A 4.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Cairns.
The quake hit about 10pm Wednesday, according to the Australian Government Geoscience Australia.
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It struck around 130km off the coast of Cairns.
The earthquake was described as “unusually powerful” by Earthquake List Australia.
“The centre of this earthquake had a very shallow depth of 10 km,” it said.
“Shallow earthquakes usually have a larger impact than earthquakes deep in the earth.”
7NEWS Cairns journalist Frank Russo said he felt shaking for a “few seconds”.
“I was laying down and all of a sudden, I felt the ground shaking underneath me, just for a few seconds,” he told 7NEWS.com.au.
He was initially unsure it was an earthquake but soon read other people reporting feeling the tremours on social media.
Meanwhile, a 3.1 magnitude tremor hit Grafton in northern NSW about 2pm on Thursday morning.
No damage or injuries have been reported at this stage.
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