Quake rattles Australian homes

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places

Quake rattles Australian homes*

February 16, 2007 07:31am
Article from: AAP

AN earthquake off the central WA coast rattled houses in the town of
Denham, 800km north of Perth, overnight.

The strong 5.2-magnitude earthquake was centred off Shark Bay about 50km
south-west of the popular tourist town of Monkey Mia, Geoscience
Australia said.

The quake, recorded at 2.38am (AEDT), would have been felt at Monkey
Mia, as well as the nearby town of Denham and on Dirk Hartog Island, a
spokesman for the national geoscience research agency said.

He said the quake was of significant magnitude for Australia but
unlikely to have caused any major damage.

One Denham resident reported his house shaking.

"The whole house started shaking. Crockery in the cupboard started
rattling .... and the bed started shaking," the resident told ABC radio.
The resident said many people were woken by the quake.

People were out in the streets.

The dogs were barking. People were saying: 'What was that?'"

The resident said he thought a truck had crashed.