Islanders were impacted when a magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck inland from Queensland's Sunshine Coast on Saturday morning, august 16.
Geoscience Australia reported the epicentre about 80 kilometres west of Noosa and 250 kilometres north of Brisbane.
People have reported feeling tremors as far south as the Gold Coast and as far north as Hervey Bay, and particularly on our islands.
The quake occurred at a depth of 2km at 9:49am.
More than 8,000 people have submitted "felt reports" to Geosciences Australia.
On our islands, many felt the earth move.
Friendly Bay Islander columnist and former Redland City councillor Mark Edwards felt the earthquake at his Russell Island home.
“My wife and I felt the lounge shaking, and then some kitchen cupboard doors started to swing open.
“We took the safe option and moved outside, but there was no further movement,” Mark said.
At the home of the Editor of The Friendly Bay Islander, Glenda Thompson wondered what was happening when the kitchen cupboards started shaking and some doors opened.
“The whole wall was shaking for a few seconds.”
Danny Donald from Energex said crews were investigating outages near the earthquake's epicentre.
"In total, we've got around about 11,000 customers affected between the Fraser Coast, Burrum Heads, and Murgon," he said.
"Hopefully, if there's nothing broken … we should be able to get things back up and running relatively quickly."
Queensland Rail said services on all Brisbane city lines were running at lower speeds due to the tremor, and trains were delayed by up to 15 minutes.
