Tremors felt in Perth as 5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Goldfields.

TREMORS were felt in Perth after WA’s biggest earthquake in almost 30 years struck the Goldfields on Friday.

Geoscience Australia recorded a magnitude 5.6 earthquake south-east of Norseman at 5.40pm.
Tremors were felt in Perth and Esperance, but no reports of damage so far.
Norseman Hotel worker Angie Hogan fled outside the 1930s pub when the “bar moved”.
“The earth moved,” she said.
“The whole bar just moved. I had to run outside.
“There is no damage, but I’m still shaking. That’s biggest earthquake we’ve had.”
The earthquake’s epicentre was 16km below the surface.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Jonathan Bathgate said it was the biggest onshore earthquake recorded in WA since a magnitude 5.7 quake near Derby in 1988.
Friday’s earthquake was comparable to the magnitude 5.6 quake which devastated Newcastle in 1989, killing 13 people.
Mr Bathgate said it was the 15th earthquake in the Norseman area since late May.
“We’ve had people feeling this from Norseman to the coast on Esperance and as far away as Perth,” he said.
A magnitude 5.2 quake struck Norseman in May, which was the biggest since a magnitude 5.0 quake in Kalgoorlie in 2010.
Tremors could be felt at PerthNow’s office on Stirling Street, while Perth residents took to Twitter and Facebook to report shaking.

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