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NO DAMAGE was reported from today's earthquake centred near Phuket, or an aftershock of magnitude 3.2 that followed at 12.25pm, authorities said.PHUKET: The holiday island of Phuket was struck by an earthquake at 4.18am today. Seismologists in Bangkok confirmed there had been a tremor of magnitude 4.6.People were awoken by the movement. Social media and the telephone system quickly became alive with comments by people who left their beds because of the shaking.Seismologists said the quake had its epicentre south Koh Yao, on Phuket's east coast, at 7.88 longitude latitude 98.51, at a depth of five kilometres.The earthquake, originally deemed to be of magnitude 4.1, was later upgraded to 4.6.Phuket is in an earthquake-prone zone. On, a 3.8 shake occurred at 5.32am.That earthquake was located at 7.89 longitude latitude 98.52, eight kilometres east of Phuket City, seismology.tmd.gov.th reported. It occurred at a depth of 23 kilometres.Ona magnitude 4.0 earthquake was felt on Phuket and other offshore islands in Thailand's popular Andaman Coast holiday region.The quake was also felt in Phang Nga, the holiday province north of Phuket. Later reports said it was also felt in Krabi, another Andaman holiday province.On, 2014, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Chiang Rai province, leading to mass evacuations, huge cracks in roadways and the wrecking of many buildings, including temples.Several seconds of rumbling around 4:20am, no damage seen.Sounded like a heavy helicopter went over, people woke up in the building to see what was going on.At the JW Marriott and felt the whole room move!House was checked during several seconds but no damageNo damage, just shake 2 seconds. First I thought it was a big truckWoke my girlfriend up, lasted at least 4 secondsSlight shaking as if a freight train was passing . No falling objects . Woke me up .Shook the house - good wake up callAt the 2nd flr of the hotel and Woke up to a loud rumbling sound.Felt a shuttering that lasted about 5 seconds. Dogs in the area all started barkingI'm thought it was crazy thunder but now read the report of earthquake so not sure?I felt a shake and woke up, then there was nothing, i thought it was just my wife that maybe moved next to me.I was woken by shaking (I now know at about 4.20) and a rumbling noise. I immediately thought it an earthquake, but quickly dismissed it as thunder and my husband moving next to me. No apparent damage to the house