woken up at around 1:59 am by the house shaking

Witness location : Torquay (Australia) (142 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 288 min

Felt at Dundowran, Hervey Bay

Witness location : Urangan (Australia) (143 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 208 min

Bed vibrated, door rattled. Lasted about 3 secs.

Witness location : Clinton (Australia) (144 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 287 min

Woke everyone up at 2nd with the whole house shaking.

Witness location : Booral (Australia) (144 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

It was like a shuttering that lasted about 30 secs

Witness location : West Gladstone (Australia) (145 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Just a quick shake of about 5 seconds !!! I haven't felt that before.

Witness location : West Gladstone (Australia) (145 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 384 min

Woke my husband and I from sleep. I thought house was being shaken by a strong wind, but it only lasted a few seconds.

Witness location : (Australia) (145 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 214 min

Woke us up with bed shaking and a rumbling noise

Witness location : Gladstone (Australia) (146 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Shake shake shake

Witness location : Gladstone (Australia) (146 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

house was shaking for 20-30 seconds

Witness location : Gladstone (Australia) (146 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 440 min

I live in the Gladstone Cbd I woke to my bed shaking pretty bad!

Witness location : Urangan (Australia) (146 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

it lasted about five seconds

Witness location : Gladstone (Australia) (146 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 210 min

Was in bed but awake when bed & lamp on bedside table started shaking. I live on the top floor of a 6 level unit block. Shook ornaments off the top of my fridge.

Witness location : Gympie (Australia) (166 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 62 min

House vibrated.  Lasted about 5 -10 seconds.  The dog was aware of it and concerned before I heard or felt it. Felt/sounded like elephants on the roof.

Witness location : Gympie (Australia) (166 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 356 min

My Dog woke up growling and I thought she was dreaming until I heard the noise from Earth Quake also! Animals definitely know when somethings up... I let her out of my room and she ran into my kids room still growling and I had to stop her from waking up my girls. It was really strange!

Witness location : Rainbow Beach (Australia) (183 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Is 4 hr drive away windows were rattling

Witness location : Kandanga (Australia) (184 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Woke me up, had to wake my husband up next too me to make sure I wasn't imagining it! :)

Witness location : Peregian Beach (Australia) (219 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

My bed was shaking, and my dressing table mirror rattled against the wall, lasted about 10 seconds

Witness location : (Australia) (233 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Woke up to my door shaking, still half asleep thinking it was my dog scratching itself while leaning against the door but realised it was too strong to be that. Decided to go onto Twitter and see if I was right in thinking it was an earthquake

Witness location : Sippy Downs (Australia) (235 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 80 min

1.57am, was sitting on the lounge and heard the house creaking and then the while lounge was swaying from side to side, it was quite scary.

Witness location : Woodford (Australia) (239 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 362 min

Nope , first time I've ever felt something like that and I couldn't explain it till now,

Witness location : Meringandan West (Australia) (255 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 307 min

Shook my bed quite a bit.

Witness location : (Australia) (271 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Short tremor that shook my bed just before 2:00am local AEST.

Witness location : (Australia) (272 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 584 min

It was enough to wake people from their sleep, including myself, and my bed and windows were shaking.

Witness location : South Toowoomba (Australia) (272 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 292 min

I was asleep in bed. I was woken by my bed shaking. Not violently, but enough to wake me. I didn't hear anything & had no idea if I dreamt it until I arrived at work.

Witness location : Lawnton (Australia) (281 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

Lying on lounge. Lounge moved slightly back & forth one two three, 3 times and searched internet. Happened approx 2.10am (not sure) may not be same thing but I woke my wife in a panic. Ha ha

Witness location : Bracken Ridge (Australia) (287 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

small tremor, lasted about 5 seconds

Witness location : Biggera Waters (Australia) (362 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 98 min

Woke up just before 2am to hear all the glass shower doors banging and feeling the bed move.

Witness location : Sarina Beach (Australia) (471 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 257 min

I was laying in bed and felt it start shaking for I guess 30 seconds or more .. I actually scared myself thinking it was a ghost or something so I told myself I imagined it till I woke up and read that there had  been an earthquake