Residents of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, reported feeling their homes tremble as they woke up due to an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9.
The earthquake, which occurred at 5.31 am on Tuesday and was centered in the southern portion of the mining town at a depth of 7 kilometers, was felt by hundreds of residents.
When the earthquake was certified by the authorities later in the morning, many had originally assumed it was connected to neighboring mining activities.
Living in Kalgoorlie, you always assume that the noise is a mine explosion. but at 5:31 a.m., the house started to shake. A 2.9 mag earthquake was all. Robert Koenig Luck, a local, wished everyone a good morning on Twitter.
