“The quake seemed to last a decent amount of time and seemed noisy compared to others,” one person said.

“You could hear the noise before the shaking became noticeable. It was one of those ones where you feared the epicentre could be somewhere else as it lasted quite some time – at least 30 seconds.”

Another person said the shaking began quickly and made a “big noisy bang” as it shook their house.

“Made the cat nervous, but was over before you could really think about doing anything,” they said.

“Left a couple of ornaments swaying.”

One person said the shaking went on for some time.

“[It] started smaller then grew, rolling shake. Windows and glassware rattling.”

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