NSW residents shaken by 4.6 magnitude earthquake felt as far as Sydney, Canberra
Residents in parts of NSW have been rocked by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning.
The earthquake struck Singleton along the Hunter River, about 200km north of Sydney, shortly before 3am on Wednesday.
The tremor reached a 4.6 on the Richter scale, and was recorded at a shallow 10m below ground, sending ripples across much of the Hunter Valley and parts of the state.
The quakes were so strong it could be felt from Warners Bay to pockets of Sydney, including Wentworth and Liverpool.
According to Geoscience Australia, some reported feeling shakes in northern NSW towards Kempsey, with residents as far south as Albury and Canberra also reporting the tremor.
Residents were shocked by the late-night rumble, which caused some to think their 'building was going to collapse'.
'It sent our smoke alarm off!' a resident wrote.
'I felt it too, my bed rocked left to right twice,' another added online.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre confirmed there was no tsunami threat as a result of the earthquake.
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