Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Jolts Sydney Residents Awake

New South Wales’ Hunter Valley region has been shaken by yet another earthquake which was felt as far as Canberra.

An image shows the epicentre of the Hunter Valley quake on April 23, 2025. Geoscience Australia

Residents of the Hunter region in New South Wales were rattled in the early hours of the morning by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake.

The seismic event was so powerful that it branched out from Singleton, sending rumbles from Taree and Wollongong, including Sydney, all the way down to Canberra.