Perth explosion: Residents claim to have heard earthquake-like tremors across southern suburbs

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Perth explosion: Residents claim to have heard earthquake-like tremors across southern suburbs
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Social media is abuzz with reports Perth has been rocked by a loud and mysterious “explosion” on Wednesday morning. Facebook pages have lit up with hundreds of people claiming to have heard and felt tremors, including a loud noise just after 11am. The Perth Weather Live Facebook page already has more than 900 comments on it, with people in various suburbs, many south of the river, saying they heard the loud noise.

and St John Ambulance say they are not attending to any explosion type incidents. One woman was in Perth’s south when she heard a “boom”, which appeared to originate from the coast. “There was big boom and a massive vibration,” she said. “We saw other neighbours going out onto balcony to look for smoke or something ... People felt it and heard it. “Where I was, I was quite high up and you can see all the way down the coast to Rockingham, the Port and Kwinana.

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