South-east Queensland earthquake felt from Brisbane to Burnett region

Mark Barton and the others in Peregian Beach in Sunshine Coast felt the earthquake about 85 kilometers away.

“Initially, we thought that some construction works were going wrong,” he said. “At that time, the vibrations were very strong and stronger.

“The windows were ringing and the whole house was trembling, not violently, but quite clearly.”

The vibrations took about a minute and brought the neighbors to the street.

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Barton said, “It was not panic, but it caused people to be a little scared,” Barton said.

The trains in all Brisbane lines were also affected, and after the services were realized at lower speeds immediately after the earthquake, permanent delays are expected up to 45 minutes. Queensland Rail said the first assessments did not harm rails or railway infrastructure.

The earthquake would be among the largest recorded in the state behind 6.0 “Great Queensland earthquake” On the shores of Gladstone in 1918.

About 100 kilometers north of the Saturday earthquake, gayndah recorded 6.1 Tremor record In 1935In 2018, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude was hit Bowen in the north of the state.

From 1977 to 2000, seismographs began to be established in Queensland’s large dams. More than 110 earthquakes It was recorded on average every year.

2019 State Earthquake Risk Assessment Most earthquake -prone areas spread from Gladstone to a large area from the south to natural rim and Western Downs.

The most devastating earthquake of Australia approached the center of Newcastle in 1989. Although it was only 5.6 -magnitude tremor, he killed 13 people, wounded 160, and damaged approximately 60,000 buildings.

According to the revision of Geoscicece Australia’s 2016 large warehouses, the most intense earthquakes were a day near Tennant Creek in the Northern Region in 1988.