Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes as Sydney residents are woken up to shaking

By ASHLEY NICKEL FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 21:19 BST, 22 April 2025 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 22 April 2025

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the NSW Hunter Region.

The epicentre hit near Singleton, 208km north-west of Sydney, but was felt by residents across Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra at about 2.55am on Wednesday.

‘Aww… felt the first earthquake in my life, in Sydney,’ one wrote on X.

Another added: ‘Just got woken by an earthquake in Sydney??’ 

With a depth of just 10km, the seismic activity was felt by more than 2,950 people.

An initial tremor recorded the earthquake as a magnitude 5.1 event, which Geoscience Australia later amended to 4.6.

There have been reports of serious injury or damage. 

It is the latest event in a series of similar earthquakes across the region in recent months.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the NSW Hunter Region (pictured, the earthquake epicentre is marked in red. Felt reports are marked with yellow indicating reports of a strong tremor and purple weak tremors)

There were 50 shakes recorded between August and November last year.

One of August’s tremor was the biggest earthquake to hit parts of the NSW Hunter region in 50 years.

The 5.0 magnitude quake shook the town of Denman at 12.02pm and prompted theories coal mining in the region was causing the activity.

‘It’s a little smaller than the Newcastle earthquake, and there was another one 5.3 (magnitude) in 1994,’ UNSW geophysicist Stuart Clark said of the event.

‘The cause is compressional forces across the continent but the trigger is potentially coal mining.’

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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes as Sydney residents are woken up to shaking

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