Small magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits near Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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The citizen seismograph network RaspberryShake reported a magnitude 3.5 earthquake in Australia near Wollongong, New South Wales, just 8 minutes ago. The earthquake struck early Sunday morning, November 8, 2026, at 6:33 am local time and at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the earthquake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the earthquake 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 earthquake 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 earthquake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Nov 8, 2026 06:33 am (Sydney time) local time (7 Nov 2026 19:33 GMT)Magnitude: 3.5Hypocenter depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 34.18°S / 150.7°E (Wollondilly, New South Wales, Australia)Primary data source: RaspberryShake