A MAGNITUDE 5.6 earthquake has shaken homes from Albany to Perth.

The earthquake struck just before 1pm about 58km south-south-west of Kojonup, according to the US Geological Survey.

It was recorded at depth of 10km, according to the USGS.

The tremors were felt as far north as Perth, and was picked up by 13 reporting stations in WA and South Australia.

Residents in Walpole felt their buildings rumble but authorities are saying no damage or injuries had been reported yet.

The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Phil Cummins said it received many public reports within minutes of the earthquake.

“5.6 is quite large, you might get a 5.6 every few years throughout Australia,” he said.

“It’s large enough to cause damage, however, I think it is not in a place where it would have caused damage (and) as far as I’m aware there is no damage.”

Walpole Visitors Centre volunteer Colin Steele said the earthquake was heralded by a rumbling that sounded like thunder and caused buildings to shake “mildly”.

Walpole IGA manage James Griffiths said his shop, which was only kilometres from the epicentre, rattled for several moments during the earthquake.

“It was a substantial shake,” she said.

“It really rattled the shop and you could hear it quite well.

“It was also (felt) in other places, one of my staff members at their house could here it at Myalup.”

David Edmonds was at the Walpole Art Gallery when the earthquake hit.

“It was really bizarre,” he said.

“Everything was rumbling like a truck – all the furniture was rattling, it was really quite unnerving.”

It comes after two earthquakes were felt in the Great Southern earlier this week.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake shook the ocean floor off Albany on Wednesday night. It started about 7.45pm and occurred about 10km below the ocean surface, about 150km off the coast.

Another 3.4 earthquake struck Walpole about 6.15pm on Thursday that occurred at a depth of 10km, less than 100km north of the town.

The Albany earthquakes created enough tremors to be felt at stations 2000km away.

Today’s earthquake marks the seventh recorded in WA this month.

People have taken to social media, saying they could feel it on the eighth and ninth floors of their high-rise premises in Perth.

Others said it sounded like thunder and earthworks.

One person said the bed moved in his hotel room, more than 300km away from the epicentre of the quake. He also said the door swung on its hinges and the light fitting swayed.