Just 3 minutes ago, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck near Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The tremor was recorded early on Sunday morning, November 8, 2026, at 6:21 am local time, at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles below the surface.The event was reported by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, the first seismological agency to report it.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Douglas Park (pop. 1,300), located 1 mile from the epicenter; Wilton (pop. 3,100), 4 miles away; Picton (pop. 4,700), 5 miles away; Tahmoor (pop. 5,000), 7 miles away; and Campbelltown (pop. 13,200), 10 miles away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Wollongong (pop. 280,200), located 20 miles from the epicenter; Liverpool (pop. 27,500), 22 miles away; and Parramatta (pop. 26,900), 30 miles away. In Sydney (pop. 5,638,800, 36 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Nov 8, 2026 06:21 am (Sydney time) local time (7 Nov 2026 19:21 GMT)Magnitude: 3.5Hypocenter depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 34.18°S / 150.7°E (Wollondilly, New South Wales, Australia)Primary data source: RaspberryShake