- Reports of a loud boom are heard in Perth
- No earthquake was recorded
A mysterious ‘explosion’ has rocked Perth, according to social media users.
Perth residents reported feeling tremors and hearing a loud noise shortly after 11am AWST on Wednesday.
Perth Weather Live received almost 1,000 comments reporting the incident and confirmed that no earthquakes were reported in the area.
“We felt it here in Hamilton Hill, it sounded like something huge fell on our roof and there was a split-second tremor,” one woman said.
Another person said: ‘I’m in Port Kennedy, my whole house was shaking and I heard banging noises.’
It is understood emergency services have not attended any “explosions” in the Perth area.
A woman from south Perth reported hearing a loud ‘boom’ off the coast.
“There was a huge bang and a huge vibration,” he said.
‘We saw other neighbors go out to the balcony to look for smoke or something… People felt it and heard it.
‘Where I was was quite high up and you could see all the way down the coast to Rockingham, the harbour and Kwinana.
‘It sounded like it was coming from the water and from the shore, it sounded like it could be coming from Rottnest Island.
“It was very strange. It was like a rumble that lasted for about a second. It also vibrated. It didn’t sound like an earthquake, it sounded like something had exploded, but there was no smoke.”
More to come.
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