Another earthquake hits off WA coast

AAPWestern Suburbs Weekly

July 17, 2019 4:44PM

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A MAGNITUDE 3.9 earthquake has struck in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast.

The quake on Wednesday afternoon hit about 15km off Dirk Hartog Island near Denham.

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The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat.

Geoscience Australia estimated the quake could have been felt by people up to 55km away.

It was a long way south of where a magnitude 6.6 quake was recorded 210 kilometres offshore between Port Hedland and Broome on Sunday afternoon.