A 3.6-magnitude earthquake has hit Sydney’s Blue Mountains, with the ground shaking in the west of the city.
The quake struck in the Warragamba area at around 8.53pm on Friday, with more than 17,500 people in Penrith and the Blue Mountains immediately reporting that they felt it.
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed there was no risk of a tsunami.
One family felt their home shake in Greystanes in western Sydney and said 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.
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake has hit Sydney ‘s Blue Mountains
The quake struck in the Warragamba area at around 8.53pm on Friday
‘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 Carbine wrote on Facebook that he ‘felt the foundation of my home shake’.
‘I hope everyone is ok,’ he wrote.
The quake was initially reported as being of 4.3-magnitude but was later revised down to 3.6 by Geoscience Australia.
The earthquake struck at a depth of 9km.
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