A large earthquake has struck the Australian state of Queensland. 

Geoscience Australia measured the quake at magnitude 5.6, and 10km depth. 

It struck close to the town of Kilkivan, which is inland from the Sunshine Coast and north of Brisbane, shortly before 10am Saturday Queensland time (close to midday, New Zealand time). 

More than 12000 people lodged 'felt reports', Geoscience Australia said, and energy authorities estimate 11,000 people are without power following the quake, ABC news said. 

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat to Australia, and New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency website also reported "no declared emergencies" following the Australian quake. 

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the quake as a magnitude 5.7 at a depth of 10km, but it later revised it to magnitude 5.4, and then to 4.9, Reuters said. 

- RNZ