A powerful earthquake strikes just north-east of Gnowangerup, about 150 kilometres north of Albany — one of the biggest in years to hit the state.
abc.net.au/news/earthquake-southern-western-australia-gnowangerup/102694430A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Western Australia — one of the biggest in years to hit the state.It struck about 5:34am near Gnowangerup in the state's Great Southern regionThe quake hit at 5:34am just north-east of the Great Southern town of Gnowangerup, about 150 kilometres north of Albany on the state's south coast.
"I felt it rattling the whole house for nearly a minute, just south of Lake Grace," Stephanie Lay said. The most powerful earthquake to hit Western Australia was the Meckering earthquake in 1968 — a 6.5-magnitude quake by today's standards.
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