Residents from Manilla and surrounds who thought they felt the earth move under their feet - or bed - may be surprised to know they were not dreaming.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 shook the area around Split Rock Dam just after midnight on Friday.
Seismologist Kevin McCue, adjunct professor at the University of Queensland, is curious about the quake, but said it's occurrence isn't completely unexpected.
"Looking at the database, the New England has had roughly 20 earthquakes around this magnitude in about 60 years," he explained.
We do not know why they are different. Why only one?
- Kevin McCue
"This is about a once in every three years, of a magnitude 2.5 and over."
What was interesting however, was the recording of only one aftershock about 14 minutes after the initial quake.
"I think it's an interesting thing, one lonely little aftershock," he said.
He said is an earthquake of that size happened near Canberra, you might see around 100 aftershocks.
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"We do not know why they are different. Why only one?" he asked.
The epicentre was recorded directly under Split Rock Dam, with the tremors felt approximately 10 kilometers all around.
Many took to social media to report they weren't sure if it was the ground shaking or movement caused by the terrible winds outside, or a possum on the roof.
But it did shake some beds in Manilla.
